Details of Element: Father Living
Component of Personal Smoking History

Unique Name: fatli
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 10177 3621 13798
Number of Distinct Participants 1528 904 2432
Year First Collected 1958 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1998 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    4 Unknown
    5 Living
    6 Dead
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 4. thru 6.
Masterfile Index: 409-01-46
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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