Unique identifier across all years of CHS
Survey number
CHS 2019 Survey weight
CHS 2019 Long Survey Weight
Questionnaire Version. QXVERS = 1 (LONG VERSION) QXVERS = 2 (SHORT VERSION)
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?
In the past 12 months, have you taken a prescription medication for a mental health problem?
In the past 12 months, have you received 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?
How many cups of fruit did you eat yesterday?
How many cups of vegtables did you eat yesterday?
Race/ethnicity variable of person interviewed (5-Cateogories) - FOR ANALYSIS
Race/ethnicity variable of person interviewed (6-Cateogories) - FOR ANALYSIS
Age group in years (four categories)
Age group in years. Five categories of age
Age group in years. Six 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 assigned at birth. New in 2018, comparable to SEX variable in prior years
People in your neighborhood are willing to help their neighbors. Comparable with 2017-18. Imputed for missing values
Neighborhood poverty, based on percent zip code residents below 100% FPL, per ACS 2014-2018. Imputed for missing values
Household annual income from all sources by poverty level. Imputed for missing values
Household annual income from all sources by 3 LEVEL poverty status. Imputed for missing values
Household annual income from all sources, <200% FPL. Imputed for missing values
Self-reported general health status
Insured/uninsured - created from the gateway question (wording differed b/f 07)
Insured/uninsured (created from type of insurance). Asked differently 2002-03 vs 2004-15. No gateway 2002-03
Type of health insurance coverage (5 categories)
Have one or more personal care providers? (wording, response options differ between years)
Have you seen any doctor, nurse or other health professional in the last 12 months? Asked among all.
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 hygienist?
Ever told by a doctor, nurse or other health 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)
Checked blood pressure at home or at a pharmacy in the past 30 days
Ever been told you have diabetes?
Ever told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that you had asthma
Do you [still] have asthma? Among all
In the last 12 months have you had an episode of asthma or asthma attack?
Ever told by a doctor, nurse, or health professional that you have chronic obstructive pulmonary
Kessler-6 index score (continuous) based on past 30 days
Non specific psycological distress (past 30 days)
Among adults with NSPD, NSPD interfered with life or activities in past 30 days
Among ALL, received counseling or received counseling or prescription medication for mental health problem IN LAST 12 MONTHS
During the past 12 months, was there any month when you delayed paying or were not able to pay your rent/mortage?
In the past 12 months have you had visible mold or mildew on the walls or ceilings of your home?
During the past 30 days, on how many days have you seen any cockroaches inside your home? Among those with asthma.
Saw cockroach inside home on one or more of last 30 days. Among those with asthma.
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-'19
Type of smoker
Thinking about the type of cigarettes you usually smoke, are they menthol or non-menthol?
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 buy the last cigarette you smoked?
In the past 12 months have you tried an electronic cigarette, also known as an e-cigarette?
In the past 30 days, did you use an electronic cigarette every day, some days, or not at all?
In the past 12 months, have you smoked a hookah, also called a water pipe?
Race/ethnicity variable of person interviewed (6-Cateogories, incl. Multi-race) - FOR ANALYSIS
Nativity - US (includes Puerto Rico and US Territories) or Born Outside of the US
Marital Status
Now I'll read a list of terms people sometimes use to describe themselves: Gay, Straight, that is not gay, Bisexual, or Something else?
Educational status (all adults 18+)
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 and very obese as a separate categories
Total cups of fruit and/or vegetables you ate yesterday
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
Number of coffee or tea drinks that have been pre-sweetened with sugar or sugared flavorings consumed per day (Continuous, standarized to per day). Version 1
Average coffee or tea drinks that have been pre-sweetened with sugar or sugared flavorings per day (4 level categorical, standardized to per day). Version 1
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.
Do you have any difficulty performing your daily activities because of any physical, mental, or emotional problems?
Do you use any assistive devices, such as a cane, a wheelchair, an adapted bed, or a hearing assistive telephone because of a health condition?
Do you regularly use any medical devices at home that are important to health and require electricity to run?
During the past 12 months, have you experienced confusion or memory loss that is happening more often or is getting worse? (among adults aged 45+)
Have you or anyone else discussed your confusion or memory loss with a health care professional? (among those who experienced confusion or memory loss that is happening more often or is getting worse in past 12 months)
At any time in the last 12 months, did you provide unpaid care to an adult relative or friend who has trouble taking care of themselves?
Received flu shot/spray in past 12 months
Have you ever received the hepatitis A vaccine?
How many hepatitis A shots have you received? (among adults who have received the hepatitis A vaccine)
Among women >= 40yrs - Have you ever had a Mammogram? (uses age40new =1,2,3)
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
Anal sex in past 12 months (among WSM and MSWM)
Anal or rectal STD test in past 12 months (among WSM and MSWM)
Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed contraception or abortion services but did not get it? (among sexually active women <=45 yrs)
Used condom during anal sex in last 12 months (among those who had anal 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
Men who report having sex with men (among sexually active men only)
Men who report having sex with men ONLY (among sexually active men)
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)
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
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?
Drove a car/motor vehicle in NYC in past 30 days. Version 1.
Driver frequency in past 30 days (among drivers only). Version 1.
Driver frequency in past 30 days (among all). Version 1
Driver frequency in past 30 days, 3 levels (among all). Version 1
Ever drove 10MPH over speed limit when driving in past 30 days (among drivers only). Version 1
In the past 30 days, when you drove in one of the five boroughs (of New York City), how often did you drive 10 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit? (Among drivers only). Version 1
Ever read/sent a text message or email when driving in past 30 days (among drivers only). Version 1
In the past 30 days, when you drove in one of the five boroughs (of New York City), how often have you read or sent a text message or email while you were driving? (among drivers only). Version 1
Ever had sexual body parts touched without consent.
Ever been forced into any type of unwanted oral, vaginal, or anal sex.
Has a doctor ever asked you if youve been hit, hurt, forced into a sexual act by an intimate partner?
Weight to use to compare different years of CHS
Variance stratum
Variance stratum for questions asked only in the long questionnaire
Type of birth control used at last vaginal sex (excludes condoms)
Type of health insurance (recoded)
Household size, adult plus children under 18 years (Top coded)
Presence of children in household