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Summary Matrix of Calculated Variables (CV) in the 2020 Data File

Summary Matrix of Calculated Variables (CV) in the 2020 Data File
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Summary Matrix of Calculated Variables (CV) in the 2020 Data File
Description or Result
of Calculation		 Input Variables
(From Questionnaire)		 Intermediate and
Output Variables
used in calculations		 Output Variables
(In Final Data Set)
Section 1: Health Status
CV for fair or poor general health GENHLTH _RFHLTH
Section 2: Healthy Days
CV for days of not good physical health PHYSHLTH _PHYS14D
CV for days of not good mental health MENTHLTH _MENT14D
Section 3: Health Care Access
CV for respondents aged 18-64 years that have any form of health care coverage HLTHPLN1, AGE _HCVU651
Section 4: Exercise
CV for no leisure time physical activity EXERANY2 _TOTINDA
Section 6: Chronic Health Conditions
CV for respondents that reported having coronary heart disease or mycardial infarction CVDINFR4, CVDCRHD4 _MICHD
CV for lifetime asthma prevalence ASTHMA3 _LTASTH1
CV for current asthma prevalence ASTHMA3, ASTHNOW _CASTHM1
Computed asthma status ASTHMA3, ASTHNOW _ASTHMS1
CV for respondents that have had a doctor diagnose them as having some form of arthritis HAVARTH4 _DRDXAR2
Section 7: Oral Health
CV for having had permanent teeth extracted RMVTETH4 _EXTETH3
CV for having had all permanent teeth extracted AGE, RMVTETH4 _ALTETH3
CV for having visited a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental clinic within the past year LASTDEN4 _DENVST3
Section 8: Demographics
Reported MRACE with trailing 7,8,9’s removed MRACE1 MRACORG1
Reported MRACE with trailing 7,8,9’s removed in ascending order MRACE1 MRACORG1 MRACASC1
Preferred Race MRACE1, ORACE3 MRACORG1, MRACASC1 _PRACE1
Multiracial Race categorization MRACE1 MRACORG1, MRACASC1 _MRACE1
Multiracial Race categorization MRACE1 MRACORG1, MRACASC1 _M_RACE
CV for Hispanic, Latino or Spanish categorization HISPANC3 _HISPANC
CV for race/ethnicity MRACE1, HISPANC3 _HISPANC, _MRACE1, MRACORG1, MRACASC1 _RACE
White, non-Hispanic and non-White or Hispanic race/ethnicity groupings. MRACE1, HISPANC3 _HISPANC, _MRACE1, MRACORG1, MRACASC1, _RACE _RACEG21
Hispanic and non-Hispanic White, Black, and Other race/ethnicity groupings. MRACE1, HISPANC3 _HISPANC, _MRACE1, MRACORG1, MRACASC1, _RACE _RACEGR3
CV for computed race groups used for internet prevalence tables MRACE1, HISPANC3 _RACE, _IMPRACE _RACEPRV
Calculated sex variable BIRTHSEX, SEXVAR _SEX
18-24 and then 5-year age groupings to 80+. AGE _AGEG5YR
18-64 and 65+ age groupings. AGE _AGE65YR
CV for imputed age collapsed above 80 AGE _IMPAGE _AGE80
18-64 and 65+ 10 year age groupings. AGE _IMPAGE _AGE_G
CV for height in inches HEIGHT3 HTIN4
CV for height in meters HEIGHT3 HTIN4 HTM4
CV for weight in kilograms WEIGHT2 WTKG3
Calculated Body Mass Index PREGNANT, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT3 HTIN4, HTM4, WTKG3 _BMI5
Tri-level weight variable (normal, overweight, obese) based on Body Mass Index PREGNANT, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT3 HTIN4, HTM4, WTKG3, _BMI5 _BMI5CAT
CV for Overweight or Obese Body Mass Index level PREGNANT, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT3 HTIN4, HTM4, WTKG3, _BMI5 _RFBMI5
Calculated number of children in household CHILDREN _CHLDCNT
Calculated education level completed EDUCA _EDUCAG
Calculated income categories INCOME2 _INCOMG
CV for metropolitan status _URBNRRL _METSTAT
CV for urban rural status _URBNRRL _URBSTAT
Section 10: Tobacco Use
Smoking Status: Everyday smoker, someday smoker, former smoker and non smoker SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2 _SMOKER3
CV for current smoking status SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2 _SMOKER3 _RFSMOK3
Section 11: Alcohol Consumption
CV for alcohol comsuption ALCDAY5 DRNKANY5
Drink occasions per day ALCDAY5 DROCDY3_
CV for BINGE drinking (males GE 5 drinks on an occasion, females GE 4 drinks on an occasion) ALCDAY5, DRNK3GE5 _RFBING5
CV for number of drinks of alcohol per week ALCDAY5, AVEDRNK3 DROCDY3_ _DRNKWK1
CV for HEAVY drinking (GT 2 drinks per day for men, GT 1 drink per day for women) BIRTHSEX,SEXVAR, ALCDAY5 _DRNKWK1 _RFDRHV7
Section 12: Immunization
CV for respondents aged 65 and older that have had a flu shot within the past year AGE, FLUSHOT7 _FLSHOT7
CV for respondent aged 65 and older that have ever had a pneumonia vaccine PNEUVAC4 _PNEUMO3
Section 14: Seatbelt Use and Drinking and Driving
CV for Always/Nearly Always wear seatbelt SEATBELT _RFSEAT2
CV for Alwayswear seatbelt SEATBELT _RFSEAT3
Drinking and Driving calculated variable DRNKDRI2 _DRNKDRV
Section 17: Colorectal Cancer Screening
CV for age 50-75 that have not had a colonoscopy within the past 10 years COLNSCPY, COLNTEST, AGE _CLNSCPY
CV for age 50-75 that have not had a sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years SIGMSCPY, SIGMTEST, AGE _SGMSCPY
CV for age 50-75 that have not had a sigmoidoscopy within the past 10 years SIGMSCPY, SIGMTEST, AGE _SGMS10Y
CV for age 50-75 that have not had a blood stool test within the past 2 years BLDSTOL1, LSTBLDS4, AGE _RFBLDS4
CV for age 50-75 that have not had a stoold DNA test within the past 3 years STOOLDNA, SDNATEST, AGE _STOLDNA
CV for age 50-75 that have not had a virtual colonoscopy within the past 5 years VIRCOLON, VCLNTEST, AGE _VIRCOLN
CV for age 50-75 that have not had a sigmoidoscopy within the past 10 years and a blood stool test within the past year BLDSTOL1, LSTBLDS4, SIGMSCPY, SIGMTEST, AGE _RFBLDS4, _SGMS10Y _SBONTIM
CV for age 50-75 who have fully met the USPSTF recommendations BLDSTOL1, LSTBLDS4, SIGMSCPY, SIGMTEST, COLNSCPY, COLNTEST, STOOLDNA, SDNATEST, VIRCOLON, VCLNTEST, AGE _RFBLDS4, _SGMSCPY, _CLNSCPY, _STOLDNA, _VIRCOLN _CRCREC1
Section 18: HIV/AIDS
CV for having ever been tested for HIV HIVTST7 _AIDTST4

 

Version #2 – Revised: June 1, 2021
Version #2 – Revised: June 1, 2021