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Information on Individual SESTAT Elements

SAS Variable Name: DIFAGEGR

Description:

Physical abilities: earliest age experienced difficulties (5 year intervals)

Question:

Derived within SESTAT from reported information.

Click here for more information about the content and construction of this variable.

Domain:

1993

Marked having slight or greater level of difficulty for seeing, hearing, walking or lifting

1995

Marked having slight or greater level of difficulty for seeing, hearing, walking or lifting

1997

Marked having slight or greater level of difficulty for seeing, hearing, walking or lifting

1999

Marked having slight or greater level of difficulty for seeing, hearing, walking or lifting

2001

Marked having slight or greater level of difficulty for seeing, hearing, walking or lifting

2003

Marked having slight or greater level of difficulty for seeing, hearing, walking or lifting

2006

Marked having slight or greater level of difficulty for seeing, hearing, walking or lifting

2008

Marked having slight or greater level of difficulty for seeing, hearing, walking or lifting

Categorical Values:

• To view the table of 1993 Item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 1995 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 1997 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 1999 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2001 NSRCG item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2001 SDR item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2003 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2006 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2008 item tallies, click here.

Survey Component Availability



Year	SESTAT Integrated Database		NSRCG		NSCG		SDR
	Restricted Use	Public Use	Restricted Use	Public Use	Restricted Use	Public Use	Restricted Use	Public Use
1993	Available	X	Available	NF	NF	Available	Available	NF
1995	Available	X	Available	NF	Available	NF	Available	NF
1997	Available	X	Available	NF	Available	NF	Available	NF
1999	Available	X	Available	NF	Available	NF	Available	NF
2001	NF	NF	Available	X	NS	NS	Available	X
2003	Available	X	Available	X	Available	Available	Available	X
2006	Available	X	Available	X	Available	NF	Available	X
2008	Available	X	Available	X	Available	NF	Available	X

KEY:
Available = Variable is available
X = Variable was collected, but is not available on this file
S = Variable was not collected, but similar information is available in other files. Refer to Domain information.
NS = Survey not conducted
NF = This file was not created

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1993

NSCG: D25.age
NSRCG: D19.age
SDR: E19.1


1995


NSCG: D23.1
NSRCG: D19.1
SDR: D21.1


1997


NSCG:

Regular NSCG: D22.1
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form A): D22.1
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form B): D22.1

NSRCG: D19.1
SDR: F12.1


1999


NSCG:

Regular NSCG: SYSTEM
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form A): Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form B): Not applicable, question not asked

NSRCG: SYSTEM
SDR: SYSTEM


2001


NSCG: Survey not conducted
NSRCG: SYSTEM
SDR: SYSTEM


2003


NSCG: RECODE
NSRCG: RECODE
SDR: RECODE


2006


NSCG: RECODE
NSRCG: RECODE
SDR: RECODE


2008


NSCG: RECODE
NSRCG: RECODE
SDR: RECODE

Quality and other technical information related to this item:

1993
This question had moderate to high inconsistency. Item nonresponse was a problem on the unedited NSCG data (9 percent) but was corrected in editing. Item nonresponse for the SDR was 1.1 percent; and 3.9 percent in the NSRCG.

This variable is derived from other variables within SESTAT. More information is available on the derived X_DEM_DISABLE_EARLIEST_AGE_5_YR_GROUPING page

Topic Areas associated with this data element:

X- Disability

DISABILITIES
DISABILITY
PHYSICAL ABILITIES

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