1 = East Boston
2 = Iowa
3 = New Haven
4 = Duke

What is your current marital status
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1 = Married
2 = Separated, divorced, annulled
3 = Widowed
4 = Never married

Housing type
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1 = Detached single family house
2 = Detached two-four family house/apartment
3 = Semi-detached row house, town house
4 = Apartment house
5 = Apartment in a partially commercial stru
6 = Other

Currently working at paying job
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1 = Yes
2 = No

Household composition summary
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1 = Alone
2 = With spouse only
3 = With spouse and others
4 = Other arrangements

How often do you go to religious meeting
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1 = Never/almost never
2 = Once or twice a year
3 = Every few months
4 = Once or twice a month
5 = Once a week
6 = More than once a week

How many relatives do you feel close to(
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1 = None
2 = 1 or 2
3 = 3 or more

What is the data (today)
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1 = Correct
2 = Incorrect
9 = Refused

Need help - walk in doors
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1 = No help
2 = Help
3 = Unable to do

Walk help - from person or equipment
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1 = Person
2 = Special equipment
3 = Both

Difficulty pulling/pushing large objects
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1 = No difficulty at all
2 = A little or some difficulty
3 = Some difficulty (not Duke)
4 = A lot of difficulty
5 = Just unable to do it

When wearing glass/len can read ordinary
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1 = Yes
2 = No (includes blind subjects in IO & NH)

Difficulty holding urine
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1 = Never
2 = Hardly ever
3 = Some of the time
4 = Most of the time
5 = All of the time

Health compared to others in age group
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1 = Excellent
2 = Good
3 = Fair
4 = Poor

Dr ever told you had heart attack
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1 = Yes
2 = Suspect or possible
3 = No

Get pain when walking uphill or hurring
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1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Never walks uphill or hurries

What do you do if you get this pain
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1 = Stop or slow down
2 = Take a nitroglycerin
3 = Continue at same pace

Standing still, what happens to pain
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1 = Relieved
2 = Not relieved

How soon is the pain relieved
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1 = 10 minutes or less
2 = More than 10 minutes

How many of these attacks have you had
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01 = 01-10
11 = 11+

What is your weight (pounds)(EB rounded
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200 = 200n+(female:NH blacks; 65-79:EB,IO,NH o
210 = 210n+(Males:75+:NH blacks)
120 = 120-229or-189or-249or-209n((mal:65-79or8
230 = 230n+(males:65-84:IO& EB 65-79:DUKE)
250 = 250n+(males:65-79:NH others; <75:NH blac
180 = 180n+(females:80+:EB,IO,NH others; 85+:D
190 = 190n+(males:85+:IO& EB;80+:NH others)(ma
121 = 121-189(males:80+:DUKE)
094 = <94n(fem:NH blacks 65-79,80+:EB,IO,NH.ot
095 = 95-199n(f:NH.b 65-79:EB,IO,NH.o-65-84:DK
119 = <120n(mal:65-79or84,75+,85+:IO& EB65-79,

Since last spoke-gained/lost > 10 pounds
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1 = No change
2 = Yes, gained
3 = Yes, lost
4 = Yes, both gained and lost

First blood pressure reading-Systolic
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080 = 80 (actual number is coded)
280 = 280 (actual number is coded)

First blood pressure reading-Diastolic
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000 = 0 (actual number is coded)
162 = 162 (actual number is coded)

Second blood pressure reading-Systolic
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240 = 240 (actual number is coded)
076 = 76 (actual number is coded)

How often have trouble falling asleep
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1 = Most of the time
2 = Sometimes
3 = Rarely or never

Number cigarettes smoked per day (curren
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1 = < 20
2 = 20
3 = > 20

Over the (past/last) month how often hav
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30 = 30+
01 = 1-29

When you did have beer/ale how many cans
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1 = 1 or less
2 = 2
3 = 3+

How many times been hospitalized since l
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1 = 1
2 = 2+

How long did you stay in the nursing hom
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1 = < 1 week
2 = 1-4 weeks
3 = 1-3 months
4 = 4-6 months
5 = 7-12 months
6 = > 1 year

Inverview status
01 = Telephone (IO) Self-report (NH)
11 = Complete (EB)
31 = Proxy information on deceased: complete
81 = Interview completed by proxy (EB)
02 = In-person (IO) Proxy (at least 50% by pr
12 = Partially complete (EB)
32 = proxy information on deceased: incomplet
82 = Interview partially completed by proxy (
03 = Telephone surrogate (IO)
04 = In-person surrogate (IO)
05 = Mail (IO)
06 = Deceased proxy (IO)

Iowa-I did not feel like eating
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1 = Hardly ever
2 = Some of the time
3 = Most of the time
8 = Dont know
9 = Refused

NH-Felt bothered
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1 = Rarely or none of the time
2 = Some of the time
3 = Much of the time
4 = Most or all of the time
8 = Dont know
9 = Refused

NH-Felt just as good as other people
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1 = Most or all of the time
2 = Much of the time
3 = Some of the time
4 = Rarely or non of the time
8 = Dont know
9 = Refused