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Scientific Data Documentation

Diabetes And OGTT Data, Ages 20 - 74 years (1982-1984)

DSN: CC37.HSPHANES.DIABETES


ABSTRACT

Introduction

Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

 Mexican Americans
 Cuban Americans
 Puerto Ricans

 Tape Number 6506
 Ages 20 Years - 74 Years
 Version 1
 August 1988

 The Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) was conducted
 from July 1982 through December 1984.  The following information shows the
 total number of persons ages 6 months to 74 years sampled, interviewed, and
 examined in each of the three portions of the survey.

     Mexican Americans
          Residing in selected counties of Texas, Colorado, New Mexico,
            Arizona, and California
          Surveyed from July 1982 through November 1983
          9,894 persons sampled; 8,554 interviewed; 7,462 examined

     Cuban Americans
          Residing in Dade County (Miami), Florida
          Surveyed from January 1984 through April 1984
          2,244 persons sampled; 1,766 interviewed; 1,357 examined

     Puerto Ricans
          Residing in the New York City area, including parts of New Jersey
            and Connecticut
          Surveyed from May 1984 through December 1984
          3,786 persons sampled; 3,369 interviewed; 2,834 examined

 The data on the tape documented here are for all examined persons ages 20
 years to 74 years.


Caution Notice

                                   CAUTION

                         BEFORE USING THIS DATA TAPE,
                            PLEASE READ THIS PAGE

 *  Read the accompanying description of the survey, "The Plan and Operation
    of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey", DHHS
    Publication No. (PHS) 85-1321 before conducting analyses of the data on
    this tape.

 *  Two aspects of HHANES, especially, should be taken into account when
    conducting any analyses:  the sample weights and the complex survey
    design.

 *  Analyses should not be conducted on data combined from the three portions
    of the survey (Mexican-American, Cuban-American, Puerto Rican).

 *  HHANES is a survey of Hispanic households and some of the sample persons
    included on this tape are not of Hispanic origin.  A detailed description
    of the data codes dealing with national origin or ancestry appears in the
    NOTES section of this document.

 *  Examine the range and frequency of values of a variable before conducting
    an analysis of data.  The range may include unusual or unexpected
    values.  The frequency counts may be useful to determine which analyses
    may be worthwhile.

 *  Language of interview, which may appear several places on this tape, can
    vary depending on the questionnaire (several used in the survey) and on
    whether the response was provided by the sample person or by a proxy.

 *  For some data items, reference is made to a note.  The notes (in a
    separate section of this document) may be very important in data
    analyses.  Attention to them is strongly urged.

 *  For some data items, the number of sample persons with a positive
    response is very small.  In these instances, it may not be possible to
    produce a reliable population estimate.  Because the response rates to
    the glucose tolerance component were under 50 percent, attention to
    Section B regarding nonresponse bias is strongly urged.

 This Public Use Data Tape has been edited very carefully.  Numerous
 consistency and other checks were also performed.  Nevertheless, due
 especially to the large number of data items, some errors may have gone
 undetected.

 Please bring to the attention of NCHS any errors in the data tape or the
 documentation.  Errata sheets will be sent to people who have purchased the
 data tapes and corrections will be made to subsequently released data tapes.

 In publications, please acknowledge NCHS as the original data source.  The
 acknowledgement should include a disclaimer crediting the authors for
 analyses, interpretations, and conclusions; NCHS should be cited as being
 responsible for only the collection and processing of the data.  In
 addition, NCHS requests that the acronym HHANES be placed in the abstracts
 of journal articles and other publications based on data from this survey in
 order to facilitate the retrieval of such materials through automated
 bibliographic searches.  Please send reprints of journal articles and other
 publications that include data from this tape to NCHS.

     Division of Health Examination Statistics
     National Center for Health Statistics
     Center Building, Room 2-58
     3700 East-West Highway
     Hyattsville, MD   20782

 Public Use Data Tapes for the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination
 Survey will be released through the National Technical Information Service
 (NTIS) as soon as the data have been edited, validated, and documented.  A
 list of NCHS Public Use Data Tapes that can be purchased from NTIS may be
 obtained by writing the Scientific and Technical Information Branch, NCHS.

     Scientific and Technical Information Branch
     National Center for Health Statistics
     Center Building, Room 1-57
     3700 East-West Highway
     Hyattsville, MD   20782
     301-436-8500
BACKGROUND

 Introduction

 The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) collects, analyzes, and
 disseminates data on the health status of Americans.  The results of
 surveys, analyses, and studies are made known primarily through publications
 and the release of computer data tapes.  This document contains details
 required to guide programmers, statistical analysts, and research scientists
 in the use of a Public Use Data Tape.

 From 1960 through 1980 NCHS conducted five population-based, national health
 examination surveys.  Each survey involved collecting data by direct
 physical examination, the taking of a medical history, and laboratory and
 clinical tests and measurements.  Questionnaires and examination components
 have been designed to obtain and support analyses of data on certain
 targeted conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and anemia.  Beginning
 with the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I) a
 nutrition component was added to obtain information on nutritional status
 and dietary practices.  The numbers of Hispanics in these samples were,
 however, insufficient to enable adequate estimation of their health
 conditions.  From 1982 through 1984 a Hispanic Health and Nutrition
 Examination Survey (HHANES) was conducted to obtain data on the health and
 nutritional status of three Hispanic groups:  Mexican Americans from Texas,
 Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California; Cuban Americans from Dade
 County, Florida; and Puerto Ricans from the New York City area, including
 parts of New Jersey and Connecticut.

 The general structure of the HHANES sample design was similar to that of the
 previous National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.  All of these
 studies have used complex, multistage, stratified, clustered samples of
 defined populations.  The major difference between HHANES and the previous
 surveys is that HHANES was a survey of three special subgroups of the
 population in selected areas of the United States rather than a national
 probability sample.  A detailed presentation of the design specifications is
 found in Chapter 5 of "Plan and Operation of the Hispanic Health and
 Nutrition Examination Survey, 1982-84" (Ref. No. 1).

 Data collection began with a household interview.  Several questionnaires
 were administered:

     *  A Household Screener Questionnaire (HSQ), administered at each
        selected address, for determining household eligibility and for
        selecting sample persons.

     *  A Family Questionnaire (FQ), administered once for each family
        containing sample persons, which included sections on family
        relationships, basic demographic inforation for sample persons and
        head of family, Medicare and health insurance coverage, participation
        in income assistance programs, and housing characteristics.


     *  An Adult Sample Person Questionnaire (ASPQ), for persons 12 through
        74 years which, depending on age, included sections on health status
        measures, health services utilization, smoking (20 through 74 years),
        meal program participation, and acculturation.  Information on the
        use of medicines and vitamins in the past two weeks was also obtained.

     *  A Child Sample Person Questionnaire (CSPQ), for sample persons 6
        months through 11 years, which included sections on a number of
        health status issues, health care utilization, infant feeding
        practices, participation in meal programs, school attendance, and
        language use.  Information on the use of medicines and vitamins in
        the past two weeks was also obtained.

 At the Mobile Examination Center two questionnaires were administered and an
 examination performed:

     *  An Adult Sample Person Supplement (ASPS), for sample persons 12
        through 74 years, which included sections on alcohol consumption,
        drug abuse, depression, smoking (12 through 19 years), pesticide
        exposure, and reproductive history.

     *  A Dietary Questionnaire (DQ), for persons 6 months through 74 years,
        by which trained dietary interviewers collected information about
        "usual" consumption habits and dietary practices, and recorded foods
        consumed 24 hours prior to midnight on the day before the interview.

     *  An examination which included a variety of tests and procedures.  Age
        at interview and other factors determined which procedures were
        administered to which examinees.  A dentist performed a dental
        examination and a vision test.  Technicians took blood and urine
        specimens and administered a glucose tolerance test, X-rays,
        electrocardiograms, and ultrasonographs of the gallbladder.
        Technicians also performed hearing tests and took a variety of body
        measurements.  A physician performed a medical examination focusing
        especially on the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurological, and
        musculoskeletal systems.  The physician's impression of overall
        health, nutritional and weight status, and health care needs were
        also recorded.  Some blood and urine specimen analyses were performed
        by technicians in the examination center; others were conducted under
        contract at various laboratories.

 Because the HHANES sample is not a simple random one, it is necessary to
 incorporate sample weights for proper analysis of the data.  These sample
 weights are a composite of individual selection probabilities, adjustments
 for noncoverage and nonresponse, and poststratification adjustments.  The
 HHANES sample weights, which are necessary for the calculation of point
 estimates, are located on all data tapes in positions 184-213.  Because of
 the complex sample design and the ratio adjustments used to produce the
 sample weights, commonly used methods of point and variance estimation and
 hypothesis testing which assume simple random sampling may give misleading
 results.  In order to provide users with the capability of estimating the
 complex sample variances in the HHANES data, Strata and Pseudo Primary
 Sampling Unit (PSU) codes have been provided on all data tapes in positions
 214-217.  These codes and the sample weights are necessary for the
 calculation of variances.

 There are computer programs available designed for variance estimation for
 complex sample designs.  The balanced repeated replication approach (Ref.
 No. 2) is used in &REPERR and a linearization approach is used in &PSALMS to
 calculate variance-covariance matrixes.  Both routines are available within
 the OSIRIS IV library (Ref. No. 3).  SURREGR (Ref. No. 4) and SUPERCARP
 (Ref. No. 5) are programs that calculate variance-covariance matrixes using
 a linearization approach (Ref. No. 6) (Taylor series expansion).  Another
 program, SESUDAAN (Ref. No. 7) calculates standard errors, variances, and
 design effects.  (Note:  This version of SESUDAAN should not be used to
 obtain variances for totals.)  SURREGR and SESUDAAN are special procedures
 which run data under the SAS system (Ref. No. 8).

 Even though the total number of examined persons in this survey is quite
 large, subclass analyses can lead to estimates that are unstable,
 particularly estimates of variances.  Consequently, analyses of subclasses
 require that the user pay particular attention to the number of sample
 persons in the subclass and the number of PSU's that contain at least one
 sample person in the subclass.  Small sample sizes, or a small number of
 PSU's used in the variance calculations, may produce unstable estimates of
 the variances.

 A more complete discussion of these issues and possible analytic strategies
 for examining various hypotheses is presented in Chapter 11 of "Plan and
 Operation of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1982-84"
 (Ref. No. 1) and in an earlier NCHS methodology (Series 2) publication (Ref.
 No. 9).

 Some users, however, may not have access to the computer programs for
 estimating complex sample variances or may want to do their preliminary
 analyses without using them.  In addition, variance estimates calculated
 from HHANES data through use of the programs described previously are likely
 to be unstable because there were so few sample areas for each portion of
 HHANES.  This instability is not due to there being too few people in the
 sample but may be due to the fact that the sample was selected from
 relatively few areas.  Therefore, the following discussion is designed to
 provide an alternative approach to deal with the unavailability of software
 and the small number of PSU's.  The approach is based on using average
 design effects (Ref. No. 10).

 The design effect, defined as the ratio of the variance of a statistic from
 a complex sample to the variance of the same statistic from a simple random
 sample of the same size, that is,

                                  COMPLEX SAMPLE VARIANCE
     DESIGN EFFECT (DEFF) =    -----------------------------
                               SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLE VARIANCE

 is often used to show the impact of the complex sample design on variances.
 If the design effect is near 1, the complex sample design has little effect
 on the variances and the user could consider assuming simple random sampling
 for the analysis.

 Some illustrative design effects for HHANES data on this tape are given in
 the following tables.  The design effects in the tables are the average for
 the age groups usually presented in NCHS Series 11 publications.  If the
 average design effect for a subgroup was less than 1.0 (implying an
 improvement over simple random sampling), it was coded as 1.0.

 The following guidelines were used in the calculation of the average design
 effects:

     1.  Exclude all persons of non-Hispanic origin,
     2.  Exclude all estimates for large age ranges, such as all ages
         combined or 'all adults', and
     3.  Exclude all estimates where the proportion of the subpopulation with
         the specific characteristic or condition was zero percent or one
         hundred percent.

 Design effects tend to be larger when age groups are combined, just as they
 are when the sexes are combined, as shown in the tables.  The data in the
 tables give the user an idea of the range in design effects for selected
 response variables from this data tape.  If a response variable is not one
 shown in the tables, take the range into account; it is possible that a user
 could have one of the higher, rather than one of the lower, design effects.

 Suppose, for example, that of the 177 Puerto Rican females ages 45-54 years,
 11.7 percent reported that they have diabetes or sugar diabetes.  Suppose,
 also, for example, that their mean plasma glucose value at third
 venipuncture was 134.5.

 Assuming simple random sampling, the variance for the percent is calculated
 by converting the percent to a proportion and using the standard formula for
 the variance of a proportion,

                       V = pq
                           --
                           n

 This variance (V) multiplied by the design effect (DEFF) provides an
 estimate of the variance from a complex sample of the same sample size (n).
 In the example above,

                       V =    (.117) (.883)
                                   177

                         = .00058 = variance for a simple random sample

 Then, multiplying by the design effect,

                         = (.00058) (1.2)

                         = .0007 = estimated variance for the complex sample

 In a similar way, the complex sample variance of the mean plasma glucose at
 the third venipuncture is determined by multiplying the simple random sample
 variance of the mean by the appropriate design effect -- in this example,
 1.3.

