Details of Element: Age When Started Smoking Cigars Regularly
Component of Personal Smoking History


Unique Name: awssc0
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? Yes

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 4756 37 4793
Number of Distinct Participants 630 15 645
Year First Collected 1958 1979 -
Year Last Collected 1998 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Continuous
Units of Measure: years
Precision: ##.
Anticipated Range: 00. thru 99.
Masterfile Index: 409-01-22
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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