GENHEALTH
Description
GENHEALTH provides the respondent's general assessment of his or her own health.
In 2006-2008, general health was gathered during the Eating and Health Module of the ATUS interview. Analyses that include GENHEALTH should use EHWT as the weight.
In 2010, these data were collected as part of the Well-being Module of the ATUS interview. Research using this variable without activity-level quality of life data should apply WBWT as the weight in analyses; research using this variable in conjunction with activity-level quality of life data should use AWBWT for analyses.
Universe
- 2006-2008: Eating and health module respondents.
- 2010: Well-being module respondents.
Quality flags
- QGENHEALTH
- GENHEALTH: allocation flag
Codes/Frequencies
- Respondents
- Respondents and Household Members
- Respondents and Non-respondents
- Respondents and Non-respondents plus Household Members
Respondents
| Code | Description | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excellent | -- | -- | -- | 2442 | 2292 | 2303 | -- | 2520 |
| 2 | Very good | -- | -- | -- | 4280 | 4167 | 4353 | -- | 4253 |
| 3 | Good | -- | -- | -- | 3814 | 3603 | 3774 | -- | 3721 |
| 4 | Fair | -- | -- | -- | 1622 | 1503 | 1527 | -- | 1747 |
| 5 | Poor | -- | -- | -- | 601 | 507 | 540 | -- | 588 |
| 96 | Refused | -- | -- | -- | 116 | 142 | 189 | -- | -- |
| 97 | Don't know | -- | -- | -- | 16 | 19 | 22 | -- | -- |
| 99 | NIU (Not in universe) | -- | -- | -- | 52 | 15 | 15 | -- | 431 |