Variables by Column, 1998
PLEASE NOTE: VARIABLE _RFREGUL CODES CHANGED BETWEEN 1997 AND 1998; REFER TO THE CODEBOOK FOR NEW CODES.  In order to decrease the likelihood of identification of respondents, county residence codes have been omitted  for counties with fewer than 50 respondents.  Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) codes have not been removed.
	Starting	Starting
		Variable Name	Field Length		Variable  Name	Field Length
	Column	Column
	1	_STATE	2	68	EXERDIS2	3
	3	_GEOSTR	2	71	EXEROFT2	3
	5	_DENSTR	1	74	EXERHMM2	3
	6	_PSU	5	77	SMOKE100	1
	11	_RECORD	1	78	SMOKEDAY	1
	12	IDATE (Character)	6	79	SMOKENUM	2
	12	IMONTH (Character)	2	81	SMOKNM30	2
	14	IDAY (Character)	2	83	STOPSMOK	1
	16	IYEAR (Character)	2	84	LASTSMOK	2
	18	INTVID (Character)	2	86	CIGAR	1
	20	Columns 20-27	8	87	LASTCGAR	2
	28	DISPCODE	2	89	PASTCGAR	1
	30	WINDDOWN	1	90	FRUITJUI	3
	31	NUMADULT	2	93	FRUIT	3
	33	NUMMEN	1	96	GREENSAL	3
	34	NUMWOMEN	1	99	POTATOES	3
	35	GENHLTH	1	102	CARROTS	3
	36	PHYSHLTH	2	105	VEGETABL	3
	38	MENTHLTH	2	108	LOSEWT	1
	40	POORHLTH	2	109	MAINTAIN	1
	42	HLTHPLAN	1	110	FEWCAL	1
	43	MEDICAR2	1	111	PHYACT	1
	44	TYPCOVR1	2	112	DRADVICE	1
	46	TYPCOVR2	2	113	DIETPILL	1
	48	NOCOV12	1	114	PREWGT	3
	49	PASTPLAN	1	117	AGE	2
	50	MEDCOST	1	119	ORACE	1
	51	CHECKUP	1	120	HISPANIC	1
	52	DIABETES	1	121	MARITAL	1
	53	EXERANY	1	122	CHLD04	1
	54	EXERACT1	2	123	CHLD0512	1
	56	EXERDIS1	3	124	CHLD1317	1
	59	EXEROFT1	3	125	EDUCA	1
	62	EXERHMM1	3	126	EMPLOY	1
	65	EXEROTH2	1	127	INCOME2	2
	66	EXERACT2	2	129	WEIGHT	3		
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	Starting	Starting
		Variable Name	Field Length		Variable  Name	Field Length
	Column	Column
	132	WTDESIRE	3	185	FEETCHK	2
	135	HEIGHT	3	187	EYEEXAM	1
	135	HTF	1	188	VISNDIST	1
	136	HTI	2	189	VISNREAD	1
	138	CTYCODE	3	190	VISIONTV	1
	141	NUMHHOLD	1	191	SEXINTMN	2
	142	NUMPHONS	1	193	SEXCONDM	1
	143	SEX	1	194	CONDLAST	1
	144	HADMAM	1	195	CONEFF2	1
	145	HOWLONG	1	196	NEWPARTN	2
	146	WHYDONE	1	198	HIVRISK	1
	147	PROFEXAM	1	199	STDTREAT	1
	148	LENGEXAM	1	200	STDCLIN	1
	149	REASEXAM	1	201	SEXBEHA2	1
	150	HADPAP	1	202	SELCPTN3	1
	151	LASTPAP	1	203	SEX1PTN3	1
	152	WHYPAP	1	204	USECOND3	1
	153	HADHYST	1	205	PREGLST5	1
	154	PREGNANT	1	206	LSTPREG	1
	155	GRADE2	2	207	LSTPREG2	1
	157	CONDUSE	1	208	BRTHCNTL	1
	158	GETHIV	1	209	TYPCNTRL	2
	159	DONBLD85	1	211	RSNNOBC	2
	160	DON12MO	1	213	WHRSVCS	1
	161	HIVTST2A	4	214	FAMPLAN	1
	162	HIVTST2B	1	215	LASTUSED	1
	163	HIV12MO	1	216	RSNNOCOV	2
	164	TEST12MO	1	218	MCRELNGT	1
	165	RSNTST3	2	219	DOCTLIST	1
	167	WHRTST3	2	220	CERTDOCT	1
	169	RESULTS	1	221	HLTHCOVR	1
	170	COUNSEL	1	222	RSNWOCOV	2
	171	DIABAGE	2	224	RATECARE	1
	173	INSULIN	1	225	PRIMCARE	1
	174	INSLNFRQ	3	226	NOPRIMCR	2
