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Description
For sample persons aged 18 and over, HEALTH2 reports the person's health status: excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor.
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Comparability
Apart from changes in the universe, there are no comparability issues. Changes in survey design (e.g., quarters in which the supplement was collected) may affect raw frequencies, but do not affect comparability of the variable. As always, data users should use the prescribed IHIS weights.
Universe
1993: Half of sample persons age 18+ in quarters 3 and 4 (excluded from AIDS supplement).
1994: Half of sample persons age 18+ (excluded from AIDS supplement).
