Codes and Frequencies
Description
For sample adults over age 18 who have ever smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life and are former smokers, or those who have not smoked in the past 30 days, and those who ever smoked every day for at least 6 months, FSMOKDALYLNO indicates the duration of time as a number from 1 to 94 since the respondent last smoked cigarettes every day. Respondents could report the values for the length of time in days, weeks, months, and years.
Related Variables
The related variable, FSMOKDALYLTP indicates which time unit to use (days, weeks, months, or years).
Respondents who indicated it was 1 year or 12 months ago were asked it was within the past year or a year or more ago FSMOKDALYG1Y.
Other related variables include:
FSMOKDALYLWK, a three digit number reporting the number of weeks; FSMOKDALYLMO, a three digit number reporting the number of months; FSMOKDALYY, the total number of years the respondent smoked every day when respondent smoked every day, among former smokers.
Universe
- 1992: Half of sample persons age 18+ in quarters 1 and 2 and 2 weeks of quarter 3 (excluded from CAEP supplement) who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes and either don't smoke at all now OR said they don't smoke at all now but smoke some days, and have not smoked in the past 30 days, OR smoke some days now but haven't smoked in the past 30 days, AND have ever smoked cigarettes every day for at least 6 months.
Availability
- 1992
Weights
- 1992 : SAMPWEIGHT
