Q5.1. During the past 30 days, how often did you feel SO SAD THAT NOTHING COULD CHEER YOU UP?
Q5.2. During the past 30 days, how often did you feel NERVOUS?
Q5.3. During the past 30 days, how often did you feel RESTLESS OR FIDGETY?
Q5.4. During the past 30 days, how often did you feel HOPELESS?
Q5.5. During the past 30 days, how often did you feel THAT EVERYTHING WAS AN EFFORT?
Q5.6. During the past 30 days, how often did you feel WORTHLESS?
Q5.7. We just talked about a number of feelings you had during the PAST 30 DAYS. Altogether, how MUCH did these feelings interfere with your life or activities: a lot, some, a little, or not at all?
Q5.10. Was there a month in the past 12 months (since [12 months prior to month of interview]) when you felt more depressed, anxious, or emotionally stressed than you felt during the past 30 days?
Q6.12. When you are at home, how often are you around people when they are smoking? All of the time, most of the time, only occasionally, or never?
Q7.11. What is the highest grade or year of school you completed?
Q8.1. Thinking about nutrition...how many total servings of fruit and/or vegetables did you eat yesterday? A serving would equal one medium apple, a handful of broccoli, or a cup of carrots.
Have you ever, even once, used a needle to inject a drug that was not prescribed for you?
Q15.1. During the past 30 days, on how many days have you seen any cockroaches inside your home?
Q15.2. During the past 30 days, on how many days have you seen any mice or signs of mice inside your home?
Q15.3. During the past 30 days, in how many rooms have you seen damp spots or mold on the walls or ceilings? Exclude damp spots or mold in the bathroom. Would you say zero rooms, one room or two or more rooms?
Race/ethnicity variable of person interviewed- FOR ANALYSIS
Unique identifier across all years of CHS
Survey weight - CHS 2012
Self-reported general health status
Insured/uninsured - created from the gateway question (wording differed b/f 07)
Type of health insurance
Insured/uninsured (created from type of insurance). Asked differently 2002-03 vs 2004-12. No gateway 2002-03
Type of health insurance coverage (5 categories)
Have one or more personal care providers? (wording, response options differ between years)
How long has it been since you last visited a doctor or other health care provider for a routine checkup?
Last time you needed care for illness/injury and called your doctor’s office for an appointment, how quickly did they see you? AMONG THOSE WITH PCP
Needed medical care in the past 12 months, but did not get it. Wording differs across years
How long since last BP check by doctor or other hlth prof?
Ever told by a doctor, nurse or other hlth prof you have hypertension, also called high blood pressure?
Ever told to take meds for high blood pressure (among ever told high BP)
Are you currently taking meds for high BP? (among those told high BP and told to take meds)
Are you currently taking meds for high BP? (among ever told high BP)
How long since you last had cholesterol checked? (among all)
Ever told by doctor, nurse, other hlth prof you have high cholesterol
Ever told take meds for high cholesterol? (among ever told high cholesterol)
Are you currently taking meds to lower your cholesterol? (among ever told high cholesterol)
Are you currently taking meds to lower your cholesterol? (among ever told needed meds)
Ever been told you have diabetes?
Ever told by doctor, nurse or other hlth prof that you had asthma?
In last 12 months have you had an episode of asthma or asthma attack?
Non specific psycological distress (past 30 days)
Among adults with NSPD, NSPD interfered with life or activities in past 30 days
NSPD interefered with life or activities in past 30 days, AMONG ALL ADULTS
Among ALL- received counseling or meds for mental health problem IN LAST 30 DAYS
Among NSPD- received counseling or meds for mental health problem IN LAST 30 DAYS
Among NSPD, received counseling or meds for mental health problem IN LAST 12 MONTHS
Among ALL, received counseling or meds for mental health problem IN LAST 12 MONTHS
Ever told had bipolar disorder, mania, psychosis, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorder
Smoking status
Smoke every day vs some days (y/n)
# cigs smoked/day (every & someday smokers), continuous (imputed for missing & adjusted for days smoked)
# cigs smoked/day (every & someday smokers), categorical (imputed for missing cigs & adjusted for days smoked)
Heavysmoker(10+ cig/day) (imputed for missing cigs & adjusted for days smoked)
# cigs smoked/day among every day smokers ONLY (imputed for missing). Use for TREND analyses '02-'12
Type of smoker
About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly? In months.
About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?
Stopped smoking for one day or longer during past 12 mths (among current smokers or former who quit in past 12 months)
Those who quit smoking in the past 12 months (among former smokers)
Successful quit (quit for > 3 months) among those who quit smoking in past 12 months
Smoked in the past 12 months (includes quit 12 months ago)
Smoked less than 12 months ago
Was last cigarette you smoked from a carton, pack, single, bummed, or did you roll your own
Where did you get the last cigarette?
NYC tax avoidance status
Past 12 months, used any of following aids: nicotine patch, gum, lozenge, nasal spray or inhaler to help quit? (among current & former smokers <1 yr)
Past 12 months, used Rx pills like: Zyban, Bupropion or Chantix to block craving of smoking? (among current & former smokers <1 yr)
During last 12 months has a doctor, nurse or other health professional advised you to quit smoking (among current & former smokers <1 yr). Pop eligible and wording differs over time
Does anyone who lives in your household smoke regularly?
Second-hand smoke exposure at home (question wording changed over time)
Received flu shot/spray in past 12 months
Received Flu shot/spray between 9/1/11 and 3/31/12 (among all adults)
Where did you get your most recent flu shot or vaccine? (AMONG THOSE WHO HAD FLU SHOT IN LAST 12 MONTHS)
Have you ever received at least one dose of the hepatitis B vaccine?
