infile dictionary { *This program reads the 1998 National Health Interview Survey 1998 samchild Data File *by Jean Roth Mon Jul 2 15:43:05 EDT 2007 *Please report errors to jroth@nber.org *See the .do file for directions and run with do nhis1998_samchild *NOTE: This program is distributed under the GNU GPL. *See end of this file and http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ for details. _column(1 ) byte rectype %2f "Record Type" _column(3 ) int srvy_yr %4f "Survey Year" _column(7 ) str6 hhx %6s "Household Serial Number" _column(13 ) str2 fmx %2s "Family Serial Number" _column(15 ) str2 px %2s _column(17 ) str2 csrespno %2s "Sample child respondent's person numb" _column(19 ) byte csreltiv %2f "Person's relationship to child" _column(21 ) byte intv_qrt %1f "Interview Quarter" _column(22 ) byte sex %1f "Sex" _column(23 ) byte age_p %2f "Age" _column(25 ) byte r_age1 %1f "Age Recode #1" _column(26 ) byte r_age2 %1f "Age Recode #2" _column(27 ) byte origin %1f "Hispanic Ethnicity" _column(28 ) byte hispan_p %2f "Hispanic subgroup detail" _column(30 ) byte mrace_p %2f "Race coded to a single race group" _column(32 ) byte racerec %1f "Race Recode" _column(33 ) byte race %1f "OMB groups w/multiple race" _column(34 ) byte hispcode %1f "Combined race/ethnicity recode" _column(35 ) byte rrp %2f "Relationship to HH reference person" _column(37 ) str2 hh_ref %2s "Person # of HH reference person" _column(39 ) byte frrp %2f "Rel to family ref person" _column(41 ) str2 fm_ref %2s "Person # of family reference person" _column(43 ) str2 mother %2s "Mother's person number" _column(45 ) byte mom_deg %1f "Type of relationship with Mother" _column(46 ) str2 father %2s "Father's person number" _column(48 ) byte dad_deg %1f "Type of relationship with Father" _column(49 ) byte parents %1f "Parent(s) present in the family" _column(50 ) str2 guard %2s "Person number of guardian" _column(52 ) byte fm_size %2f "Number of persons in family" _column(54 ) byte fm_type %1f "Family Type (on the person-level)" _column(55 ) byte fm_strcp %2f "Family Structure (on the person-level" _column(57 ) byte educ %2f "Highest level of school completed" _column(59 ) byte mom_ed %2f "Education of Mother" _column(61 ) byte dad_ed %2f "Education of Father" _column(63 ) byte ab_bl20k %2f _column(65 ) byte rat_cat %2f "Ratio of fam inc to poverty threshold" _column(67 ) byte region %1f "Region" _column(68 ) byte msasizep %1f "Geographic Distribution - MSA size" _column(69 ) long wtia_sc %6f "Weight - Interim Annual" _column(75 ) long wtfa_sc %6f "Weight - Final Annual" _column(81 ) int stratum %3f "Stratum for variance estimation" _column(84 ) byte psu %1f "PSU for variance estimation" _column(85 ) byte dummy_cp %1f "Dummy Record Flag for Prevention Chil" _column(86 ) byte bwgtlb %2f "Birth weight (lb)" _column(88 ) byte bwgtoz %2f "Birth weight (oz)" _column(90 ) int bwgtmgr %4f "Birth weight (grams)" _column(94 ) byte amr1 %1f "Told - - had mental retardation" _column(95 ) byte aodd1 %1f "Told - - had otr dev delay" _column(96 ) byte add2 %1f "Ever told - - had ADD" _column(97 ) byte amr2 %1f "Ever told - - had mental retardation" _column(98 ) byte aodd2 %1f "Ever told - - had otr dev delay" _column(99 ) byte condl1 %1f "Ever told - - had Down's Syndrome" _column(100 ) byte