IPUMS NHIS: descr: SKNXMDMO

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SKNXMDMO

Month date of most recent skin exam

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Code	Label	15	10	05	00	92
00	NIU	X	X	X	X	X
01	January	X	X	X	X	X
02	February	X	X	X	X	X
03	March	X	X	X	X	X
04	April	X	X	X	X	X
05	May	X	X	X	X	X
06	June	X	X	X	X	X
07	July	X	X	X	X	X
08	August	X	X	X	X	X
09	September	X	X	X	X	X
10	October	X	X	X	X	X
11	November	X	X	X	X	X
12	December	X	X	X	X	X
96	Time format given	X	X	X	X	·
97	Unknown-refused	X	X	X	X	·
98	Unknown-not ascertained	X	·	·	X	X
99	Unknown-don't know	X	X	X	X	·

Description

For sample adults who ever had a skin cancer exam (SKNCANX), SKNXMDMO reports the month the most recent skin exam was done.

Researchers are advised to use the recoded variables SKNXMRMO and SKNXMGYR instead of SKNXMDMO.

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Interviewers asked when the "MOST RECENT skin exam" was done and accepted responses given in either a month/year or a time period format. Responses given in a month/year format were recorded in two variables: SKNXMDMO (Month of most recent skin exam) and SKNXMDYR (Year of most recent skin exam). Responses given in a time period format were recorded in two variables, SKNXMNO (Time since skin exam: number of units) and SKNXMTP (Time since skin exam: Time period).

The 2000 NHIS Survey Description advises data analysts to use the summary recodes (SKNXMRMO, SKNXMGYR) "rather than the answers to the original sub questions [SKNXMDMO, SKNXMDYR, SKNXMNO, SKNXMTP, SKNXMEYR]" since "the recodes include all respondents who were eligible for the test, while the raw answers applied only to the subset of respondents who gave the time in a particular format."

For more information, please see SKNCANX.

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