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 who have not smoked in the past 30 daysAND those have ever smoked every day for at least 6 months, FSMOKDALYLTP indicates the duration of time in units (days, weeks, months, or years) since the respondent last smoked cigarettes every day. Respondents could report values for the length of time from 1 to 95 (values above 95 were recoded to "95+".
Related Variables
The related variable, FSMOKDALYLNO indicates the number corresponding to the time unit provided in FSMOKDALYLTP.
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 elated 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 among former every day 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
