What is the highest grade or year of school you completed?
Male or female
Unique identifier across all years of CHS
Presence of children in household
Household size, adult plus children under 18 years (Top coded)
For CHS 2003 smoking analyses: Combined CHS 2003 full and CHS 2003 fall survey weights
Race/ethnicity of the person being interviewed
About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?
Stopped smoking for one day/24 hours or longer during past 12 months
# cigs smoked/day among every day and some day smokers, continuous values (imputed for missing values)
Heavy smoker (11+ cigarettes per day) among every day and some day smokers (imputed for missing values)
# cigs smoked/day among every day and some day smokers, categorical values (imputed for missing values)
# cigs smoked/day among every day smokers only, categorical values (imputed for missing values). Use for trend analysis
Smoke every day vs some days (y/n)
Where did you get that last cigarette?
Where did you get that last cigarette? (among current smokers). Use for trend analysis
NYC tax avoidance status (current smokers)
Was the last cigarette you smoked from a carton, pack, single, bummed, or did you roll your own
Smoking status
Those who quit in the past year (among former regular smokers)
successful quit (quit for > 3 months) among those who quit last year
Cost of 20 cigarettes (pack) UPDATED 7-2009
Marital Status
Employment status
Employment status (3 categories)
Educational status
Age groups (in years)
Age 25yrs and up for education
Age 50yrs and up for colon screening
Age groups 21 years or older
Age groups 40 years or older (for mammography)
Age group 18 - 64 only
Neighborhood poverty in tertiles: percent of UHF <200 percent FPL, Census 2000
Body mass index (continuous, based on self reported height and weight)
Weight categories: normal, overweight and obese. Includes all the follow-up questions for ht and wt (no follow ups in 2002)
How long have you lived in this country?
Nativity: US or Foreign born
Type of health insurance coverage (5 categories)
Have 1+ primary care provider/s?
Self-reported general health status
Ever been told you have diabetes?
Those who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past 30 days
Average number of drinks per day in last 30 days.
Number of days consumed at least 1 alcohol drink in the last 30 days (standardized to month)
Heavy drinking is defined as an average of more than 2 drinks per day for men and more than 1 drink per day for women.
Consumed five or more drinks on one occasion or more in the past 30 days.
During the past 30 days other than regular job, did you participate in any physical activities?
Use for SUDAAN nest statement, for CHS 2003 and fall analysis
Household poverty based on annual income. Use ONLY to compare 2002 or 2003 to later years
Neighborhood Poverty Group, based on percent of ZIP Code population <100%FPL, per Census 2000