	177	BLDSUGAR	3	228	MOSTCARE	1
	180	HEMOGLBN	1	229	FACILIT2	1
	181	DOCTDIAB	2	230	DISTCARE	1
	183	CHKHEMO	2	231	NUMBDOC2	1
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		Variable Name	Field Length		Variable  Name	Field Length
	Column	Column
	232	CHNGDOCT	1	279	CVDINFAR	1
	233	LASTCHNG	2	280	CVDCORHD	1
	235	LASTDENT	1	281	CVDSTROK	1
	236	REASDENT	2	282	CVDASPRN	1
	238	RMVTEETH	1	283	ASPUNSAF	1
	239	DENTLINS	1	284	WHYASPAN	1
	240	PCSEATHB	1	285	WHYASPHA	1
	241	PCSEXER	1	286	WHYASPSK	1
	242	PCSINJPV	1	287	PASTMENO	1
	243	PCSDRGAB	1	288	DICSESTR	1
	244	PCSALCH	1	289	ESTRPILL	1
	245	PCSSMOK	1	290	CURESTRO	1
	246	PCSAIDS	1	291	ESTRHART	1
	247	BPTAKE	1	292	ESTRBONE	1
	248	BPHIGH	1	293	ESTRFLSH	1
	249	HIGHGT1	1	294	PAIN12MN	1
	250	BLOODCHO	1	295	SYMTMMTH	1
	251	CHOLCHK	1	296	LMTJOINT	1
	252	TOLDHI	1	297	HAVARTH	1
	253	BLDSTOOL	1	298	TYPEARTH	2
	254	LSTBLDST	1	300	TRTARTH	1
	255	HADPROC2	1	301	QLACTLMT	1
	256	LSTPROC2	1	302	HLTHPROB	2
	257	FLUSHOT	1	304	LONGLMTD	3
	258	PNEUMVAC	1	307	QLPERSNL	1
	259	SEATBELT	1	308	QLROUTIN	1
	260	CHLDLT16	2	309	PAINACTV	2
	262	SFTYLT16	1	311	QLMENTAL	2
	263	BIKEHLMT	1	313	QLSTRESS	2
	264	SMKDETE2	1	315	QLREST	2
	265	DRINKANY	1	317	QLHLTHY	2
	266	ALCOHOL	3	319	VITAMINS	1
	269	NALCOCC	2	320	MULTIVIT	1
	271	DRINKGE5	2	321	FOLICACD	1
	273	DRINKDRI	2	322	TAKEVIT	3
	275	CVDFATRK	1	325	RECOMMEN	1
	276	CVDEXRSK	1	326	FIREARM2	1
	277	CVDFAT02	1	327	HANDGUNS	1
	278	CVDEXR02	1	328	RIFLE	1
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		Variable Name	Field Length		Variable  Name	Field Length
	Column	Column
	329	RNSARMED	1	648	_IMPAGE	2
	330	LOADUNLK	1	650	_MSACODE	4
	331	PROTECT2	1	654	RACE	2
	332	RIDARMED	1	656	_SMOKER2	1
	333	CONFRNTA	1	657	_DRNKMO	4
	334	SAFWKSHP	1	661	_WTFORHT	5
	335	PERFRARM	1	666	_BMI	3
	336	HOWSAFE	1	669	_TOTINDX	1
	337	RENTHOME	1	670	_SMKLESS	1
	338	CURADRS	1	671	_FRTSERV	5
	339	NMCLSFRD	1	676	_FRTINDX	1
	340	ENGHFOOD	1	677	_RFSEAT2	1
	341	TOBACCO	1	678	_RFSEAT3	1
	342	INDOORS	1	679	_RFHYPE2	1
	343	SMKPUBLC	1	680	_RFSMOK2	1
	344	SMKWORK	1	681	_RFDRACU	1
	345	SMKREST	1	682	_RFDRDRI	1
	346	SMKSCHLS	1	683	_RFDRCHR	1
	347	SMKDAYCR	1	684	_RFLIFES	1
	348	SMKINDOR	1	685	_RFREGUL	1
	349	ALLOWADS	1	686	_RFOBESE	1
	350	USEEVER	1	687	_RFWHBMI	1
	351	USENOW	1	688	_RFTOBAC	1
	352	Columns 352-359	8	689	_AGEG	1
	360	_DENWT	10	690	_AGEG5YR	2
	370	STATEQUE (Character)	181	692	_AGE65YR	1
	551	Columns 551-574	24	693	_RACEG	1
	575	_QSTVER	1	694	_RACEGR	1
	576	_STSTR	6	695	_CHOLCHK	1
	582	_GEOWT	10	696	_BPCHECK	1
	592	_RAW	10	697	Columns 697-699	3
	602	_CSA	10	700	End of File Marker	1
	612	_WT1	10
	622	_POSTSTR	10
	632	_FINALWT	10
	642	_REGION	2
	644	_RACEG_	1
	645	_AGEG_	2
	647	_SEXG_	1
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