Details of Element: Avg. Lifetime Use, When Smoked Per Day
Component of Personal Smoking History


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

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 113 0 113
Number of Distinct Participants 88 0 88
Year First Collected 1958 n/a -
Year Last Collected 1981 n/a -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    1 NOT EVERY DAY
    2 < 10
    3 10-20
    4 21-40
    5 > 40+
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 1. thru 5.
Masterfile Index: 409-02-05
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
Details for this Data Type


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