 The user can then proceed with estimating confidence intervals and testing
 hypotheses in the usual manner.

 The user should recognize that this approach does not incorporate the
 variance-covariance matrix.  In most cases, this leads to a slight
 overestimate of the variance because the covariance terms, which are
 subtracted in the variance of a ratio, in general, are positive.  Thus, in a
 borderline case, the null hypothesis would be less likely to be rejected
 (Ref. No. 11).

 Alternative or better approaches may exist or be developed.  Users who want
 to suggest such approaches, or who want the latest information should
 contact the Scientific and Technical Information Branch (address given in
 the beginning of this documentation).

Table 1

                             DIABETES AND OGTT DATA

           Average Design Effects, by Sex, for Selected Variables --
                            Mexican-American Portion

                                   Mean or      Tape      Both
         Variable               Proportion   Positions   Sexes   Male   Female


 Do you have diabetes or
   sugar diabetes?                  p           405       1.0     1.0     1.0
 Have you been told by a
   doctor or health pro-
   fessional that you have
   borderline diabetes?             p           412       1.1     1.1     1.0
 Have you been told by a
   doctor or health pro-
   fessional that you have
   potential diabetes?              p           415       1.0     1.0     1.0
 Have you ever taken insulin
   injections?                      p           430       1.1     1.0     1.0
 Have you ever taken diabetes
   pills?                           p           438       1.0     1.0     1.0
 Plasma glucose value from
   first venipuncture               x         517-519     1.5     1.3     1.6
 Plasma glucose value from
   third venipuncture               x         523-525     2.0     1.4     1.7
 Interval between last food
   or drink and first
   venipuncture                     x         526-529     1.2     1.1     1.0

 Source:  NCHS, HHANES, 1982-84, Tape Number 6506, Version 1.
Table 2

           Average Design Effects, by Sex, for Selected Variables --
                             Cuban-American Portion

                                  Mean or      Tape      Both
         Variable               Proportion   Positions   Sexes   Male   Female


 Do you have diabetes or
   sugar diabetes?                  p           405       1.1     1.0     1.1
 Have you been told by a
   doctor or health pro-
   fessional that you have
   borderline diabetes?             p           412       1.1     1.2     *
 Have you been told by a
   doctor or health pro-
   fessional that you have
   potential diabetes?              p           415       1.1     1.2     1.1
 Have you ever taken insulin
   injections?                      p           430       1.0     *       *
 Have you ever taken diabetes
   pills?                           p           438       1.0     *       *
 Plasma glucose value from
   first venipuncture               x         517-519     1.0     1.1     1.0
 Plasma glucose value from
   third venipuncture               x         523-525     1.1     1.3     1.0
 Interval between last food
   or drink and first
   venipuncture                     x         526-529     1.0     1.0     1.0

 Source:  NCHS, HHANES, 1982-84, Tape Number 6506, Version 1.

 *These are samples of variables where the number of sample persons with a
 positive response was too small to calculate reliable age-sex specific
 population estimates, variances of those estimates, and average design
 effects.  For this data tape, there may be many variables (e.g., questions
 asked only of diabetics) where this is the case.
Table 3

             Average Design Effects, by Sex, for Selected Variables
                              Puerto Rican Portion

                                 Mean or      Tape      Both
         Variable               Proportion   Positions   Sexes   Male   Female

 Do you have diabetes or
   sugar diabetes?                  p           405       1.0     1.3     1.2
 Have you been told by a
   doctor or health pro-
   fessional that you have
   borderline diabetes?             p           412       1.1     *       1.2
 Have you been told by a
   doctor or health pro-
   fessional that you have
   potential diabetes?              p           415       1.5     1.8     1.0
 Have you ever taken insulin
   injections?                      p           430       1.0     *       *
 Have you ever taken diabetes
   pills?                           p           438       1.0     *       *
 Plasma glucose value from
   first venipuncture               x         517-519     1.1     1.1     1.0
 Plasma glucose value from
   third venipuncture               x         523-525     1.5     1.3     1.3
 Interval between last food
   or drink and first
   venipuncture                     x         526-529     1.2     1.2     1.0

 Source:  NCHS, HHANES, 1982-84, Tape Number 6506, Version 1.

 *These are samples of variables where the number of sample persons with a
 positive response was too small to calculate reliable age-sex specific
 population estimates, variances of those estimates, and average design
 effects.  For this data tape, there may be many variables (e.g., questions
 asked only of diabetics) where this is the case.
METHODS

General Procedures, data collection and processing procedures

 Data presented in Sections E through H and the family relationships data in
 Section J were collected on the Household Screener and Family
 Questionnaires.  Data presented in Section K were collected on the Adult
 Sample Person Questionnaire.  These interview schedules were administered in
 sample persons' households.  Data presented in Sections L and M were
 collected in the mobile examination center.  Completed interview schedules
 were reviewed in the Survey's field offices and again at the data processing
 center of NCHS by clerical editors.  The editors checked the forms for
 completeness, clarity, and compliance with skip patterns, and they coded
 items such as industry and occupation.  At the data processing center the
 questionnaires were keyed and verified on key-to-disk data entry equipment
 under the control of programs that checked for valid codes and ranges,
 compliance with skip patterns, and consistency.  After being keyed, data
 were reedited by analysts for reasonableness and consistency and for
 compliance with instructions for sampling and questionnaire administration.

 The general tape description format is Tape Position X Item X Counts.  The
 item (field) may be a tape descriptor (e.g., Version Number), a sample
 person descriptor (e.g., Age at Interview), or a question (e.g., Is sample
 person covered by Medicare?).  Where appropriate, data entries are presented
 by codes.  Frequency counts are given for each code.  The counts are
 included to help the user in planning analyses and in verifying that
 programs account for all data.  The data source is given also (e.g., from
 Family Questionnaire).  In some cases, a note is referenced.  The notes
 contain explanations of the item (e.g., how Poverty Index is calculated).

 The questionnaire data have undergone many quality control and editing
 procedures.  The responses of sample persons to some questions may appear
 extreme or illogical.  Self-reported data, especially, are subject to a
 number of sources of variability, including recall and other reporting
 errors.  In the data clean-up process, responses that varied considerably
 from expected were verified through direct review of the collection form or
 a copy of it.  Such responses may not represent fact, but they are included
 as recorded in the field.  The user must determine if these responses should
 be included in analyses.

 Responses to "other" and "specify" were recoded to existing categories, if
 possible.  For responses that could not be recoded, new code categories were
 created if the information was deemed analytically useful.  Caution should
 be used in interpreting the data from these new categories because there is
 no way of knowing which other respondents would have selected one of the new
 categories if given the option.


 For the adult sample person questionnaires there are three codes for missing
 information:  7's, 8's, and blanks.  In a few questions, 7's were used when
 the question was not applicable.  A code "8", which is labeled as "blank but
 applicable", is used to indicate that a sample person should have a data
 value for a particular item but for varying reasons that value is
 unavailable.  Blanks were used to follow skip patterns, i.e., when a
 question was not supposed to be asked or was not applicable.  The "don't
 know" codes (9, 99, 999) were used only when given as a printed response on
 the original questionnaire.

 Copies of the questionnaires and examination forms, both in English and
 Spanish, can be found in the plan and operation report for HHANES (Ref. No.
 1).  Detailed information on interviewing procedures is contained in the
 household interviewer's manual (Ref. No. 12) and the mobile examination
 center interviewer's manual (Ref. No. 13).  These manuals are available upon
 request from:

     Division of Health Examination Statistics
     National Center for Health Statistics
     Center Building, Room 2-58
     3700 East-West Highway
     Hyattsville, MD   20782
     301-436-7080

OGTT Procedures and Bias Analysis

 Description

 The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was administered to a subsample of
 adults aged 20-74 years who are referred to as the fasting subsample.  This
 subsample was selected by assigning alternative sample persons aged 20-74
 years to a one-half subsample who were asked to fast overnight, to attend
 the examination center in the morning, and, with the exception of diabetics
 using insulin, to submit to an OGTT.  There were 2554 Mexican-Americans, 782
 Cuban-Americans, and 979 Puerto Ricans aged 20-74 years in the fasting
 subsamples.

 Oral glucose tolerance tests were administered to this subsample according
 to the National Diabetes Data Group's (NDDG) recommendations (Ref. No. 14),
 which require the following:  subjects must fast overnight for 10-16 hours;
 OGTT's are performed in the morning; a fasting blood sample is taken;
 subjects drink flavored water containing 75 grams of glucose or carbohydrate
 equivalent; additional blood samples are taken after one hour and two
 hours.  This procedure was utilized in the second National Health and
 Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II), 1976-1980, and has been described
 in more detail in Ref. No. 15.  In that survey, OGTT's that conformed to the
 NDDG's requirements were obtainable from only 43 percent of persons in the
 OGTT subsample.

 As shown in Table A, the response rates to the OGTT in the HHANES were also
 low:  39.6 percent for Mexican-American adults, 27.1 percent for
 Cuban-American adults, and 27.8 for Puerto Rican adults in the adult fasting
 subsample.  A large proportion of the non-response occurred from refusals
 for the overall interview and examination and not the OGTT per se.  One
 should also examine the response rates among the adults in the fasting
 subsample who were eligible for the OGTT (interviewed, examined, and not a
 diabetic on insulin).  Using the latter as the denominator, the response
 rates to the OGTT were 58.1 percent (1012/1741), 47.4 percent (212/447), and
 42.0 percent (272/647) in the Mexican-American, Cuban-American, and Puerto
 Rican samples, respectively.  The low response rates were primarily
 explained by failure to meet the examination requirements to fast before the
 exam and failure to attend the examination center in the morning hours.
 Although the initial fasting requirements were between 10 and 16 hours
 before the exam, we extended those limits to 9 and 17 hours for analysis
 purposes.

 In the previous analysis of the non-response to the OGTT in NHANES II,
 several checks were made to detect non-response bias in the OGTT results
 (Ref. No. 14).  Using the previous approach as a model, we took the
 following steps to evaluate potential bias from the high non-response to the
 OGTT:

 1.  Convened a distinguished panel of experts to advise the Center on the
     acceptability of the OGTT data, the NCHS Diabetes Working Group.  See
     Table B for names and affiliations.


 2.  Compared frequently distributions on several demographic, socioeconomic,
     and medical variables from the completed OGTT sample persons with the
     entire interviewed sample, the entire examined sample, and the
     non-completed OGTT sample.  These variables are shown in Table C.

 3.  Computed statistical tests for differences between the completed OGTT
     sample and the non-completed OGTT sample for the variables examined in
     Table C.

 4.  Evaluated some possible effects of non-response on the prevalence
     estimates of diabetes in the OGTT examined group by computing and
     comparing observed and expected rates of diabetes and impaired glucose
     tolerance.  The criteria for these diagnoses are shown in Table D.  The
     expected rates were the rates one would expect in the entire OGTT sample
     if all eligible persons had taken the test.  These were computed, using
     the direct method of standardization, by multiplying the prevalence
     rates of diabetes for each group of demographic or medical variables in
     the completed OGTT sample times the population distribution of the
     entire OGTT sample in each subgroup of the variables examined.  Expected
     rates of diabetes were then computed by adding the rates for each
     subgroup.  An example is shown below:

     For the Mexican-American sample, the prevalence rates of the World
     Health Organization (WHO) diabetes by age times proportion of each age
     group in entire OGTT sample is:

     20 - 44 years
     .0215 (prev. rate) X .628 (proportion in OGTT sample =  .0135

     45 - 74 years
     .1404 (prev. rate) X .372 (proportion in OGTT sample = +.0522
                                                             .0657

           Expected rate of diabetes taking age of         or 6.57%
           OGTT sample into account

     6.57% is similar to the observed rate of diabetes in the OGTT-completed
     sample (6.79%).  (Note:  This is not the true rate of diabetes
     (diagnosed and undiagnosed) in the Mexican-American sample since
     self-reported diabetics on insulin were not included in the OGTT sample.

 5.  The observed rates of diabetes were divided by the expected rates of
     diabetes (O/E) for each demographic and medical variable noted above.
     If O/E was   1.1 or   .9, the variable was said to be biased.  In other
     words, bias was said to be detected if the rates observed in the
     completed OGTT sample were 10 percent higher or lower relative to the
     expected rates based on the entire OGTT sample.


     The results of the above analyses were unremarkable.  For the
     Mexican-American sample, there were no significant differences on any of
     the variables shown in Table C between the completed OGTT and
     non-completed OGTT sample persons.  Likewise, the O/E ratios for WHO
     diabetes and WHO IGT were all within the limits of acceptability set by
     the NCHS Diabetes Working Group.

     In the Cuban-American analyses, there was only one variable with a
     significant difference.  The completed OGTT sample was more likely to
     have non-smokers (56.5%) than the non-completed sample (45.3%).  Because
     this effect could have resulted from age, the analyses were rerun
     controlling for age (45+) and the variables noted in Table C.  No
     significant differences were observed between the completed and
     non-completed OGTT samples, and all O/E ratios for WHO diabetes and WHO
     IGT were within the acceptable limits.