condl2 %1f "Ever told - - had Celebral Palsy" _column(101 ) byte condl3 %1f "Ever told - - had Muscular Dystrophy" _column(102 ) byte condl4 %1f "Ever told - - had Cystic Fibrosis" _column(103 ) byte condl5 %1f "Ever told - - had Sickle Cell anemia" _column(104 ) byte condl6 %1f "Ever told - - had Autism" _column(105 ) byte condl7 %1f "Ever told - - had Diabetes" _column(106 ) byte condl8 %1f "Ever told - - had Arthritis" _column(107 ) byte condl9 %1f "Ever told - - had Congentl heart dise" _column(108 ) byte condl10 %1f "Ever told - - had otr heart cond" _column(109 ) byte cpox %1f "Has - - EVER had chickenpox?" _column(110 ) byte cashmev %1f "Ever been told that - - had asthma" _column(111 ) byte cashyr %1f "Has - - had an asthma episode past 12" _column(112 ) byte casmeryr %1f "Did - - visit ER due to asthma" _column(113 ) byte hayf1 %1f "Has - - had hay fever; past 12 m" _column(114 ) byte rallg1 %1f "Had respiratory allergy; past 12 m" _column(115 ) byte dallg1 %1f "Had food/digestive allergy; past 12 m" _column(116 ) byte sallg1 %1f "Had eczema/skin allergy; past 12 m" _column(117 ) byte diarh1 %1f "Had freq diarrhea/colitis; past 12 m" _column(118 ) byte anemia1 %1f "Had anemia; past 12 m" _column(119 ) byte earinf1 %1f "Had 3+ ear infections; past 12 m" _column(120 ) byte seize1 %1f "Had seizures; past 12 m" _column(121 ) byte hayf2 %1f "Had hay fever; past 12 m" _column(122 ) byte rallg2 %1f "Had respiratory allergy; past 12 m" _column(123 ) byte dallg2 %1f "Had food/digestive allergy; past 12 m" _column(124 ) byte sallg2 %1f "Had eczema/skin allergy; past 12 m" _column(125 ) byte diarh2 %1f "Had freq diarrhea/colitis; past 12 m" _column(126 ) byte anemia2 %1f "Had anemia; past 12 m" _column(127 ) byte fhead %1f "Had freq headaches/migraines; past 12" _column(128 ) byte earinf2 %1f "Had 3+ ear infections; past 12 m" _column(129 ) byte seize2 %1f "Had seizures; past 12 m" _column(130 ) byte stutter %1f "Stuttered/stammered; past 12 m" _column(131 ) byte chstatyr %1f "Health better; worse; or about the sa" _column(132 ) int schdayr1 %3f "Days missed due to ill/inj; past 12 m" _column(135 ) byte ccold2w %1f "Had a head/chest cold past 2 wks" _column(136 ) byte cintil2w %1f "Had stomach prob w/vomit/diarrhea; 2 " _column(137 ) byte chearst %1f "Hearing w/o hearing aid" _column(138 ) byte cvision %1f "Does - - have trouble seeing" _column(139 ) byte cblind %1f "Is - - blind/unable to see at all" _column(140 ) byte ihspeq %1f "Need spec equip due to impair/hlth pr" _column(141 ) byte ihmob %1f "Impair/hlth prob lmt crawl/walk/run/p" _column(142 ) byte ihmobyr %1f "Impair/hlth prob lasted/will last 12+" _column(143 ) byte probrx %1f "Taken RX medication for 3+ m" _column(144 ) byte learnd %1f "Ever told - - had a learning disabili" _column(145 ) byte cmhagm15 %1f "Has - - been unhappy/depressed past 2" _column(146 ) byte cmhagf15 %1f "Has - - been unhappy/depressed past 2" _column(147 ) byte cmhagm25 %1f "Has - - been unhappy/depressed past 6" _column(148 ) byte cmhagf25 %1f "Has - - been unhappy/depressed past 6" _column(149 ) byte cmhagm35 %1f "Has - - been unhappy/depressed past 6" _column(150 ) byte cmhagf35 %1f "Has - - been unhappy/depressed past 6" _column(151 ) byte mhiboy2 %2f "Mental hlth indicator (MHI) scale sco" _column(153 ) byte