Description

For sample persons who ever smoked 100 cigarettes in their entire lives and who were ever advised by a doctor to stop smoking, MDSMQCOND reports whether the reason that the doctor advised the respondent to stop smoking was a specific condition the respondent had at that time.

MDSMQCOND is one of a series of variables related to doctor advice. For related variables, please use the IPUMS NHIS search function and drop-down menus.

Comparability

There are changes in the sampling universe between years, so researchers should use caution in making comparisons over time. Please refer to the Universe Tab for detailed information. Apart from this change in universe, there are no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• 1974, 1976

Weights

• 1974, 1976 : SAMPWEIGHT