     For the Puerto Rican analyses, the completed OGTT sample was older (50.0
     vs 38.8% over age 45 responding) and in fair or poor self-reported
     health (54.8 vs 47.8%, respectively) than the non-completed sample.
     Since there were only two persons with diabetes in the 20-44 age group,
     the analyses were rerun for persons 45-74 years, wherein the health
     status difference disappeared.  One additional variable appeared as
     different in this age group when examining O/E ratios; wearing glasses
     or contacts (greater proportion in completed OGTT sample).  However, the
     statistical test was deemed invalid because of a zero cell.  All the
     diagnosed diabetics in the completed education became important for IGT
     in the O/E analysis because all the sample persons diagnosed with IGT
     were lower educated (less than high school).  In summary, there was no
     discernible bias in the observed rates of WHO diabetes or WHO IGT in the
     Puerto Rican sample, after taking age and small sample sizes into
     account.

 We should note one final word of caution.  There may have been some other
 variable, not collected in HHANES, that affected the completion rate for the
 OGTT and that could bias the diabetes rates.  For example, in the NHANES II
 survey (Ref. No. 15), participation in the OGTT was higher among persons
 with a parent who had had diabetes as compared to those persons who had no
 parental history of diabetes.  Since this question was not asked in HHANES,
 we cannot say whether or not this factor caused selection bias.  We do know,
 however, that this variable was found to cause a difference of only .4% in
 the diabetes prevalence estimates for the persons in NHANES II - making it
 unlikely to affect estimates computed for HHANES (Ref. No. 15) in a major
 way.  Researchers should carefully evaluate the potential nonresponse bias
 for any analyses they perform with these data.
Table A

                            Response Rates for OGTT

                      Mexican-Americans    Cuban-Americans    Puerto Ricans

 Response                       % of                 % of               % of
 Category             Number    Total      Number    Total    Number    Total


 Total Adult
 Fasting Sample        2554     100.0        782     100.0      979     100.0

 Interviewed
 Sample                2120      83.0        595      76.1      842      86.0

 Examined
 Sample                1777      69.6        449      57.4      667      68.1

 Examined but
 ineligible for
 OGTT because of
 current insulin
 use                     22                    2                 20

 Three plasma
 glucose values
 obtained              1012      39.6        212      27.1      27.2     27.8
Table B

 Names and affiliations of NCHS panel convened to evaluate HHANES OGTT data:

 Name                                              Affiliation


 Maureen I. Harris, Ph.D.            National Diabetes Data Group
                                     NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
                                     Bethesda, Maryland

 Rumaldo Juarez, Ph.D.               Department of Sociology and Social Work
                                     Pan American University
                                     Edinburg, Texas

 William C. Knowler, M.D., Dr. P.H.  Epidemiology and Field Studies Branch
                                     NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
                                     Phoenix, Arizona

 Eliseo J. Perez-Stable, M.D.        Division of General Internal Medicine
                                     Department of Medicine
                                     University of California
                                     San Francisco, California

 Michael P. Stern, M.D.              Division of Clinical Epidemiology
                                     Department of Medicine
                                     University of Texas Health Science Center
                                     San Antonio, Texas

         National Center for Health Statistics Staff from the Division
                        of Health Examination Statistics


 Trena M. Ezzati, M.S.               Survey Planning and Development Branch

 Katherine M. Flegal, Ph.D.          Medical Statistics Branch

 Marilyn Miles McMillen, Ph.D.       Medical Statistics Branch

 Suzanne G. Haynes, Ph.D.            Medical Statistics Branch
Table C

              Variables Examined in the HHANES OGTT Bias Analysis

 Type of Variable          Variable Name                     Questionnaire or
                                                               Examination*


 Sociodemographic          Age                                     HSQ
                           Sex                                     FQ
                           Generation                              ASPQ
                           Marital Status                          FQ
                           Education                               FQ
                           Poverty Index                           FQ
                           Literacy                                ASPQ
                           Acculturation (for                      ASPQ
                             Mexican-Americans only)

 Life-Style
   Characteristics         Overweight                          Anthropometric
                                                                   Exam
                           Current Smoker                          ASPQ
                           Ever Smoked                             ASPQ

 Health Care               Ever had Routine Exam                   ASPQ
                           Have a Usual Place of                   ASPQ
                             Health Care
                           Had Health Care in                      ASPQ
                             Previous Years
                           Has Health Insurance                    ASPQ
                           Last Visit to Usual                     ASPQ
                             Place of Care
                           Last Visit to Any                       ASPQ
                             Place of Care
                           Wears Glasses or Contacts               ASPQ

 Health Status or          Self-reported Health Status             ASPQ
   Conditions              Doctor or Health Professional           ASPQ
                             Diagnosed Borderline, Potential,
                             or Pre-diabetes
                           Doctor or Health Professional           ASPQ
                             Diagnosed Hypertension
                           On Medication for Hypertension          ASPQ
Table D

              Variables Examined in the HHANES OGTT Bias Analysis
                                  (CONTINUED)

 Type of Variable          Variable Name                     Questionnaire or
                                                               Examination*

 Health Status or          Doctor every told:
   Conditions, Cont.         Rheumatic Fever                       ASPQ
                             Rheumatic Heart Disease               ASPQ
                             Heart Murmur                          ASPQ
                             Heart Failure                         ASPQ
                             Heart Attack                          ASPQ
                             Kidney Problems                       ASPQ
                             Glaucoma                              ASPQ
                             Cataracts                             ASPQ

 *HSQ  =  Household Screener Questionnaire
  FQ   =  Family Questionnaire
 ASPQ  =  Adult Sample Person Questionnaire
Table E

 World Health Organization criteria used to define diabetes or impaired
 glucose tolerance using results from the OGTT

 Fasting and 2-hour
 Plasma Glucose
 Concentrations                                 Diagnosis

 Fasting, 140 mg/dl or more                     Diabetes

 Fasting, less than 140 mg/dl:
   2 hour, 200 mg/dl or more                    Diabetes
   2 hour, 140-199 mg/dl                        Impaired Glucose Tolerance
   2 hour, less than 140 mg/dl                  Normal

TAPE POSITION INDEX

     TAPE POSITIONS 1-400 contain data categories common to all data tapes:
     sociodemographic data, family composition, family income, residence and
     household.  Sample weights are also in this set of data.

     TAPE POSITIONS 401+ contain data categories unique to this data tape.

  SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA - SAMPLE PERSON (E)

        1-5   Sample Person Sequence Number
       6-15   Survey and Tape Identifiers
         16   Examination Status
         17   Language of Interview
      18-21   Date of Interview
      22-25   Date of Examination
      26-29   Date of Birth
      30-32   Age at Interview
      33-38   Age at Examination
      39-43   Family Number
      44-45   Relationship to Head of Family
         46   Sex
         47   Race
      48-49   National Origin or Ancestry
      50-52   Birth Place
         53   National Origin Recode
      54-56   Education
         57   Marital Status
         58   Service in Armed Forces
      59-69   Work/Occupation/Employment
      70-95   Health Insurance/Health Care Support
      96-99   Income Assistance/Public Compensation or Support

  SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA - HEAD OF FAMILY (F)

         100  Interview and Examination Status
     102-105  Date of Birth
     106-108  Age at Interview
         109  Sex
         110  Race
     111-112  National Origin or Ancestry
     113-115  Birth Place
     116-118  Education
         119  Marital Status
         120  Service in Armed Forces
     121-131  Work/Occupation/Employment

  FAMILY COMPOSITION AND INCOME DATA (G)

     132-133  Number of People in Family
     134-135  Number of Sample People in Family
     136-138  Combined Family Income
     139-143  Per Capita Income
     144-146  Poverty Index
     147-162  Income, Food Stamps

  RESIDENCE AND HOUSEHOLD DATA (H)

         163  Size of Place
         164  Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
     165-166  Number of People in Household
     167-168  Number of Sample People in Household
     169-170  Number of Rooms
         171  Kitchen Facilities Access
     172-183  Heating/Cooling Equipment

  SAMPLE WEIGHTS (I)

     184-189  Examination Final Weight
     190-195  Interview Final Weight
     196-201  GTT/Ultrasound Weight
     202-207  Audiometry/Vision Weight
     208-213  Pesticide Weight
     214-215  Strata Code
     216-217  Pseudo PSU Code

  FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (J)

     218-400  Data not yet available

 ADULT HISTORY DATA (DIABETES) (K)

        405     Self-Reported Diabetes
    406-407     Source of Diabetes Diagnosis
    408-411     Age of Diabetes Onset
    412-420     Self-reported Borderline, Potential, and Prediabetes
    422-424     Tests for Diabetes
    425-426     Hospitalization for Diabetes
    427-429     Weight at Diagnosis
    430-437     Insulin Treatment
    438-443     Diabetes Pills
    444-445     Diet for Diabetes
        446     Identification
    447-448     Last and Annual Health Visits

 GLUCOSE CHALLENGE QUESTIONNAIRE DATA (L)

    450-453     Tape Number
        454     In Fasting Subsample
        455     OGTT Completion Status
    456-457     Reason for Incomplete OGTT
        458     Second Visit Status
    459-460     Reason for Second Visit
    461-462     On Diabetes Medication
    463-467     Last Meal
    468-473     Last Anything to Eat
    474-479     Last Anything to Drink
    480-496     Second Visit Information

 PLASMA GLUCOSE VALUES AND COMPUTED TIME INTERVALS (M)

    500-503     Time of First Venipuncture
    504-507     Time Glucola Given
    508-511     Time of Second Venipuncture
    512-515     Time of Third Venipuncture
        516     Time Generated
    517-525     Plasma Glucose Values
    526-569     Computed Time Intervals
RECORD LAYOUT

 Sociodemographic Data - Sample Person
 Positions 1-21

                                                     COUNTS           SOURCE
 POSITION  ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CODE             M     C     P      AND NOTES

         E.  SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA - SAMPLE PERSON (POS 1-99)
             Source:  Family Questionnaire (FQ)
                      Household Screener Questionnaire (HSQ)

   1-5    Sample Person Sequence Number
          00001-09894  Mexican Americans       3555     -
          10002-12238  Cuban Americans            -   907     -
          13001-16785  Puerto Ricans              -     -  1353

  6-12    Blank

    13    Portion of Survey
          1  Mexican-American (M)              3555     -     -
          2  Cuban-American (C)                   -   907     -
          3  Puerto Rican (P)                     -     -  1353

    14    Family Questionnaire Missing
          1  Yes                                 10     4     5    See Note 1
          2  No                                3545   903  1348

    15    Version Number
          1                                    3555   907  1353

    16    Examination Status
          1  Examined                          3555   907  1353    See Note 2
          2  Not examined                         0     0     0

    17    Language of interview (Pos. 1-400)                       FQ
          1  English                           2127   157   561
          2  Spanish                           1418   746   787
          Blank                                  10     4     5

          Date of Interview                                        HSQ 4
 18-19    01-12  Month                         3555    907 1353
 20-21    82-84  Year                          3555    907 1353

          Date of Examination
          From survey control record
 Positions 22-43

                                                     COUNTS           SOURCE
 POSITION  ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CODE             M     C     P      AND NOTES

 22-23    01-12  Month                         3555    907 1353
 24-25    82-84 Year                           3555    907 1353

          Date of Birth                                            HSQ 2e
 26-27    01-12 Month                          3555    907 1353
          88    Blank but applicable              0     0     0
 28-29    08-64 Year                           3555    907 1353
          88    Blank but applicable              0     0     0

  30-31    Age at Interview (computed)
          20-74  (See next column for units)  3555    907   1353

    32    Age at Interview Units                                   HSQ 2f
          1  Years                            3555    907   1353

          Age at Examination (computed)
          Positions 33-38 are all 0 for
          non-examined persons
 33-34    20-75 Years                         3555     907  1353
 35-36    00-11 Months                        3555     907  1353
 37-38    00-30 Days                          3555     907  1353

 39-43    Family Number                                            See Note 3
          00002-03527                         3555      -      -
          04005-04922                            -    907      -
          07003-08584                            -      -   1353
 Positions 44-60

                                                     COUNTS           SOURCE
 POSITION  ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CODE             M     C     P      AND NOTES

 44-45    What is sample person's                                  HSQ 2b
          relationship to head of family?                          See Note 4
          Sample person is:
          01  Head of family living alone
              (1 family with only 1 member)    143     56    113
          02  Head of family, with no
              related persons in house-
              hold (2+ persons in
              household)                        70     23     23
          03  Head of family, with related
              persons in household            1566    368    674
          04  Wife of head (husband living
              at home and not in Armed
              Forces)                         1264    297    290
          05  Wife of head (husband living
              at home and is in Armed
              Forces)                            5      0      0
          06  Husband of head (wife living
              at home and not in Armed
              Forces)                           35     12     37
          07  Husband of head (wife living
              at home and is in Armed
              Forces)                            0      0      0
          08  Child of head or head's spouse   277     76    126
          09  Grandchild of head or head's
              spouse                             7      0      3
          10  Parent of head or head's
              spouse                            57     35     33
          11  Other relative (includes ex-
              spouse, daughter-in-law, etc.)   131     40     54
          12  Foster child                       0      0      0

