Details of Element: How Many Years Ago Stopped Smoking
Component of Personal Smoking History


Unique Name: hmyas
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? Yes

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 5310 1337 6647
Number of Distinct Participants 843 353 1196
Year First Collected 1958 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1998 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Continuous
Units of Measure: years
Precision: ##.#
Anticipated Range: 00.0 thru 99.9
Masterfile Index: 409-01-13
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
Details for this Data Type


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