Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
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18
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17
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16
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15
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14
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13
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12
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11
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10
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09
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08
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07
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06
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05
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04
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03
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02
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01
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00
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99
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98
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97
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| 0 | NIU | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 1 | Days | X | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | X | · | · | · | · |
| 2 | Weeks | · | · | X | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 | Months | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | · | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 4 | Years | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 6 | Since birth | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | · | X | · | · | · | X | · | · | · | X | X |
| 7 | Unknown-refused | · | · | · | X | X | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | X | · | · | X | · | X | · | X |
| 8 | Unknown-not ascertained | X | X | · | X | X | · | · | X | · | · | · | · | X | X | X | · | · | · | · | X | · | X |
| 9 | Unknown-don't know | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Description
For Sample Adults age 18+ who, without using special equipment, had any difficulty with one or more functional activities (FLANY), and for whom senility was reported as a condition causing a functional activity limitation (FLSENILE), FLSENILETP reports the time unit in which the duration of the senility was measured by the respondent.
Data on the duration of the limiting senility were collected via the question, "How long have you had [senility]?" Respondents could answer this open-ended question using the time unit of their choice (i.e., days, weeks, months, years, or since birth). The original responses to the question are reported in two complementary variables, FLSENILETP (which, as noted above, specifies the time unit) and FLSENILENO (which reports the number of such units). For the NHIS public use files, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) recoded the results from these two variables to create two other variables using standard time units: years (FLSENILEY) and groups of months (FLSENILEMO).
Universe
- 1997-2013; 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018: Sample adults age 18+ who have difficulty with activities due to senility.
Availability
- 1997-2018
Weights
- 1997-2018 : SAMPWEIGHT
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