    46    Sex                                                      FQ B-4
          1  Male                             1572    393    498
          2  Female                           1983    514    855

    47    Observed Race                                            FQ B-5
          1  White                            3446    870   1220   See Note 5
          2  Black                              30     13     62
          3  Other                               6      2     27
          8  Blank but applicable               41     12     28
          9  Not observed                       22      6     11
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 48-49    Sample person's national origin                          HSQ 2c
          or ancestry                                              See Note 6
          01  Mexican/Mexicano                 940      1      1
          02  Mexican-American                2230      0      0
          03  Chicano                           46      0      0
          04  Puerto Rican                       7      3   1202
          05  Boricuan                           0      0     15
          06  Cuban                              3    796     14
          07  Cuban-American                     0     69      0
          08  Hispano - specify                 61     10     20
          09  Other Latin-American or other
              Spanish - specify                 25     16     25
          00  Other - specify                  217     12     76
          10  Spanish-American                  13      0      0
          11  Spanish (Spain)                   13      0      0

 50-52    In what state or foreign country                         FQ B-6
          was sample person born?
          001-115  State/country code         3528    900   1324
          888      Blank but applicable         17      3     24
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    53    National origin recode                                   See Note 8
            "Hispanic" = Mexican-American
            in Southwest, Cuban-American
            in Florida and Puerto Rican in
            New York City area

          1  "Hispanic"                       3326    865   1220
          2  Not "Hispanic"                    229     42    133

 54-55    What is the highest grade or year                        FQ B-7
          of regular school sample person
          has ever attended?
          00     Never attended or kinder-
                 garten only                   141      6     23
          01-08  Elementary grade             1312    342    435
          09-12  High school grade            1442    292    666
          13-16  College                       536    228    195
          17     Graduate school                69     30     14
          88     Blank but applicable           45      5     15
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    56    Did sample person finish that                            FQ B-8
          grade/year?
          1  Yes                              2779    779   1055
          2  No                                580    108    236
          8  Blank but applicable               45     10     34
          Blank                                151     10     28

    57    Is sample person now married,                            FQ B-9
          widowed, divorced, separated or
          has he or she never been married?
          1  Married - spouse in household    2539    622    647
          2  Married - spouse not in
             household                          68     17     53
          3  Widowed                           161     50     66
          4  Divorced                          209     92    154
          5  Separated                         149     21    147
          6  Never married                     403    100    275
          8  Blank but applicable               16      1      6
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    58    Did sample person ever serve in                          FQ B-11
          the Armed Forces of the United
          States?
          1  Yes                               413     27    141
          2  No                               3125    874   1198
          8  Blank but applicable                7      2      9
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    59    During the past 2 weeks, did                             FQ B-12
          sample person work at any time at
          a job or business, not counting
          work around the house?
          1  Yes                              2028    581    566
          2  No                               1507    317    767
          8  Blank but applicable               10      5     15
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    60    Even though sample person did not                        FQ B-13
          work during those 2 weeks, did he
          or she have a job or business?
          1  Yes                                44     12     21
          2  No                               1462    303    743
          8  Blank but applicable               11      7     18
          Blank                               2038    585    571
 Positions 61-80

                                                     COUNTS           SOURCE
 POSITION  ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CODE             M     C     P      AND NOTES

    61    Was sample person looking for                            FQ B-14
          work or on layoff from a job?
          1  Yes                               200     39     51
          2  No                               1306    276    713
          8  Blank but applicable               11      7     18
          Blank                               2038    585    571

    62    Which, looking for work or on                            FQ B-15
          layoff from a job or both?
          1  Looking                           131     30     35
          2  Layoff                             45      6      8
          3  Both                               22      2      7
          Blank but applicable                  13      8     19
          Blank                               3344    861   1284

 63-65    What kind of business or industry                        FQ B-19
          does sample person work for?                             See Note 9
          010-932  Industry code              2238    621    628
          990      Blank but applicable         31     10     21
          Blank                               1286    276    704

 66-68    What kind of work was sample                             FQ B-20
          person doing?                                            See Note 9
          003-889  Occupation code            2240    622    628
          999      Blank but applicable         29      9     21
          Blank                               1286    276    704

    69    Class of Worker                                          FQ B-22
          1  An employee of a private com-
             pany, business or individual
             for wages, salary or commission  1742    502    501
          2  A Federal government employee      72      6     18
          3  A State government employee       119     18     17
          4  A Local government employee       163     16     56
          5  Self-employed in own
             incorporated business or
             professional practice              17     12      7
          6  Self-employed in own unin-
             corporated business, profes-
             sional practice, or farm          125     66     26
          7  Working without pay in family
             business or farm                    1      0      0
          8  Blank but applicable               29     10     23
          0  Never worked or never worked
             at a full-time civilian job
             lasting 2 weeks or more             1      1      1
          Blank                               1286    276    704

    70    Is sample person now covered by                          FQ C-2
          Medicare?
          1  Covered                           258    103    109
          2  Not covered                      3279    796   1234
          8  Blank but applicable                5      3      5
          9  Don't know                          3      1      0
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    71    Is sample now covered by the part                        FQ C-3
          of Social Security Medicare which
          pays for hospital bills?
          1  Yes                               230     6    100
          2  No                                 13      4      4
          8  Blank but applicable               14      3     10
          9  Don't know                          6      3      0
          Blank                               3292    801   1239

    72    Is sample now covered by that part                       FQ C-4
          of Medicare which pays for
          doctor's bills?  This is the
          Medicare plan for which he or she
          or some agency must pay a certain
          amount each month.
          1  Yes                               227     98     92
          2  No                                 14      3     11
          8  Blank but applicable               14      3     10
          9  Don't know                          8      2      1
          Blank                               3292    801   1239

    73    Type of Medicare coverage                                FQ C-5
          As shown on Medicare card
          2  Medical                             2      0      0
          3  Card not available                  3      0      1
          4  Hospital and medical                5      3      0
          8  Blank but applicable               14      3     10
          Blank                               3531    901   1342

          HEALTH INSURANCE                                         See Note 10

    74    Is sample person covered by                              FQ C-11
          any health insurance plan which
          pays any part of a hospital,
          doctor's, or surgeon's bill?
          1  Yes                              2009    556    560
          2  No                               1526    343    779
          8  Blank but applicable                6      4      9
          9  Don't know                          4      0      0
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    75    Is sample person covered by a                            FQ C-9
          plan that pays any part of
          hospital expenses?
          1  Yes                              1979    550    525
          2  No                                  3      3      4
          8  Blank but applicable               27      7     35
          9  Don't know                          6      0      5
          Blank                               1540    347    784

    76    Is sample person covered by a                            FQ C-10
          plan that pays any part of a
          doctor's or surgeon's bills for
          operations?
          1  Yes                              1982    546    523
          2  No                                  9      7     17
          8  Blank but applicable               15      7     20
          9  Don't know                          9      0      9
          Blank                               1540    347    784

          Many people do not carry health                          FQ C-13/15
          insurance for various reasons.                           See Note 10
          Which of these statements describes
          why sample person is not covered by
          any health insurance (or Medicare)?
          (Positions 77-80)

 77-78    Main reason
          01  Care received through
              Medicaid or welfare               79     14    289
          02  Unemployed, or reasons
              related to unemployment          180     29     68
          03  Can't obtain insurance
              because of poor health,
              illness, or age                   17      2      9
          04  Too expensive, can't afford
              health insurance                 756    163    226
          05  Dissatisfied with previous
              insurance                         23      2      2
          06  Don't believe in insurance        14      3      4
          07  Have been healthy, not much
              sickness in the family,
              haven't needed health
              insurance                         94     15     13
          08  Military dependent,
              (CHAMPUS), Veteran's benefits     20      1     11
          09  Some other reason - not
              specified                          1      0      2
          10  Some other reason - specified    112     19     37
          88  Blank but applicable              49     23     29
          Blank                               2210    636    663

 79-80    Second reason
          00  No second reason reported       1102    199    564
          01  Care received through
              Medicaid or welfare               25     10     23
          02  Unemployed, or reasons
              related to unemployment           46     16     12
          03  Can't obtain insurance
              because of poor health,
              illness, or age                    3      1      2
          04  Too expensive, can't afford
              health insurance                  81     14     56
          05  Dissatisfied with previous
              insurance                          8      1      2
          06  Don't believe in insurance         7      1      1
          07  Have been healthy, not much
              sickness in the family,
              haven't needed health
              insurance                         21      4      3
          08  Military dependent,
              (CHAMPUS), Veteran's benefits      0      0      0
          09  Some other reason - not
              specified                          0      0      0
          10  Some other reason - specified     13      6      2
          88  Blank but applicable              39     19     25
          Blank                               2210    636    663
 Positions 81-99

                                                     COUNTS           SOURCE
 POSITION  ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CODE             M     C     P      AND NOTES

 81-87    Blank

    88    During the last 12 months, has                           FQ D-6
          sample person received health
          care which has been or will be
          paid for by Medicaid?
          1  Yes                               195     66    385
          2  No                               3328    832    949
          8  Blank but applicable               22      5     14
          9  Don't know                          0      0      0
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    89    Does sample person have a                                FQ D-8
          Medicaid card?
          1  Yes                               198     67    403
          2  No                               3329    825    931
          8  Blank but applicable               18     11     14
          9  Don't know                          0      0      0
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    90    Status of sample person's                                FQ D-9
          Medicaid card?
          1  Medicaid card seen - current      148     52    285
          2  Medicaid card seen - expired        2      0      5
          3  No card seen                       43     13    103
          4  Other card seen                     0      0      0
          5  Other card seen (specify)           3      0      1
          8  Blank but applicable               20     13     23
          Blank                               3339    829    936

    91    Is sample person now covered by                          FQ D-11
          any other public assistance
          program that pays for health care?
          1  Yes                                12      2     12
          2  No                               3527    900   1331
          8  Blank but applicable                6      1      5
          9  Don't know                          0      0      0
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    92    Does sample person now receive                           FQ D-13
          military retirement payments
          from any branch of the Armed
          Forces or a pension from the
          Veteran's Administration?  Do
          not include VA disability
          compensation.
          1  Yes                                45      2      9
          2  No                               3492    900   1335
          8  Blank but applicable                8      1      4
          9  Don't know                          0      0      0
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    93    Which does sample person receive:                        FQ D-14
          the Armed Forces retirement, the
          VA pension, or both?
          1  Armed Forces                       12      0      2
          2  Veteran's Administration           24      0      5
          3  Both                                4      2      1
          8  Blank but applicable               13      1      5
          Blank                               3502    904   1340

    94    Is sample person now covered by                          FQ D-16
          CHAMP-VA, which is medical
          insurance for dependents or
          survivors of disabled veterans?
          1  Yes                                20      2      6
          2  No                               3520    900   1340
          8  Blank but applicable                5      1      2
          9  Don't know                          0      0      0
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    95    Is sample person now covered by                          FQ D-18
          any other program that provides
          health care for military
          dependents or survivors of
          military persons?
          1  Yes                                20      1      5
          2  No                               3518    901   1336
          8  Blank but applicable                7      1      7
          9  Don't know                          0      0      0
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    96    Is sample person included in the                         FQ D-2
          AFDC "Aid to Families with
          Dependent Children" assistance
          payment?
          1  Yes                                87     15    182
          2  No                               3448    885   1153
          8  Blank but applicable               10      2     12
          9  Don't know                          0      1      1
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    97    Does sample person now receive the                       FQ D-4
          "Supplemental Security Income" or
          "SSI" gold-colored check?
          1  Yes                                92     43     91
          2  No                               3441    852   1247
          8  Blank but applicable               12      8     10
          9  Don't know                          0      0      0
          Blank                                 10      4      5

    98    Does sample person have a                                FQ D-20
          disability related to his or her
          service in the Armed Forces of
          the United States?
          1  Yes                                48      2     14
          2  No                                343     20    106
          8  Blank but applicable               29      7     30
          Blank                               3135    878   1203

    99    Does sample person now receive                           FQ D-21
          compensation for this disability
          from the Veteran's Administration?
          1  Yes                                31      1      9
          2  No                                 17      1      4
          8  Blank but applicable               29      7     31
          Blank                               3478    898   1309

 Sociodemographic Data - Head of Family

                                                     COUNTS           SOURCE
 POSITION  ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CODE            M      C      P     AND NOTES

         F.  SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA - HEAD OF FAMILY (POS 100-131)
             Source:  Family Questionnaire (FQ)
                      Household Screener Questionnaire (HSQ)

     100  Interview and examination status                         See Note 4
          of head of family
          1  Selected as sample person,
             interviewed on Adult Sample
             Person Questionnaire, and
             examined                         3158    764   1266
          2  Selected as sample person,
             interviewed on Adult Sample
             Person Questionnaire, but not
             examined                          120     32     30
          3  Selected as sample person, not
             interviewed, and not examined      98     21      5
          4  Not selected as sample person     169     86     47
          Blank                                 10      4      5

