Codes and Frequencies
Description
For sample persons under age 18, STUTTEREV indicates if the child ever had any "stammering or stuttering." The inquiry did not require that the problem be diagnosed by a doctor or health professional, and a definition of " stammering or stuttering " was not provided in the survey text or in the Field Representative's Manual , and was respondent defined.
The question for STUTTEREV was part of a series of questions on child health conditions in the 1988 Supplement on Child Health.
Related Variables
Along with this variable, 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 STUTTEREV in the condition list include:
SPEECHDEFEV, ever had any other speech defect.
Universe
- 1988: Sample persons age 3-17.
Availability
- 1988
Weights
- 1988 : SAMPWEIGHT
