Description

For sample adults and children who had wheezing or whistling in the chest during the past 12 months (WHEZYR), WHEZATAKNO reports the number of attacks of wheezing or whistling during the past 12 months.

Other variables based on follow-up questions to those who answered affirmatively to WHEZYR include:

• Wheezing disturbs sleep (WHEZSLEEP)

• Times per week wheezing disturbed sleep (WHEZSLEEPNO)

• Chest sounds wheezy after exercise (WHEZEXER)

• Wheezing ever limits speech (WHEZBARTALK)

• Number doctor/hospital ER visits for wheezing (WHEZVISITNO)

• How much wheezing limited activity (WHEZLIMITACT)

• Days missed due to wheezing (WHEZDAYR)

Comparability

This variable is only available in 1999.

Universe

Availability

• 1999

Weights

• 1999 : SAMPWEIGHT