     101  Blank

          Date of Birth                                            HSQ 2e
 102-103  01-12         Month                 3535    902   1352
          88            Blank but applicable    20      5      1
 104-105  00-86, 89-99  Year                  3545    904   1352
          88            Blank but applicable    10      3      1

 106-107  Age at Interview
          18-95  Years                        3555    907   1353

     108  Blank

     109  Sex                                                      FQ B-4
          1  Male                             2939    719    768
          2  Female                            606    184    580
          Blank                                 10      4      5

     110  Observed Race                                            FQ B-5
          1  White                            3417    862   1218   See Note 5
          2  Black                              35     17     67
          3  Other                               4      2     22
          8  Blank but applicable               54     18     29
          9  Not observed                       35      4     12
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 111-112  Head of family's national origin                         HSQ 2c
          or ancestry                                              See Note 6
          01  Mexican/Mexicano                 948      0      2
          02  Mexican-American                2180      0      0
          03  Chicano                           46      0      0
          04  Puerto Rican                       9      5   1198
          05  Boricuan                           0      0     14
          06  Cuban                              4    801     22
          07  Cuban-American                     0     58      0
          08  Hispano - specify                 65     14     16
          09  Other Latin-American or other
              Spanish - specify                 24     11     16
          00  Other - specify                  254     18     85
          10  Spanish-American                  11      0      0
          11  Spanish (Spain)                   14      0      0

 113-115  In what state or foreign country                         FQ B-6
          was head of family born?                                 See Note 7
          001-118  State/country code         3509    893   1320
          888      Blank but applicable         36     10     28
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 116-117  What is the highest grade or year                        FQ B-7
          of regular school head of family
          has ever attended?
          00     Never attended or kinder-
                 garten only                   138      4     17
          01-08  Elementary grade             1406    350    482
          09-12  High school grade            1323    256    630
          13-16  College                       515    236    175
          17     Graduate school                88     41     24
          88     Blank but applicable           75     16     20
          Blank                                 10      4      5

     118  Did head of family finish that                           FQ B-8
          grade/year?
          1  Yes                              2733    788   1083
          2  No                                603     90    216
          8  Blank but applicable               71     21     32
          Blank                                148      8     22

     119  Is the head of family now married,                       FQ B-9
          widowed, divorced, separated or
          has he or she never been married?
          1  Married - spouse in household    2741    694    710
          2  Married - spouse not in
             household                          56      7     48
          3  Widowed                           179     41     70
          4  Divorced                          198     94    156
          5  Separated                         143     14    178
          6  Never married                     189     46    183
          8  Blank but applicable               39      7      3
          Blank                                 10      4      5

     120  Did head of family ever serve in                         FQ B-11
          the Armed Forces of the United
          States?
          1  Yes                               780     38    239
          2  No                               2730    854   1096
          8  Blank but applicable               35     11     13
          Blank                                 10      4      5

     121  During the past 2 weeks, did head                        FQ B-12
          of family work at any time at a
          job or business, not counting work
          around the house?
          1  Yes                              2529    661    699
          2  No                                986    230    638
          8  Blank but applicable               30     12     11
          Blank                                 10      4      5

     122  Even though head of family did not                       FQ B-13
          work during those 2 weeks, did he
          or she have a job or business?
          1  Yes                                52     14     15
          2  No                                934    216    623
          8  Blank but applicable               30     12     11
          Blank                               2539    665    704

     123  Was head of family looking for                           FQ B-14
          work or on layoff from a job?
          1  Yes                               220     46     54
          2  No                                766    184    583
          8  Blank but applicable               30     12     12
          Blank                               2539    665    704

     124  Which, looking for work or on                            FQ B-15
          layoff from a job or both?
          1  Looking                           115     31     32
          2  Layoff                             63      9     10
          3  Both                               40      3      9
          8  Blank but applicable               32     15     15
          Blank                               3305    849   1287

 125-127  What kind of business or industry                        FQ B-19
          does head of family work for?                            See Note 9
          010-932  Industry code              2769    705    752
          990      Blank but applicable         49     15     22
          Blank                                737    187    579

 128-130  What kind of work was head                               FQ B-20
          of family doing?                                         See Note 9
          003-889  Occupation code            2771    705    750
          999      Blank but applicable         47     15     24
          Blank                                737    187    579

     131  Class of Worker                                          FQ B-22
          1  Employee of a private company,
             business or individual for
             wages, salary or commission      2155    543    567
          2  A Federal government employee      98      3     24
          3  A State government employee       118     11     29
          4  A Local government employee       180     19     90
          5  Self-employed in own incorpora-
             ted business or professional
             practice                           26     19     10
          6  Self-employed in own unin-
             corporated business, profes-
             sional practice, or farm          201    108     32
          7  Working without pay in family
             business or farm                    0      0      0
          8  Blank but applicable               39     17     21
          0  Never worked or never worked
             at a full-time civilian job
             lasting 2 weeks or more             1      0      1
          Blank                                737    187    579

 Family Composition and Income Data

                                                     COUNTS           SOURCE
 POSITION  ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CODE            M      C      P     AND NOTES

         G.  FAMILY COMPOSITION AND INCOME DATA (POS 132-162)
             Source:  Family Questionnaire (FQ)

 132-133  Number of Persons in Family
          (computed)
          01-18 Persons                       3555    907   1353

 134-135  Number of Sample Persons in Family
          (computed)
          01-13 Persons                       3555    907   1353

     136  Was the total combined family                            FQ E-10
          income during the past 12 months
          more or less than $20,000?  Include
          money from jobs, Social Security,
          retirement income, unemployment
          payments, public assistance, and
          so forth.  Also include income
          from interest, dividends, net
          income from business, farm or
          rent, and any other money income
          received.
          1  $20,000 or more                  1195    361    326
          2  Less than $20,000                2233    526   1000
          7  Refused information                18      1      5
          8  Blank but applicable               99     15     17
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 137-138  Of those income groups, which best                       FQ E-11
          represents the total combined
          family income during the past 12
          months?  Include wages, salaries,
          and other items we just talked
          about (in dollars).
          01  Less than 1,000                   22      7      4
          02   1,000 -  1,999                   46      6     15
          03   2,000 -  2,999                   51     14     34
          04   3,000 -  3,999                   82     20     55
          05   4,000 -  4,999                   97     21    126
          06   5,000 -  5,999                  117     32     75
          07   6,000 -  6,999                  143     26     82
          08   7,000 -  7,999                  146     31     68
          09   8,000 -  8,999                  118     26     45
          10   9,000 -  9,999                  126     33     56
          11  10,000 - 10,999                  132     46     59
          12  11,000 - 11,999                  109     31     33
          13  12,000 - 12,999                  143     39     53
          14  13,000 - 13,999                   90     21     29
          15  14,000 - 14,999                  111     17     32
          16  15,000 - 15,999                   99     23     41
          17  16,000 - 16,999                   95     22     31
          18  17,000 - 17,999                  104     21     32
          19  18,000 - 18,999                  147     20     45
          20  19,000 - 19,999                  116     34     46
          21  20,000 - 24,999                  336    101     79
          22  25,000 - 29,999                  293     61     68
          23  30,000 - 34,999                  163     44     51
          24  35,000 - 39,999                  145     48     31
          25  40,000 - 44,999                  107     32     22
          26  45,000 - 49,999                   52     27     21
          27  50,000 and over                   54     34     31
          77  Refused information               41      9     25
          88  Blank but applicable             160     57     59
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 139-143  Per Capita Income (computed)                             See Note 11
          00083-50000 Dollrs                 3244    837   1264
          88888       Blank but applicable     301     66     84
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 144-146  Poverty Index (computed)                                 See Note 12
          Decimal not shown on tape
          0.04-9.78                           3244    837   1264
          999  Blank but applicable            301     66     84
          Blank                                 10      4      5

     147  Did any member of this family                            FQ E-12
          receive any Government food
          stamps in any of the past 12
          months?
          1  Yes                               619    149    506
          2  No                               2921    752    840
          8  Blank but applicable                5      2      2
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 148-149  In how many months of the past 12                        FQ E-13
          months did any member of this
          family receive food stamps?
          01-12 months                         613    149    504
          88  Blank but applicable              11      2      4
          Blank                               2931    756    845

     150  Did this family receive any                              FQ E-14
          government food stamps last
          month?
          1  Yes                               502    120    481
          2  No                                116     29     25
          8  Blank but applicable                6      2      2
          Blank                               2931    756    845

 151-152  In which month did any member of                         FQ E-15
          this family last receive any
          food stamps?
          01-12  Month                         114     29     25
          88     Blank but applicable            8      2      2
          Blank                               3433    876   1326

 153-154  For how many persons were those                          FQ E-16
          food stamps authorized?
          01-13  Persons                       614    149    505
          88     Blank but applicable           10      2      3
          Blank                               2931    756    845

 155-157  What was the total face value of                         FQ E-17
          those food stamps received by
          this family in that month?
          010-520  Dollars                     585    147    499
          888      Blank but applicable         39      4      9
          Blank                               2931    756    845

     158  Did this family spend more for                           FQ E-18
          food in that month than the
          value of your food stamps?
          1  Yes                               539    128    492
          2  No                                 74     21     14
          8  Blank but applicable               11      2      2
          Blank                               2931    756    845

 159-161  How much more?                                           FQ E-19
          003-880  Dollars                     501    120    482
          888      Blank but applicable         49     10     12
          Blank                               3005    777    859

     162  Is your family receiving food                            FQ E-20
          stamps at the present time?
          1  Yes                               474    116    473
          2  No                               3061    783    869
          8  Blank but applicable               10      4      6
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 Residence and Household Data

                                                     COUNTS           SOURCE
 POSITION  ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CODE            M      C      P     AND NOTES

         H.  RESIDENCE AND HOUSEHOLD DATA (POS 163-183)
             Source:  Family Questionnaire (FQ)
                      Household Screener Questionnaire (HSQ)

     163  Size of Place                                            See Note 13
          1  1 million or more                 484      0   1009
          2  500,000 - 999,999                 423      0      0
          3  250,000 - 499,999                 450    334      0
          4  100,000 - 249,999                  91    235    155
          5   50,000 -  99,999                 568     49     32
          6   25,000 -  49,999                 386    131     98
          7   10,000 -  24,999                 352     76     46
          8      200 -   9,999                 491     52     13
          9  Not in a place                    310     30      0

     164  Standard Metropolitan Statistical                        See Note 13
          Area
          1  In SMSA, in central city         1771    334   1173
          2  In SMSA, not in central city     1332    573    180
          4  Not in SMSA                       452      0      0

 165-166  Number of Persons in Household                           HSQ 1a
          01-18 persons                       3555    907   1353

 167-168  Number of Sample Persons in
          Household (computed)
          01-13 Persons                       3555    907   1353

 169-170  How many rooms are in this home?                         FQ E-1
          Count the kitchen, but not the
          bathroom.
          01-14  Rooms                        3541    902   1346
          88     Blank but applicable            4      1      2
          Blank                                 10      4      5

     171  Do you have access to complete                           FQ E-2
          kitchen facilities in this home;
          that is, kitchen sink with piped
          water, a refrigerator and a range
          or cookstove?
          1  Yes                              3397    879   1213
          2  No                                 40      7      8
          8  Blank but applicable              108     17    127
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 172-173  What is the main fuel used for                           FQ E-3
          heating this home?                                       See Note 14
          00  No fuel used                     214    164      5
          01  Oil                                2      0    940
          02  Natural gas                     2888     45    362
          03  Electricity                      277    682     15
          04  Bottled gas (propane)             85      2      0
          05  Kerosene                           7      2      0
          06  Wood                              45      3      0
          07  Coal                               0      0      6
          08  Other, not specified               0      0      1
          09  Other, specified                   6      0      2
          88  Blank but applicable              21      5     17
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 174-175  What is the main heating equipment                       FQ E-4
          for this home?                                           See Note 14
          00  No heating equipment used        214    164      6
          01  Steam or hot water with
              radiators or convectors           19      4    686
          02  Central warm air furnace with
              ducts to individual rooms, or
              central heat pump               1296    340     96
          03  Built-in electric units (per-
              manently installed in wall,
              ceiling, or baseboard)           219    219     32
          04  Floor, wall or pipeless
              furnace                          783     30     12
          05  Room heaters with flue or
              vent, burning oil, gas, or
              kerosene                         403     12    301
          06  Room heaters without flue or
              vent, burning oil, gas, or
              kerosene                         406      4    189
          07  Heating stove burning wood,
              coal or coke                      37      0      2
          08  Fireplace(s)                      37      4      0
          09  Portable electric heater(s)       68     95      2
          10  Other, not specified               0      0      0
          11  Other, specified                  53     26      7
          88  Blank but applicable               1      5      8
          99  Don't know                         9      0      7
          Blank                                 10      4      5

