Details of Element: Health at Present
Component of Activities and Attitudes Quest.

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

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 889 649 1538
Number of Distinct Participants 723 561 1284
Year First Collected 1963 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1994 1994 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    1 Very poor
    2 Poor
    3 Fair
    4 Good
    5 Excellent
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 1. thru 5.
Masterfile Index: 501-02-17
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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