In the past 12 months, have you taken a prescription medication for a mental health problem?
In the past 12 months, have you receieved any counseling for a mental health problem?
Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed treatment for a mental health problem, but did not get it?
Q8.11. What is the highest grade or year of school you completed? (READ IF NEEDED)
Q9.1. 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. (RECORD NUMBER OF SERVINGS.)
Race/ethnicity variable of person interviewed- FOR ANALYSIS
Unique identifier across all years of CHS
Survey year
Neighborhood poverty, based on percent zip code residents below 100% FPL, per ACS 2009-2013
Survey weight - CHS 2014
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 2004-13. No gateway 2002-03
Type of health insurance coverage (5 categories)
Have one or more personal care providers? (wording, response options differ between years)
When you are sick or need advice on your health where do you usually go?
When you are sick or need advice on your health where do you usually go? - 10 categories
When you are sick or need advice on your health where do you usually go? (4-level summary var)
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 has it been since you had your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygenist. Response options different in 2002 and 2007
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?
Ever been told by doc, nurse, other hcp that you have depression
Ever told had bipolar disorder, mania, psychosis, or schizophrenia
Among ALL, received counseling or received counseling or prescription medication for mental health problem IN LAST 12 MONTHS
During the past 12 months, have you had a problem with bed bugs in your home that required an exterminator?
Age group in years (four categories)
Age group in years. Five categories of age
Age groups 21 years or older
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
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+)
Thinking about your neighborhood or community where you live, do you have at least one person that could help you in an emergency?
Employment status
Employment status (3 categories)
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
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-'14
Type of smoker
Age when first started smoking regularly (incl current smokers only)
Age when first started smoking regularly (incl ever smokers (smoke1=1))
Was last cigarette you smoked from a carton, pack, single, bummed, or did you roll your own
Cost of 20 cigarettes (pack)
Where did you get the last cigarette?
NYC tax avoidance status
The last time you bought a SINGLE PACK OF CIGARETTES, did you recieve any type of a discount on the pack?
In the past 30 days, have you smoked a cigarillo or little cigar with a plastic or filter tip, such as Black & Mild, Swisher Sweet, or Cheyenne?
On how many days during the past 30 days have you smoked cigarillos or little cigars?
Days smoked cigarillos or little cigars during the past 30 days (categorical)
Smoke cigarillos or little cigars everyday or some days(among those who smoke cigarillos/little cigars)
During the past 30 days, on days that you smoked cigarillos or little cigars, how many on average did you smoke per day?(continuous)
Cigarillos or little cigars smoked per day (categorical)
Smoked a hookah or water pipe in past 30 days
Smoked an electronic cigarette in the past 12 months
In the past 30 days, smoked an electronic cigarette every day, smoke days, or not at all.
How often do you smell cigarette smoke in your home that comes from another home or apartment or from outside?
Does the building you live in prohibit smoking in all areas, including apartments?
Total servings of fruit and/or vegetables you ate yesterday
If you were to walk from your home to purchase fresh fruits/vegetables, how long would it take to get there? (resp option change '10)
Number of 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
When you drink sugar sweetened soda, what size do you ususally drink?
Ounces of soda(calculated; standardized to 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)
When you drink other sweetened drinks, what size do you ususally drink?
Ounces of other sweetened drinks (calculated; 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
Ususal size of soda or other sugar sweetened beverage
Total ounces of SSB (calculated; standardized to per day)
In last 12 mo has doctor, nurse, otr hlth prof asked or talked to youabout diet or eating habits?
In general, how physically active are you?
During past 30 days, other your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises?
In the past 12 months, how often have you ridden a bicycle in one of the five NYC boroughs?
In the past 12 months, how often have you ridden a bicycle in one of the five NYC boroughs
During the past 7 days, walked more than 10 minutes at a time to get to and from places such as work, shopping, or other activities
During the last 7 days, did you use a bicycle to get to and from places?
During the last 7 days, did you do sports, fitness, or recreational activities that increased your breathing or heart rate?
Meets 2008 Physical Activity Recommendations- 3 levels(CALCULATED DIFFERENTLY IN 2013 and 2014; NOT COMPARABLE TO YEARS PRIOR TO 2013)
Total mintutes sitting on an average day in the last 7 days
Between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays, where do you spend most of your time?
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? Use SUBWAY (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? Use CITY BUS (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? Use EXPRESS BUS (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? Use BICYCLE (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? Use WALK (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? Use CAR (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? Use TAXI (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? Use COMMUTER TRAIN (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? Use FERRY (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? Use SOME OTHER WAY (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
How do you usually get to where you spend most of your time 9-5 weekdays? ONLY BIKE and/or WALK (among those work outside home and/or go to school)
Piercing in hard cartilage of upper ears or other part of body (not including lower ear lobe)
Age at most recent body piercing (categorical)
How many times in the past 12 months did you use a sunlamp, sunbed, or tanning booth in a commercial facility such as a tanning salon, health club, or nail salon?
Received flu shot/spray in past 12 months
Received Flu shot/spray between 9/1/13 and 3/31/14 (among all adults)
Do you work in a healt care setting where you have direct contact with patients as part of your routine work?
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 colonoscopy? (among adults >=45 years)
Had a colonoscopy in the past 10 years (among adults >=45 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
The last time you had vaginal sex, were you/your partner taking birth control pills?(Among women <= 45yrs and men <=65 yrs with =>1 opposite sex partners in the past 12m)
The last time you had vaginal sex, did you/your partner use any other method of birth control to prevent a pregnancy? (Among women <= 45yrs and men <=65 yrs with =>1 opposite sex partners in the past 12m)
The last time you had vaginal sex, did you intend to become pregnant/get your partner pregnant? (Among women <= 45yrs and men <=65 yrs with =>1 opposite sex partners in the past 12m)
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 WSM and MSWM)
Used condom during anal sex in last 12 months (among those who had anal sex)
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)
Type of birth control used at last vaginal sex(excl condoms)(Among women <= 45yrs and men <=65 yrs with =>1 opposite sex partners in the past 12m)
Any birth control at last sex (includes condom use) (Among women <= 45yrs and men <=65 yrs with =>1 opposite sex partners in the past 12m)
Those who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past 30 days
Number of days consumed at least 1 alcohol drink in the last 30 days (standardized to month)
Average number of alcohol drinks per day in last 30 days (standardized to days)
Heavy alcohol drinking (all adults)
During the past 30 days had (MEN: >=5 alcohol drinks, WOMEN: >=4 alcohol drinks) on one occasion?
During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion? (Among adults who drink; continuous)
During the past 30 days, what is the largest number of drinks you had on any occasion? (Among all drinkers; categorical)
Household income as % of Federal poverty guidelines (variable pov200 with imputation of missing cases)
Household income as % of Federal poverty guidelines (variable povertygroup with imputation of missing cases)
Household income as % of Federal poverty guidelines (variable povgroup3 with imputation of missing cases)
Household size, adult plus children under 18 years (Top coded)
Presence of children in household