 176-177  Are any other types of equipment                         FQ E-5
          used for heating this home?                              See Note 14
          00  No other heating equipment
              used                            2877    707   1132
          01  Steam or hot water with
              radiators or convectors            0      0      3
          02  Central warm air furnace with
              ducts to individual rooms, or
              central heat pump                  5      9      5
          03  Built-in electric units (per-
              manently installed in wall,
              ceiling, or baseboard)            16      0      1
          04  Floor, wall or pipeless
              furnace                            5      0      0
          05  Room heaters with flue or
              vent, burning oil, gas, or
              kerosene                          12      0      0
          06  Room heaters without flue or
              vent, burning oil, gas, or
              kerosene                          15      1     16
          07  Heating stove burning wood,
              coal or coke                      42      0      5
          08  Fireplace(s)                     239      5      4
          09  Portable electric heater(s)       95     14    166
          10  Other, not specified               4      1      0
          11  Other, specified                  10      1      1
          88  Blank but applicable              15      1      9
          Blank                                224    168     11

 178-179  What is the main fuel used by this                       FQ E-6
          additional equipment?                                    See Note 14
          00  No fuel used                       1      0      1
          01  Oil                                0      0      9
          02  Natural gas                       51      1     10
          03  Electricity                      116     24    162
          04  Bottled gas (propane)              6      0      1
          05  Kerosene                           2      0     14
          06  Wood                             250      5      6
          07  Coal                               2      0      0
          08  Other, not specified               0      0      0
          09  Other, specified                   5      0      0
          88  Blank but applicable              21      2      7
          Blank                               3101    875   1143

 180-181  What is the main fuel used for                           FQ E-7
          cooking in this home?
          00  No fuel used                      10      4      2
          01  Oil                                5      0      9
          02  Natural gas                     2789    163   1236
          03  Electricity                      639    726     78
          04  Bottled gas (propane)             85      7      7
          05  Kerosene                           0      0      3
          06  Wood                               0      0      0
          07  Coal                               0      0      0
          08  Other, not specified               0      0      0
          09  Other, specified                   8      1      0
          88  Blank but applicable               9      2     13
          Blank                                 10      4      5

     182  Do you have air-conditioning -                           FQ E-8
          either individual room units, a
          central system or evaporative
          cooling?
          1  Yes                              1733    829    347
          2  No                               1806     73    995
          8  Blank but applicable                6      1      6
          Blank                                 10      4      5

     183  Which do you have?                                       FQ E-9
          1  Individual room unit              779    411    328
          2  Central air-conditioning          603    410     10
          3  Evaporative cooling               349      3      4
          8  Blank but applicable                8      6     11
          Blank                               1816     77   1000

 Sample Weights

                                                     COUNTS           SOURCE
 POSITION  ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CODE            M      C      P     AND NOTES

         I.  SAMPLE WEIGHTS (POS 184-217)

 184-189  Examined Final Weight
          000439-002711                       3555      -      -
          000248-000891                          -    907      -
          000177-002000                          -      -   1353

 190-195  Interview Final Weight
          000447-002096                       3555      -      -
          000207-000578                          -     907     -
          000175-001220                          -      -   1353

          GTT/ULTRASOUND, AUDIOMETRY/VISION, PESTICIDE WEIGHTS
          By design, only some of the persons in the sample were included in
          the GTT/ultrasound, audiometry/vision, and pesticide components of
          the survey.  Tape positions for those persons not part of these
          subsamples are BLANK.

 196-201  GTT/Ultrasound Weight
          000843-005302                       1777      -      -
          000469-001685                          -    449      -
          000349-003110                          -      -    667
          Blank                               1778    458    686

 202-207  Audiometry/Vision Weight
          000870-006283                       1778      -      -
          000454-001600                          -    458      -
          000343-003123                          -      -    686
          Blank                               1777    449    667

 208-213  Pesticide Weight
          000872-005584                       1778      -      -
          000454-001600                          -    458      -
          000343-003117                          -      -    686
          Blank                               1777    449    667

 214-215  Strata Code
          01-08                               3555    907   1353

 216-217  Pseudo PSU Code
          01-02                               3555    907   1353

 Family Relationships

                                                     COUNTS           SOURCE
 POSITION  ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CODE            M      C      P     AND NOTES

         J.  FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (POS 218-400)
             Source:  Adult Sample Person Questionnaire
                      Family Questionnaire

 218-400  Blank
          Data not yet available.

 Adult History Data (Diabetes)

 Position           Item description                     Counts         Source
                         and code                  M       C       P  and notes

           K.  ADULT HISTORY DATA (DIABETES) (POS 401-448)

                    Source:  Adult Sample Person Questionnaire   (ASPQ)

 401-404   Blank

                   Positions 405-448 contain selected interview data for
                 adults 20-74 years.  These data are also found   on HHANES
                 data tape number 6521 (Adolescent and Adult History
                 Questionnaire).

         405       Do you have diabetes or sugar diabetes?            ASPQ C-1
                 1  Yes                          233     40      104
                 2  No                           3321    867     1248
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       0       0
                 Blank                           0       0       1

         406       Did a doctor tell you that you have it?            ASPQ C-2
                 1  Yes                          230     39      102
                 2  No                           3       1       1
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       0       1
                 Blank                           3321    867     1249

         407       Did any other health professional, such as        ASPQ C-3
                   a nurse or physician's assistant, tell you
                 that you have it?
                 1  Yes                          0       0       0
                 2  No                           3       1       1
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       0       1
                 Blank                           3551    906     1351

 408-409   How long ago did the (doctor/health                       ASPQ C-4
                   professional) first tell you that you           See Note 15
                   had diabetes?
                 00     Less than 1 year ago     20      7       9
                 01-36  Years                    210     32      92
                 88     Blank but applicable     1       0       2
                 Blank                           3324    868     1250

 410-411   How old were you then?                                     ASPQ C-5
                 07-73  Years of age             230     39      101See Note 15
                 88     Blank but applicable     1       0       2
                 Blank                           3324    868     1250

         412       Have you ever been told by a doctor or             ASPQ C-6
                   other health professional that you
                 have borderline diabetes?
                 1  Yes                          109     11      25
                 2  No                           3438    892     1319
                 8  Blank but applicable         8       4       8
                 Blank                           0       0       1

 413-414   How old were you then?                                     ASPQ C-7
                 11-69  Years                    90      8       24 See Note 15
                 88     Blank but applicable     27      7       9
                 Blank                           3438    892     1320

         415       Have you ever been told by a doctor or             ASPQ C-6
                   other health professional that you have
                 potential diabetes?
                 1  Yes                          53      11      17
                 2  No                           3493    894     1325
                 8  Blank but applicable         9       2       10
                 Blank                           0       0       1

 416-417   How old were you then?                                     ASPQ C-7
                 13-71  Years of age             46      7       14 See Note 15
                 88     Blank but applicable     16      6       13
                 Blank                           3493    894     1326

         418       Have you ever been told by a doctor or              ASPQ C-6
                   other health professional that you have
                 prediabetes?
                 1  Yes                          20      14      10
                 2  No                           3526    890     1332
                 8  Blank but applicable         9       3       10
                 Blank                           0       0       1

 419-420   How old were you then?                                      ASPQ C-7
                 15-71  Years of age             17      11      8  See Note 15
                 88     Blank but applicable     12      6       12
                 Blank                           3526    890     1333

         421       Blank

                   When you were first told by a (doctor/health       ASPQ C-9
                   professional) that you had (diabetes/...),
                 were any of the following tests done? (Pos.
                 422-424)

         422       The oral glucose tolerance test, in which
                   you drink a sweet drink and samples of your
                 blood are taken from your arm for a few hours
                 afterwards?
                 1  Yes                          172     42      71
                 2  No                           130     16      36
                 8  Blank but applicable         2       2       6
                 9  Don't know                   15      0       7
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

         423       A test for sugar or glucose in your urine?
                 1  Yes                          284     51      101
                 2  No                           23      8       11
                 8  Blank but applicable         3       1       6
                 9  Don't know                   9       0       2
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

         424       A test for sugar or glucose in your blood?
                 1  Yes                          287     55      105
                 2  No                           18      3       6
                 8  Blank but applicable         3       2       6
                 9  Don't know                   11      0       3
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

         425       Were you a patient in a hospital at the         ASPQ C-10
                   time a (doctor/health professional) first
                 told you that you had (diabetes/...)?
                 1  Yes                          75      13      35
                 2  No                           241     45      79
                 8  Blank but applicable         3       2       6
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

         426       (Not counting that first time) Have you         ASPQ C-11
                   ever been hospitalized because of your
                 diabetes/...)?
                 1  Yes                          47      7       19
                 2  No                           270     51      95
                 8  Blank but applicable         2       2       6
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

 427-429   About how much did you weigh when you                   ASPQ C-12
                   were first told you had (diabetes/...)?
                 028-350  Pounds                 297     54      103
                 888      Blank but applicable   22      6       17
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

         430       Have you ever taken insulin injections?           ASPQ C-13
                 1  Yes                          89      14      35
                 2  No                           229     44      82
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       2       3
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

         431       Have you been taking insulin injections           ASPQ C-14
                   for most of the past 12 months?
                 1  Yes                          62      6       25
                 2  No                           27      8       10
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       2       3
                 Blank                           3465    891     1315

         432       Are you now taking insulin injections?            ASPQ C-15
                 1  Yes                          56      5       27
                 2  No                           33      9       8
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       2       3
                 Blank                           3465    891     1315

 433-435   About how many units per day do you take?                 ASPQ C-16
                 010-120  Units per day          56      4       27
                 888      Blank but applicable   1       3       3
                 Blank                           3498    900     1323

 436-437   How many years (have you been taking/did                  ASPQ C-17
                   you take) insulin injections?                    See Note 15
                 00     Less than 1 year         27      9       9
                 01-36  Years                    62      5       25
                 88     Blank but applicable     1       2       4
                 Blank                           3465    891     1315

         438       Have you ever taken diabetes pills?               ASPQ C-18
                 1  Yes                          183     28      65
                 2  No                           135     30      52
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       2       3
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

         439       Have you been taking them most of the past        ASPQ C-19
                   12 months?
                 1  Yes                          93      16      31
                 2  No                           90      12      34
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       2       3
                 Blank                           3371    877     1285

         440       Are you now taking diabetes pills?                ASPQ C-20
                 1  Yes                          88      18      29
                 2  No                           95      10      36
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       2       3
                 Blank                           3371    877     1285

         441       What is the name of the medicine you are          ASPQ C-21
                   taking?                                          See Note 16
                 1  Diabinese                    57      14      19
                 2  Dymelor                      2       0       1
                 3  Orinase (Tolbutamide)        10      1       2
                 4  Tolinase                     8       1       2
                 5  Mellitron                    1       0       0
                 6  Diabeta/Micronase            1       0       1
                 7  Other specified,
                      non-diabetes medication    2       0       1
                 8  Blank but applicable         8       4       6
                 Blank                           3466    887     1321

 442-443   How many years (have you been taking/did                   ASPQ C-22
                   you take) diabetes pills?                        See Note 15
                 00    Less than 1 year          51      7       17
                 01-26 years                     129     20      47
                 88    Blank but applicable      3       3       4
                 Blank                           3372    877     1285

         444       Has a doctor, nurse, or other health              ASPQ C-23
                   professional ever given you a diet or
                 instructions on what foods to eat for your
                 (diabetes/...)?
                 1  Yes                          254     46      88
                 2  No                           63      12      26
                 8  Blank but applicable         2       2       6
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

         445       Do you now follow the diet or instructions?       ASPQ C-24
                 1  Yes                          123     25      48
                 2  No                           131     21      40
                 8  Blank but applicable         2       2       6
                 Blank                           3299    859     1259

         446       Do you carry or wear anything which               ASPQ C-25
                   identifies you as having (diabetes/...)?
                 1  Yes                          38      4       23
                 2  No                           279     54      90
                 8  Blank but applicable         2       2       7
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

         447       When did you last see or talk to a doctor         ASPQ C-26
                   or other health professional about your
                 (diabetes/...)?
                 1  During the past 2 weeks      49      7       38
                 2  Over 2 weeks through 6 months136     25      39
                 3  Over 6 months through 12
                      months                     30      6       13
                 4  Over 12 months through 2
                      years                      40      4       5
                 5  Over 2 years through 5 years 29      11      13
                 6  Over 5 years ago             31      5       5
                 8  Blank but applicable         4       2       7
                 Blank                           3236    847     1233

         448       About how many times a year do you see a          ASPQ C-27
                   doctor or other health professional about
                 your (diabetes/...)?
                 1  Less than once a year        4       1       4
                 2  Once                         15      1       7
                 3  Twice                        22      3       3
                 4  3-4 times                    32      6       17
                 5  5 or more times              61      14      39
                 6  No regular schedule          67      11      17
                 8  Blank but applicable         18      4       10
                 Blank                           3336    867     1256

           449     Blank

 Glucose Challenge Questionnaire Data

 Position            Item description                    Counts         Source
                         and code                  M       C       P  and notes

           L.  GLUCOSE CHALLENGE QUESTIONNAIRE (POS 450-499)

 450-453   Tape Number
                 6506                            3555    907     1353

