Description
PRELIMINARY VARIABLE: Variable description not yet updated.
[Placeholder variable description: Ever prescribed medicine to lower cholesterol].
Comparability
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- 1991: Sample persons age 18+ who ever had their cholesterol checked (or don't know whether their cholesterol was checked) and were ever told their cholesterol was high.
- 1993: Half of sample persons age 18+ in quarters 3 and 4 (excluded from AIDS supplement) who have ever had their cholesterol checked by a doctor or health professiona (or for whom it was unknown if blood cholesterol was ever checked) and was ever told their blood cholesterol was high.
- 1998: Sample adults age 18+ who ever had their cholesterol checked (or don't know whether their cholesterol was checked) and were ever told their cholesterol was high.
Codes and Frequencies
Availability
- 1991, 1993, 1998
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Weights
- 1991, 1998 : SAMPWEIGHT
- 1993 : SUPP2WT
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