Self-reported health status
Ever been told you had hypertension
Ever told you had high cholesterol
RECODE: Ever diagnosed high cholesterol
Ever told you had a heart attack
Ever told you had a stroke
Ever been told you had cancer
Ever been told you had asthma
Still have asthma
Past 12 months, asthma attack
Have your biological relatives ever had: Heart attack
Have your biological relatives ever had: Stroke
Have your biological relatives ever had: Cancer
Wear glasses or contacts
Difficulty seeing (even wearing glasses)
Use a hearing aid
Difficulty hearing (even using hearing aid)
Difficulty walking or climbing steps
Difficulty communicating
Difficulty remembering or concentrating
Difficulty with self-care
Washington Group short set composite disability indicator
Difficulty doing errands alone
Difficulty participating in social activities
RECODE: Difficulty participating in social activities due to physical, mental, or emotional condition
Work limited due to health problem
Any social/work limitation
Time since last saw doctor about your health
Have a usual place to go for care
Type of place for usual care
DERIVED: Number of urgent care or store clinic visits, past 12 months
DERIVED: Number of hospital emergency room visits, past 12 months
Past 12 months, hospitalized overnight
Past 12 months, delayed medical care due to cost
Past 12 months, did not get medical care due to cost
Ever smoked 100 cigarettes in entire life
How often now smoke cigarettes
Ever used an e-cigarette even once in entire life
How often now use e-cigarette
How important knowing family health history to own health
How much health history known about: Mother
How much health history known about: Father
How much health history known about: Maternal grandparents
How much health history known about: Paternal grandparents
Ever collected family health history
Ever shared family health history with other relatives
Ever shared family health history with healthcare provider
How difficult to collect family health history
Reason difficult to collect: Do not know what information to collect
Reason difficult to collect: Hard to organize or store
Reason difficult to collect: No contact or no longer alive
Reason difficult to collect: Uncomfortable asking
Reason difficult to collect: Some other reason
Had genetic testing to determine: Cancer risk
Had genetic testing to determine: Heart disease risk
Knew genetic testing can determine: Cancer risk
Knew genetic testing can determine: Heart disease risk
Interested in genetic testing: Heart disease risk
Why have genetic testing: Share with relatives
Why have genetic testing: Would make difference in healthcare decisions
Why have genetic testing: Would encourage change in habits
Why have genetic testing: Doctor recommended
Why interested in genetic testing: Share with relatives
Why interested in genetic testing: Would make difference in healthcare decisions
Why interested in genetic testing: Would encourage change in habits
Why interested in genetic testing: Doctor recommended
Why not interested in genetic testing: Would cause stress
Why not interested in genetic testing: Do not think knowing would be helpful
Why not interested in genetic testing: Doctor does not recommend
Why not interested in genetic testing: Could impact keeping job or insurance
Why not interested in genetic testing: Could be misused or shared without permission
Why not interested in genetic testing: Cost
Last week worked for pay at job or business
Had a job/business last week but temporarily absent
Main reason not working for pay last week
DERIVED: Worked last week
Actively looking for work
RECODE: Number of jobs currently work
RECODE: Number of hours currently work: All jobs
RECODE: Number of hours currently work: Main job
At main job, would like to work how many hours
Employment type
At main job, taxes are deducted
At main job, receive paid leave
At main job, allowed unpaid leave
Last time worked
Insurance coverage: Self/family member employer, union
Insurance coverage: Self/family member purchased directly
Insurance coverage: Medicare
Insurance coverage: Medicaid or government assistance plan
Insurance coverage: TRICARE or other military
Insurance coverage: VA health care
Insurance coverage: Indian Health Service
Insurance coverage: Any other
Private insurance, Other/Unknown Source
Other health insurance reported
Health Insurance Status
Insurance through own employer or union
Insurance through family member employer or union
Employer or union offer health insurance
Worried food would run out before got money to buy more
Food bought did not last, no money to buy more
Couldn't afford to eat balanced meals
Last 30 days, cut meal size or skipped meals
Last 30 days, ate less than felt should
Last 30 days, hungry but didn't eat
Last 30 days, lost weight because not enough food
Last 30 days, didn't eat for a whole day
Food Security Scale 4 category recode
Past 12 months, volunteer activities
Past 12 months, activities at schools or youth organizations
Past 12 months, attend local public meetings
Vote in last local elections
RECODE: Civic engagement including volunteering
Speak language other than English at home
What language use most often when watching television, read news, listen to radio
