Details of Element: Difficulty Re-Opening Jars
Component of Physical Functioning Inventory

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

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 507 489 996
Number of Distinct Participants 389 381 770
Year First Collected 1992 1991 -
Year Last Collected 1998 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    0 No
    1 Yes
    2 No longer due to difficulty
    3 Could but don't
    4 Never did it
    8 Don't know/refused
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 8.
Masterfile Index: 755-03-01
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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