Details of Element: Health Better or Worse Than at 55
Component of Activities and Attitudes Quest.

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

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 622 356 978
Number of Distinct Participants 520 303 823
Year First Collected 1968 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1994 1994 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    1 Worse now
    2 About the same
    3 Better now
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 1. thru 3.
Masterfile Index: 501-02-18
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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