Details of Element: How Old Started Smoking Cigarettes Regularly
Component of Personal Smoking History

Unique Name: hossc
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: Continuous
Units of Measure: YEARS OLD
Precision: ##.
Anticipated Range: 10. thru 90.
Masterfile Index: 409-02-06
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
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