Have you ever had pneumonia shot?
Age group in years (four categories)
Age group in years. Five categories of age
Age group 25 years or older
Age groups 40 years or older
Age groups 45 years or older
Age groups 50 years or older
Age groups 18 - 64 only
Age groups 21 years or older
Sex: male or female
Nativity - US (includes Puerto Rico and US Territories) or Foreign born
How long have you lived in this country? (response options changed over time)
The language spoken most often at home
Marital Status
Sexual identity
Educational status (all adults 18+)
Employment status
Employment status (3 categories)
Household annual income from all sources by poverty level
Household annual income from all sources, <200% FPL
Household annual income from all sources by 3 LEVEL poverty status
Poverty group variable for trend analysis ONLY when including '02 or '03 with later yrs.
Body Mass Index (kg / sq in)
Weight in 3 categories for all (with and without BMI)
Weight all with f/u info & in 4 categories, under weight as a separate category
Weight all with f/u info & in 5 categories, under weight as a separate category. New category: very obese
Total servings of fruit and/or vegetables you ate yesterday
In general, how healthy is your overall diet?
Number of 12 oz sodas consumed per day (Continuous, standarized to per day)
Average number of sodas per day (4 level categorical, standardized to per day)
Drink 2 or more sodas per day
Number of sweetened drinks consumed per day (Continuous, standarized to per day)
Average number of sweetened drinks per day (4 level categorical, standardized to per day)
Number of sodas plus sweetened drinks consumed per day (continuous, standarized to per day)
Average number of sodas plus sweetened drinks per day (4 level categorical, standarized to per day)
Consumes 1 or more sugar sweetened beverage (soda plus other sweetened beverages) on average per day
Was there a time when you changed your mind about buying a food product because of the salt content (last 30 days)
In general, how physically active are you?
During past 30 days, other your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises?
During the past 30 days, walked more than 10 blocks as part of going to/from work, school, public transportation or errands
During the past 30 days, bicycled more than 10 blocks as part of going to/from work, school, public transportation or errands
Walked or biked more than 10 blocks in past 30 days to get to/from work, school, public transportation, errands
In the past 12 months, how often have you ridden a bicycle in one of the five NYC boroughs? NEW RESPONSES in 2012
In the past 12 months, how often have you ridden a bicycle in one of the five NYC boroughs
Number of minutes moderate activity per week (Freq * Minutes of moderate activity per week)
Number of minutes of vigorous activity per week (Freq * Minutes of vigorous activity per week)
Meets 2008 Physical Activity Recommendations- 3 levels
Among women >= 40yrs - Have you ever had a Mammogram? (uses age40new)
How long has it been since last mammogram (among women 40+ yrs)
Mammogram <1 yr ago (among women 40+ yrs)
Mammogram <2 yrs ago (among women 40+ yrs)
Have you ever had a colonoscopy? (among adults >= 50 years)
Had a colonoscopy in the past 10 years (among adults >=50 years)
Have you ever had a blood stool test? (among adults >=50 years)
Had a blood stool test in the past year (among adults >=50 years)
Had a blood stool test in the past 2 years (among adults >=50 years)
Had an HIV test in the past 12 months (among all adults)
Ever had an HIV test (among all adults)
Condom use at last sex
Sexual behavior with all sexually active persons in denom incl those w incomplete info on having sex w either M or F.
Women who report having sex with women (among sexually active women only)
Women who report having sex with women ONLY (among sexually active women)
Sexually active during the past 12 months
Total number of sex partners of either gender in last 12 months
Anal sex in past 12 months (among WSW and MSWM)
Used condom during anal sex in last 12 months (among those who had anal sex)
Have you used the internet to meet a partner for a sexual encounter in the past 12 months? (among sexually active past 12 months)
Men who report having sex with men (among sexually active men only)
Men who report having sex with men ONLY (among sexually active men)
Condom use at last sex (use for trend analysis, 18-64yr only, excludes msmexclusive, wswexclusive)
Those who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past 30 days
Average number of alcohol drinks per day in last 30 days (standardized to days)
Heavy alcohol drinking (all adults)
During the past 30 days (MEN: >=5 alcohol drinks, WOMEN: >=4 alcohol drinks) had on one occasion?
During the past 30 days, how many days have you seen cockroaches inside your home?
Saw cockroaches inside your home on one or more of past 30 days?
During the past 30 days, how many days have you seen mice or signs of mice inside your home?
Saw mice inside your home on one or more of past 30 days?
Saw damp spots or mold in one or more rooms (excl bath) in past 30 days
In Aug 2011 (Hurricane Irene), were you living in same place, another place in NYC, outside NYC?
Where did you stay during Hurricane Irene in Aug 2011? (AMONG THOSE LIVING IN ZIP CODES THAT WERE PRONE TO FLOODING)
To the best of your knowledge, did you live in a designated evacuation zone during Hurricane Irene (AMONG THOSE IN ZIP CODES PRONE TO FLOODING)
Do you have a plan to contact or reunite after a disaster or emergency?
Have you stored three days worth of medications that can be used during a disaster or emergency?
Neighborhood poverty, based on percent zip code residents below 100% FPL, per ACS 2007-2011 UPDATED DEFINITION
Household size, adult plus children under 18 years (Top coded)
Presence of children in household
Cholesterol checked within past 5 years (Y/N) (among all adults)
Cholesterol checked within past 5 years (Y/N) (among adults who ever had cholesterol checked)
FOR TREND ANALYSIS: During the past 30 days, had 5 or more drinks on one occasion?