Details of Element: Help of Another to do Light Housework
Component of Physical Functioning Inventory

Unique Name: hoatd0
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 10 15 25
Number of Distinct Participants 10 15 25
Year First Collected 1994 1993 -
Year Last Collected 1998 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    0 No
    1 Supervision
    2 A little help
    3 Moderate help
    4 A lot of help
    5 Total dependence
    8 Don't know
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 8.
Masterfile Index: 755-03-41
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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