VAR CF9004 ELDERLY THERMOMETER

VAR CF9004    ELDERLY THERMOMETER
              COLUMNS 884-885
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 98 OR GE 99


        OLDER PEOPLE  (OR THE ELDERLY) -- FEELING THERMOMETER
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE VCF0201 FOR QUESTION TEXT AND NOTES.

        In 1996, group thermometers were administered in random order.

              00-96.    Degrees as coded
                 97.    97-100 degrees

                 98.    DK; don't recognize (1980 and later)
                 99.    NA; INAP, no post IW (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996,
                        2000); abbrev. telephone IW (1984); question not used

        1974:  2361     1976:  3829      1980:  865
        1984:  771      1988:  619       1994:  316
        1996:  9601040  2000:  001319


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