Codes and Frequencies
Description
For sample persons under age 18, MENINGITEV indicates if the child ever had meningitis or spinal meningitis. The inquiry did not require that the meningitis be diagnosed by a doctor or health professional, and a definition of " meningitis" or "spinal meningitis" was not provided in the survey text or in the Field Representative's Manual .
The question for MENINGITEV was part of a series of questions on child health conditions in the 1988 Supplement on Child Health.
Related Variables
Along with MENINGITEV, respondents were asked if the child ever had any of 33 conditions, grouped in nine categories, and respondents could also specify up to three conditions not directly included in the inquiry.
Variables grouped with MONOEV in the condition list included:
HEPATEV, ever had hepatitis; MONOEV, ever had mononucleosis; URINTINFEV, ever had a bladder infection or urinary tract infection; RHEUMFEV, ever had rheumatic fever; and PNEUMONEV, ever had pneumonia.
Universe
- 1988: Sample persons under age 18.
Availability
- 1988
Weights
- 1988 : SAMPWEIGHT