         454       Assigned to fasting subsample, designated
                   to take oral glucose tolerance test?
                 (see p. 10)
                 1  Yes                          1777    449     667
                 2  No                           1778    458     686

         455       Complete oral glucose                            See Note 17
                   tolerance test (3 plasma glucose values)
                 1  Complete                     1012    212     272
                 2  Not complete                 765     237     395
                 3  Not in fasting subsample     1778    458     686

 456-457   Reason for incomplete oral glucose                       See Notes
                                                                      18,19
                   tolerance test
                 01  Not in fasting subsample    1778    458     686
                 02  Examined in afternoon or
                       evening                   508     170     254
                 03  Diabetic currently taking
                       insulin                   15      1       9
                 04  Arrived late                11      0       2
                 05  Ill                         1       4       4
                 06  Technical error             18      4       9
                 07  Fasted fewer than 10 hours  97      29      59
                 08  Fasted more than 16 hours   21      3       6
                 09  Refused interview           0       2       0
                 10  Refused Glucola             11      8       25
                 11  Refused venipuncture        10      2       8
                 12  Venipuncture unsuccessful   9       3       3
                 13  Became ill during test      10      1       4
                 14  Glucose in urine/
                       glucosuria 2+             12      2       2
                 15  Abnormal EKG                9       1       0
                 16  Refused test because of
                       known diabetes            4       5       4
                 17  Left early/ran out of time  11      2       3
                 18  Plasma specimens thawed     6       0       0
                 19  Specimen not collected      5       0       0
                 20  Other                       7       0       3
                 Blank                           1012    212     272

         458       Returned for second visit?                        See Notes
                                                                       18,19
                 1  Yes                          21      6       5
                 2  No                           1756    443     662
                 Blank                           1778    458     686

 459-460   Reason for second visit                                   See Notes
                                                                       18,19
                   (reason that test was not completed on
                 first visit)
                 01  Not in fasting subsample    0       0       0
                 02  Examined in afternoon or
                       evening                   1       0       0
                 03  Diabetic currently taking
                       insulin                   0       0       0
                 04  Arrived late                0       0       0
                 05  Ill                         0       0       0
                 06  Technical error             0       0       0
                 07  Fasted fewer than 10 hours  17      4       3
                 08  Fasted more than 16 hours   3       1       0
                 09  Refused interview           0       0       0
                 10  Refused Glucola             0       0       1
                 11  Refused venipuncture        0       0       0
                 12  Venipuncture unsuccessful   0       1       0
                 13  Became ill during test      0       0       0
                 14  Glucose in urine/
                       glucosuria 2+             0       0       0
                 15  Abnormal EKG                0       0       0
                 16  Refused test because of
                       known diabetes            0       0       0
                 17  Left early/ran out of time  0       0       0
                 18  Plasma specimens thawed     0       0       0
                 19  Specimen not collected      0       0       0
                 20  Other                       0       0       1
                 Blank                           3534    901     1348

         461       Are you currently taking insulin?
                 1  Yes                            15      1       9
                 2  No                           1254    278     404
                 Blank                           2286    628     940

         462       Are you currently taking diabetes pills?
                 1  Yes                          25      9       13
                 2  No                           1229    269     391
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 463-466   At what time did you finish your last                    See Note 20
                   meal?
                 0030-2400 (hours:minutes)       1252    278     404
                 8888      Blank but applicable  2       0       0
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

         467       Yesterday/today of last meal?
                 1  Yesterday                    1192    259     388
                 2  Today                        60      19      16
                 8  Blank but applicable         2       0       0
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

         468       Have you had anything to eat
                 since your last meal?
                 1  Yes                          280     48      116
                 2  No                           971     229     288
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       1       0
                 Blank                           2303    629     949

 469-472   At what time did you have anything                      See Note 20
                   to eat since your last meal?
                 (Colon not shown on tape)
                 0030-2400 (hours:minutes)       280     48      116
                 8888      Blank but applicable  0       0       0
                 Blank                           3275    859     1237

         473       Yesterday/today for last eat anything
                 at all?
                 1  Yesterday                    259     47      104
                 2  Today                        21      1       12
                 8  Blank but applicable         0       0       0
                 Blank                           3275    859     1237

         474       Have you had anything to drink, other
                   than water, since the last time you had
                 anything to eat? (latest time in
                 Positions 463-466 or 469-472)
                 1  Yes                          296     83      110
                 2  No                           955     194     294
                 8  Blank but applicable         1       1       0
                 Blank                           2303    629     949

 475-478   At what time did you last have anything                  See Note 20
                   at all to drink?   (Colon not shown on tape)
                 0010-2400 (hours:minutes)       296     83      108
                 8888      Blank but applicable  0       0       2
                 Blank                           3259    824     1243

         479       Yesterday/today for last anything at all
                 to drink?
                 1  Yesterday                    256     67      67
                 2  Today                        40      16      41
                 8  Blank but applicable         0       0       2
                 Blank                           3259    824     1243

    SECOND VISIT INFORMATION

                   Persons in this section failed to                See Note 19
                   complete the first OGTT and were given the
                 opportunity to take the OGTT a second time.

 480-483   At what time did you finish your last meal?              See Note 20
                 1200-2300 (hours:minutes)       21      6       5
                 Blank                           3534    901     1348

         484       Yesterday/today of last meal?
                 1  Yesterday                    21      6       5
                 2  Today                        0       0       0
                 Blank                           3534    901     1348

         485       Have you had anything to eat since
                 your last meal?
                 1  Yes                          6       0       1
                 2  No                           15      6       4
                 Blank                           3534    901     1348

 486-489   At what time did you have anything                      See Note 20
                   to eat since your last meal?
                 (Colon not shown on tape)
                 1800-2245 (hours:minutes)       6       0       1
                 Blank                           3549    907     1352


         490       Yesterday/today for last eat anything
                 1  Yesterday                    6       0       1
                 2  Today                        0       0       0
                 Blank                           3549    907     1352

         491       Have you had anything to drink other
                   than water, since the last time you
                 had anything to eat (latest time in
                 Positions 480-483 or 486-489)
                 1  Yes                          6       0       0
                 2  No                           15      6       5
                 Blank                           3534    901     1348

 492-495   At what time did you last have anything                  See Note 20
                   to drink?   (Colon not shown on tape)
                 1700-2330 (hours:minutes)       6       0       0
                 Blank                           3549    907     1353

         496       Yesterday/today for last anything to drink?
                 1  Yesterday                      6       0       0
                 2  Today                          0       0       0
                 Blank                           3549    907     1353

 497-499   Blank

 Plasma Glucose Values and Computed Time Intervals

 Position            Item description                    Counts         Source
                         and code                  M       C       P  and notes

           M.  PLASMA GLUCOSE VALUES AND COMPUTED TIME INTERVALS  (POS 500-600)

                   ATTENTION:  The colon is not shown
                 on the tape.  (Positions 500-515)

 500-503   Time of first venipuncture (fasting                      See Note 20
                   specimen)
                 0800-1107 (hours:minutes)       1083    227     329
                 8888      Blank but applicable  171     51      75
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 504-507   Time Glucola given                                       See Note 20
                 0805-1110 (hours:minutes)       1059    216     283
                 8888      Blank but applicable  195     62      121
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 508-511   Time of second venipuncture                              See Note 20
                 (one-hour specimen)
                 0905-1205 (hours:minutes)       1055    215     276
                 8888      Blank but applicable  199     63      128
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 512-515   Time of third venipuncture                               See Note 20
                 (two-hour specimen)
                 1000-1245 (hours:minutes)       1031    212     274
                 8888      Blank but applicable  223     66      130
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

         516       Code indicating imputed time generated
                 for the second venipuncture
                 1  Yes                          8       0       1
                 2  No                           1047    215     275
                 Blank                           2500    692     1077

                   Reasons for blank or missing (888) plasma
                 gluose values are given in Positions 456-457

 517-519   Plasma glucose value (mg/dl)
                   from first venipuncture                         See Note 21
                 051-407                         1068    227     328
                 888       Blank but applicable  186     51      76
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 520-522   Plasma glucose value (mg/dl)                            See Note 21
                   from second venipuncture
                 037-639                         1040    215     275
                 888       Blank but applicable  214     63      129
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 523-525   Plasma glucose value (mg/dl)                            See Note 21
                   from third venipuncture
                 026-707                         1016    212     272
                 888       Blank but applicable  238     66      132
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

                   ATTENTION: The colon is not shown on
                 the tape.  (Positions 526-569)

 526-529   Interval betwen last food or drink
                 and first venipuncture (smallest of three
                   times in Positions 530-541).
                 00:50-24:15 (hours:minutes)     1083    227     329
                 8888        Blank but applicable171     51      75
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 530-533   Interval between last meal and first
                 venipuncture
                 01:20-24:15 (hours:minutes)     1083    227     329
                 8888        Blank but applicable171     51      75
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 534-537   Interval between last snack and first
                 venipuncture
                 00:50-17:47 (hours:minutes)     250     44      88
                 8888        Blank but applicable 36     2       28
                 Blank                           3269    861     1237

 538-541   Interval between last drink and first
                 venipuncture
                 02:05-16:35 (hours:minutes)     248     58      70
                 8888        Blank but applicable 51     22      37
                 Blank                           3256    827     1246

 542-545   Interval between first venipuncture and
                 Glucola ingestion
                 00:00-01:25 (hours:minutes)     1059    216     283
                 8888        Blank but applicable 195     62     121
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 546-549   Interval between Glucola ingestion and
                 second venipuncture
                 00:50-01:15 (hours:minutes)     1055    215     276
                 8888        Blank but applicable 199     63     128
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 550-553   Interval beween second venipuncture and
                 third venipuncture
                 00:40-01:26 (hours:minutes)     1031    212     274
                 8888        Blank but applicable 223     66     130
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 554-557         Interval between first venipuncture and
                 second venipuncture
                 00:54-02:24 (hours:minutes)     1055    215     276
                 8888        Blank but applicable 199     63     128
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 558-561   Interval between first venipuncture and
                 third venipuncture
                 01:49-03:22 (hours:minutes)     1031    212     274
                 8888        Blank but applicable 223     66     130
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 562-565   Interval between Glucola ingestion
                 and third venipuncture
                 01:41-02:24 (hours:minutes)     1031    212     274
                 8888        Blank but applicable 223     66     130
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 566-569   Interval between last food or drink
                 and Glucola ingestion
                 02:10-19:20 (hours:minutes)     1059    216     283
                 8888        Blank but applicable 195     62     121
                 Blank                           2301    629     949

 570-600   Blank


GENERAL NOTES, SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND DIABETES DATA

 Family Questionnaire Missing

 A Family Questionnaire was to be completed for each eligible family in a
 household with sample persons.  However, a few Family Questionnaires are
 missing.  Data records for sample persons in families with missing
 questionnaires are flagged with a code = 1, and all family data are blank.
 Data records for sample persons in families wit a Family Questionnaire are
 flagged with a code = 2.

 During the Mexican-American portion of the HHANES survey, a Family
 Questionnaire continuation booklet containing sample person information was
 lost for one sample person.  Therefore, the sociodemographic data for this
 sample person are missing.  The reference person, family composition,
 income, residence, and household data for this person were obtained from
 another person in the household.

 Examination Status

 Not all sample persons consented to come to a Mobile Examination Center to
 participate in the examination phase of the survey.  In certain rare
 instances (less than 0.1%), sample persons who came to the Mobile
 Examination Centers did not participate in sufficient components of the
 examination to be considered as "examined."  This data field contains code =
 1 for those persons who participated fully in the examination phase, and
 code = 2 for those who did not come to the examination center or who did not
 satisfactorily complete the examination.

 Family Number

 In HHANES, all household members who were related by blood, marriage, or
 adoption were considered to be one "family."  All sample persons in the same
 family unit have the same computer-generated family unit code.

 Head of Family

    Relationship of Sample Person to Head of family (Pos. 44-45)

         Each family containing sample persons has a designated "head of
         family," and the relationship of each sample person to the head of
         his or her family is coded in tape positions 44-45.  The first
         three categories of this variable describe the "head" of three
         different kinds of families.

         *  Code '01' identifies sample persons who lived alone (i.e.,
            "head" of one-person families, no unrelated individuals living
            in the household).

         *  Code '02' identifies sample persons who lived only with
            unrelated persons.

         *  Code '03' identifies sample persons who were "heads" of families
            containing at least one other person (whether or not the
            household included additional families unrelated to the sample
            person).

    Sociodemographic Data (Pos. 100-131)

         This data tape includes some sociodemographic data about the head
         of each sample person's family (Section F).  Because there can only
         be one "head" per family, the data in this section (positions
         100-131) are the same for all sample persons in the same family
         (i.e., with the same family number codes in positions 39-43).  If
         the sample person is head of his or her family, the data in
         positions 100-131 are the same as in the corresponding positions in
         Section E.

 Observed Race

 "Race" was observed by the interviewer for all sample persons actually
 seen.  Rules for classification of observed race were consistent with those
 used in the NHANES II and the National Health Interview Survey at that
 time.  The categories were coded as follows:

    White     Includes Spanish origin persons unless they are definitely
              Black, Indian or other nonwhite.
    Black     Black or negro.
    Other     Race other than White or Black, including Japanese, Chinese,
              American Indian, Korean, Eskimo.