mhigrl2 %2f "Mental hlth indicator (MHI) scale sco" _column(155 ) byte mhiboy4 %2f "Mental hlth indicator (MHI) scale sco" _column(157 ) byte mhigrl4 %2f "Mental hlth indicator (MHI) scale sco" _column(159 ) byte mhiboy12 %2f "Mental hlth indicator (MHI) scale sco" _column(161 ) byte mhigrl12 %2f "Mental hlth indicator (MHI) scale sco" _column(163 ) byte cusualpl %1f "Place usually taken when sick" _column(164 ) byte cplkind %1f "Place to go when sick (most often)" _column(165 ) byte chcplrou %1f "Usually go{CPLKIND}for routine/prev c" _column(166 ) byte chcplknd %1f "Place goes for routine prev care" _column(167 ) byte sourcelc %2f "Source of medical care recode" _column(169 ) byte chcchgyr %1f "Change hlth care provider in past 12 " _column(170 ) byte chcchghi %1f "Change related to hlth insurance" _column(171 ) byte chcdlyr1 %1f "Couldn't get through on phone" _column(172 ) byte chcdlyr2 %1f "Couldn't get appt. soon enough" _column(173 ) byte chcdlyr3 %1f "Wait too long in doctor's office" _column(174 ) byte chcdlyr4 %1f "Not open when you could go" _column(175 ) byte chcdlyr5 %1f "No transportation" _column(176 ) byte chcafyr %1f "Can't afford presc medicine" _column(177 ) byte chcafyr1 %1f "Can't afford presc medicine" _column(178 ) byte chcafyr2 %1f "Can't afford mental hlth care/counsel" _column(179 ) byte chcafyr3 %1f "Can't afford dental care" _column(180 ) byte cdenlong %1f "When did - - last see/talk to dentist" _column(181 ) byte chcsyr11 %1f "Has - - seen/talk to eye doctor" _column(182 ) byte chcsyr12 %1f "Has - - seen/talk to foot doctor" _column(183 ) byte chcsyr13 %1f "Has - - seen/talk to therapst (PT; OT" _column(184 ) byte chcsyr14 %1f "Has - - seen/talk to a RN or PA" _column(185 ) byte chcsyr1 %1f "Has - - seen/talk to mental hlth prof" _column(186 ) byte chcsyr2 %1f "Has - - seen/talk to eye doctor" _column(187 ) byte chcsyr3 %1f "Has - - seen/talk to foot doctor" _column(188 ) byte chcsyr4 %1f "Has - - seen/talk to chiropractor" _column(189 ) byte chcsyr5 %1f "Has - - seen/talk to therapist (PT; e" _column(190 ) byte chcsyr6 %1f "Has - - seen/talk to RN or PA" _column(191 ) byte chcsyr7 %1f "Has - - seen/talk OB/GYN past 12 m" _column(192 ) byte chcsyr81 %1f "Has - - seen a med specialist; past 1" _column(193 ) byte chcsyr82 %1f "Has - - seen a general doctor; past 1" _column(194 ) byte chcsyr10 %1f "Does that Dr treat both kids and adul" _column(195 ) byte chpexyr %1f "Has - - had check-up past 12 m" _column(196 ) byte chernoyr %1f "# times in ER/ED past 12 m" _column(197 ) byte chchyr %1f "Got home care from hlth prof; past 12" _column(198 ) byte chchmoyr %2f "How many months of home care" _column(200 ) byte chchnoyr %1f "Total number of home vst" _column(201 ) byte chcnoyr %1f "Total number of office vst" _column(202 ) byte csrgyr %1f "Has - - had surgery in the past 12 m" _column(203 ) byte csrgnoyr %2f "Times had outpatient surgery past 12 " _column(205 ) byte cmdlong %1f "Last time - - saw/spoke to hlth prof" } /* Copyright 2007 shared by the National Bureau of Economic Research and Jean Roth National Bureau of Economic Research. 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 jroth@nber.org This program and all programs referenced in it are free software. 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