WEIGHT
Description
WEIGHT provides the respondent's self-reported weight in pounds.
Female respondents were asked if they were pregnant; if so, weight is not specified and those respondents are given value 9994.
Weight was gathered during the Eating and Health Module of the ATUS interview. Analyses that include HEIGHT should use EHWT as the weight.
Universe
2006-2008: Eating and Health module respondents.
Quality flags
- QWEIGHT
- WEIGHT: topcoding flag
Codes/Frequencies
Top Code
- 2006-2008: 330 pounds.
Bottom Code
- 2006-2008: 98 pounds.