What language use most often when seeing a doctor
What language use most often when participate in social activities
Access to internet
Access to internet from home
Past 12 months, use internet to look for health or medical information
Past 12 months, use internet to communicate with doctor/doctor's office
Past 12 months, use internet to look up medical test results
At least one telephone inside home, not cell phone
Have a working cell phone
Live with anyone with a working cell phone
Sexual relationship: Safe and supportive
Sexual relationship: Fulfilling
Sexual relationship how often: Talk about thoughts and feelings
Sexual relationship how often: Talk about likes and dislikes sexually
Sexual relationship how often: Talk about sexual boundaries
Sexual relationship how often: Talk about feelings about certain sexual situations made you both feel
Comfortable talking to partner about sexual health
Ever hesitated talking about sexual health: To avoid offending/hurting feelings
Ever hesitated talking about sexual health: Do not trust partner to be honest
Ever hesitated talking about sexual health: Do not know how to describe feelings
Ever hesitated talking about sexual health: Do not think partner will understand
Past 12 months, received sexual health services
Received sexual health services: Doctor's office
Received sexual health services: Community or public health clinic
Received sexual health services: Hospital
Received sexual health services: Urgent care or store clinic
Received sexual health services: Telehealth
Sexual health providers: Comfortable talking about sexual health
Ever hesitant to talk with health providers because: Fear will judge
Ever hesitant to talk with health providers because: Do not trust
Ever hesitant to talk with health providers because: Do not know how to describe feelings
Ever hesitant to talk with health providers because: Do not think will understand
Sexual health information source: Family
Sexual health information source: Partner
Sexual health information source: Peers or friends
Sexual health information source: Therapist
Sexual health information source: Doctor or healthcare provider
Sexual health information source: Internet or social media
Sexual health information source: Other
Currently in sexual relationship
Casual sexual relationship, one person
Committed sexual relationship, one person
Open sexual relationship, one person
Casual sexual relationship, more than one person
Committed sexual relationship, more than one person
Open sexual relationship, more than one person
Past 12 months, had sex with man
Past 12 months, had sex with woman
Past 12 months, had sex with someone nonbinary, genderqueer, transgender, or did not identify as only male or only female
Past 12 months, did not have sex
Past 12 months, sex with new partner
Before sex with new partner, discussed using condoms
Before sex with new partner, discussed hormonal birth control or IUDs
Before sex with new partner, discussed HIV PrEP
Before sex with new partner, discussed HIV testing
Before sex with new partner, discussed STI testing
Before sex with new partner, discussed none of these
Past 12 months, how often discussed condoms with new sex partners
Past 12 months, how often discussed hormonal birth control or IUDs with new sex partners
Past 12 months, how often discussed HIV PrEP with new sex partners
Past 12 months, how often discussed HIV testing with new sex partners
Past 12 months, how often discussed STI testing with new sex partners
Now married, living with a partner, or neither
Ever been married
Current legal marital status
Widowed, divorced, or separated
DERIVED: Current marital status
DERIVED: Legal marital status
RECODE: Current Marriage Status - 2 levels
Date the survey started
Date the survey was completed
Respondent Survey ID
Paradata: Panel Provider
Paradata: Language of interview
Paradata: Outcome code
Panel Profile: Numeric household size, capped at 6+
DERIVED: Age - 12 levels
Panel Profile: Respondent gender
Panel Profile: Education - 3 levels
Imputation flag for panel profile variable: <P_EDUCATION_I>
Paradata: Whether the survey was completed in a single session
Paradata: Number of reminders sent
Paradata: Number of contact attempts (phone)
Paradata: Device used to complete survey (web only)
Paradata: Mode of interview
Paradata: Number of times the questionnaire was accessed/login attempts (web)
Panel Profile: Poverty Status (ratio of household income to the federal poverty level) - 4 levels
Panel Profile: 4-level region
DERIVED: Home ownership - 2 levels
Panel Profile: Are you a US citizen?
Panel Profile: Have you ever served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, military Reserves, or National Guard?
Panel Profile: Is respondent US born?
Panel Profile: Single and multiple race/ethnicity groups (all adults)
Panel Profile: Gender identity 4 Levels
Panel Profile: Sexual Orientation
NCHS 2013 Urban/Rural code
Imputation flag for profile variable: <P_METRO_R>
Panel provider 1 weight calibrated to NHIS control totals
Panel provider 2 weight calibrated to NHIS control totals
Final combined weight calibrated to NHIS control totals
Panel Sample Strata
Panel PSU