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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.
[show more]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.
Universe
- 1992: Half of sample persons age 18+ in quarters 1 and 2, and in 2 weeks of quarter 3 (excluded from CAEP supplement) who ever had a skin cancer exam.
- 2000; 2005; 2010; 2015: Sample adults age 18+ who ever had a skin cancer exam.
Availability
- 1992, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015

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Weights
- 1992, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 : SAMPWEIGHT