 National Origin or Ancestry

 The value for national origin or ancestry is based on Item 2c in the
 Household Screener Questionnaire and was reported by the household
 respondent for all household members.  In the Mexican-American portion of
 the survey, if "other Latin-American or other Spanish" (code 9) or "Other"
 (code 0) was recorded and the specified origin was "Spanish-American" or
 "Spanish (Spain)", a code of 10 or 11, respectively, was assigned.  In all
 three portions of the survey, if more than one category was reported, the
 first appropriate "Hispanic" code, if any, was assigned (codes 1, 2, 3, 8,
 10, or 11 in the Mexican-American portion; codes 6 or 7 in the
 Cuban-American portion; codes 4 or 5 in the Puerto Rican portion).  If none
 of these codes was recorded, the first category entered was coded.

 Codes for States and Foreign Countries

    Code      State or Foreign Country

    001       Alabama
    002       Alaska
    004       Arizona
    005       Arkansas
    006       California
    008       Colorado
    009       Connecticut
    010       Delaware
    011       District of Columbia
    012       Florida
    013       Georgia
    015       Hawaii
    016       Idaho
    017       Illinois
    018       Indiana
    019       Iowa
    020       Kansas
    021       Kentucky
    022       Louisiana
    023       Maine
    024       Maryland
    025       Massachusetts
    026       Michigan
    027       Minnesota
    028       Mississippi
    029       Missouri
    030       Montana
    031       Nebraska
    032       Nevada
    033       New Hampshire
    034       New Jersey
    035       New Mexico
    036       New York
    037       North Carolina
    038       North Dakota
    039       Ohio
    040       Oklahoma
    041       Oregon
    042       Pennsylvania
    044       Rhode Island
    045       South Carolina
    046       South Dakota
    047       Tennessee
    048       Texas
    049       Utah
    050       Vermont
    051       Virginia

    Codes for States and Foreign Countries (continued)

    Code      State or Foreign Coutry

    053       Washington
    054       West Virginia
    055       Wisconsin
    056       Wyoming
    060       American Samoa
    093       Canada
    061       Canal Zone
    062       Canton and Enderbury Islands
    091       Central America
    095       Costa Rica
    063       Cuba
    064       Dominican Republic
    065       El Salvador
    062       Enderbury Islands
    087       Germany
    066       Guam
    068       Guatemala
    069       Haiti
    088       Honduras
    070       Jamaica
    090       Japan
    067       Johnston Atoll
    080       Mexico
    071       Midway Islands
    081       Nicaragua
    096       Palestine
    097       Austria
    098       Lebanon
    099       Chile
    100       Philippines
    101       Brazil
    102       Holland
    103       Colombia
    082       Panama
    072       Puerto Rico
    092       Saudi Arabia
    083       Spain
    094       Taiwan
    089       Turkey
    084       Uruguay
    085       Venezuela
    073       Ryukyu Islands, Southern
    074       Swan Islands
    075       Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (includes Caroline,
              Mariana and Marshall Island groups)
    076       U.S. miscellaneous Caribbean Islands (includes Navassa
              Islands, Quito Sueno Bank, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank and
              Serranilla Bank)
    077       U.S. miscellaneous Pacific Islands (includes Kingman Reef,
              Howland, Baker & Jarvis Islands, and Palmyra Atoll)
    086       United States
    078       Virgin Islands
    079       Wake Island
    104       Azores
    105       Peru
    106       England
    107       Vietnam
    108       Italy
    109       Ecuador
    110       North America
    111       Surinam
    112       Argentina
    113       Portugal
    114       Trinidad
    115       Egypt
    116       Sudan
    117       British Honduras
    118       China
    888       Blank but applicable


 National Origin Recode

 In the HHANES, if any household member was identified as "Hispanic" (as
 defined below), all household members, regardless of origin, were eligible
 to be selected as sample persons.  The national origin recode specifies
 whether a sample person is considered to be "Hispanic" or "not Hispanic" for
 purposes of analysis.  "Hispanic" is defined as:

     Mexican-American, residing in selected counties of Texas, Colorado, New
       Mexico, Arizona, and California;
     Cuban-American, residing in Dade County (Miami), Florida; or
     Puerto Rican, residing in the New York City area, including parts of New
       Jersey and Connecticut.

 The recode was assigned as follows:

 A.  Southwest portion

     1)  If the original national origin or ancestry code on the Household
         Screener Questionnaire was 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, or 11, then National
         origin recode = 1;

     2)  If national origin or ancestry was 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, or 0 but the
         person specified Mexican/Mexicano, Chicano, or Mexican-American
         self-identification on the Adult Sample Person Questionnaire
         (question M10), or the person was the biological child of a
         household member with Recode equal to 1 (as determined by questions
         A-1-A-11 on the Family Questionnaire), then National origin recode =
         1;

     3)  In all other cases, National origin recode = 2.

 B.  Dade County, Florida portion

     1)  If the original national origin or ancestry code was 6 or 7, then
         National origin recode = 1;

     2)  In all other cases, National origin recode = 2.

 C.  New York City area portion

     1)  If the original national origin or ancestry code was 4 or 5, then
         National origin recode = 1;

     2)  If national origin or ancestry was 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 0 but the
         person specified Boricuan or Puerto Rican self-identification on the
         Adult Sample Person Questionnaire (question M-10), or the person was
         the biological child of a household member with Recode equal to 1
         (as determined by questions A-1-A-11 on the Family Questionnaire),
         then National origin recode = 1;

     3)  In all other cases, National origin recode = 2.

 The national origin recode may be used in analysis in one of two ways:

     a.  Selecting on Recode = 1 will restrict analysis to "Hispanics" only.
         In this case, in the Southwest portion of the survey, the weighted
         estimates by age and sex will approximately equal U.S. Bureau of
         Census population estimates of the number of Mexican Americans and a
         small proportion of other Hispanics assumed to be Hispano in the
         five Southwest States (Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico,
         and Texas) at the midpoint of the Mexican-American portion of HHANES
         - March 1983.  The weighted estimates of Cuban Americans represents
         an independent estimate of the number of Cuban Americans in Dade
         County at the midpoint, February 1984.  The weighted estimates of
         Puerto Ricans represents an independent estimate of the number of
         Puerto Ricans in the sample counties in New York, New Jersey, and
         Connecticut at the midpoint of the Puerto Rican portion - September
         1984.

     b.  Using Recode greater than 0, that is, all sample persons, will
         include "Hispanic" and "not Hispanic" persons and the Southwest
         weighted estimates by age and sex will overestimate the U.S. Bureau
         of the Census population estimates of Mexican Americans and other
         Hispanics by about 4.5 percent.  In Dade County, using recode
         greater than 0 will increase the weighted estimates by about 5.3
         percent over that for Cuban Americans only, using recode greater
         than 0 for the New York area will increase the weighted estimates by
         about 9.2 percent over that for Puerto Ricans only.

 Industry and Occupation Code

 Family Questionnaire questions B-12 through B-15 (see page 117 or 139 of
 Ref. No. 1 in Section C) identified sample persons 17 years old or older who
 were in the labor force working for pay at a job or business or who worked
 without pay in a family business or farm operated by a related member of the
 household without receiving wages or salary for work performed.

 Questions B-17 through B-22 provided a full description of sample persons'
 current or most recent job or business.  The detail asked for in these
 questions was necessary to properly and accurately code each occupation and
 industry.  Interviewers were trained to define a job as a definite
 arrangement for regular work for pay every week or every month.  This
 included arrangements for either regular part-time or regular full-time
 work.  If a sample person was absent from his or her regular job, worked at
 more than one job, was on layoff from a job, or was looking for work during
 the two week reference period, interviewers were trained to use the
 following criteria to determine the job described:

     a.  If a sample person worked at more than one job during the two week
         reference period or operated a farm or business and also worked for
         someone else, the job at which he or she worked the most hours was
         described.  If the sample person worked the same number of hours at
         all jobs, the job at which he or she had been employed the longest
         was entered.  If the sample person was employed at all the same
         length of time, the job the sample person considered the main job
         was entered.

     b.  If a sample person was absent from his or her regular job all of the
         two week reference period, but worked temporarily at another job,
         the job at which the sample person actually worked was described,
         not the job from which he or she was absent.

     c.  If a sample person had a job but did not work at all during the two
         week reference period, the job he or she held was described.

     d.  If a sample person was on layoff during the two week reference
         period, the job from which he or she was laid off, regardless of
         whether a full-time or part-time job, was described.

     e.  If a sample person was looking for work or waiting to begin a new
         job within 30 days of the interview, the last full-time civilian job
         which lasted two consecutive weeks or more was described.

 The 1980 census of population Alphabetical Index of Industries and
 Occupations was used in the coding of both industry and occupation.  This
 book has Library of Congress Number 80-18360, and is for sale by the
 Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
 D.C. 20402 for $3.00.  Its Stock Number is 003024049-2.

 Health Insurance

     a.  In the Health Insurance section of the Family Questionnaire, up to
         three separate health insurance plans could be reported for a
         family.  Each sample person could have been covered by any
         combination of the three, or by none at all.  In order to simplify
         the health insurance coverage data, the information on all reported
         plans was combined to a single variable for each sample person,
         i.e., whether or not the person is covered by any plan (position
         74).  For all persons covered by at least one plan, information on
         the type of coverage is then indicated; position 75 specifies
         whether any of the sample person's plans pays hospital expenses and
         position 76 specifies whether any of the sample person's plans pays
         doctor's or surgeon's bills.

     b.  For all sample persons who were not covered by Medicare or any
         health insurance plan, the reasons for not being covered were
         ascertained.  Positions 77-78 contain the main or only reason
         reported.  For persons with one or more additional reasons, the
         first (lowest) code entered on the questionnaire was coded in
         positions 79-80.

 Per Capita Income

 Per capita income was computed by dividing the total combined family income
 by the number of people in the family.

 Poverty Index

 The poverty index is a ratio of two components.  The numerator is the
 midpoint of the income bracket reported for each family in the Family
 Questionnaire (E-11).  Respondents were asked to report total combined
 family income during the 12 months preceding the interview.  The denominator
 is a poverty threshold which varied with the number of persons in the
 family, the adult/child composition of the family, the age of the reference
 person, and the month and the year in which the family was interviewed.
 Poverty thresholds published in Bureau of the Census reports* are based on
 calendar years and were adjusted to reflect differences caused by inflation
 between calendar years and 12 month income reference periods to which
 question E-11 referred.  Average Consumer Price Indexes for all Urban
 consumers (CPI-U) for the calendar year for which the poverty thresholds
 were published (see table below) and for the 12 months representing the
 income reference period for the respondent were calculated.  The percentage
 difference between these two numbers represents the inflation between these
 two periods and was applied to the poverty threshold appropriate for the
 family (based on the characteristics listed above).  For example, for a
 family interviewed in November, 1983, the 1982 poverty threshold was updated
 to reflect inflation by multiplying by the percent change in the average
 CPI-U for the 12 month reference period, which would have been November,
 1982 through October, 1983, over the calendar year January through December,
 1982, in this example.  To compute poverty indexes, the midpoint of the
 total combined family income bracket was divided by the updated poverty
 threshold.

           Average Consumer Price Index, all Urban Consumers (CPI-U),
           U.S. City Average, 1981-84

     Month                                Year


                     1981          1982          1983          1984

     January        260.5         282.5         293.1         305.2
     February       263.2         283.4         293.2         306.6
     March          265.1         283.1         293.4         307.3
     April          266.8         284.3         295.5         308.8
     May            269.0         287.1         297.1         309.7
     June           271.3         290.6         298.1         310.7
     July           274.4         292.2         299.3         311.7
     August         276.5         292.8         300.3         313.0
     September      279.3         293.3         301.8
     October        279.9         294.1         302.6
     November       280.7         293.6         303.1
     December       281.5         292.4         303.5

     Average        272.4         289.1         298.4

     Source:  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 *   U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, No.
     138, "Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level:  1981",
     U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., March 1983.

     U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, No.
     144, "Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level:  1982",
     U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., March 1984.

 Members of families with incomes equal to or greater than poverty thresholds
 have poverty indexes equal to or greater than 1.0 and can be described as
 "at or above poverty"; those with incomes less than the poverty threshold
 have indexes less than 1.0 and can be described as "below poverty".

 Poverty thresholds used were computed on a national basis only.  No attempt
 was made to adjust these thresholds for regional, State, or other variations
 in the cost of living.  None of the noncash public welfare benefits such as
 food stamp bonuses were included in the income of the low income families
 receiving these benefits.

 Size of Place and SMSA

 Codes for size of place and SMSA were obtained from Bureau of Census summary
 tape files (STF1B).

 A place is a concentration of population.  Most places are incorporated as
 cities, towns, villages, or boroughs, but others are defined by the Bureau
 of the Census around definite residential nuclei with dense, city-type
 street patterns, with, ideally, at least 1,000 persons per square mile.  The
 boundaries of Census defined places may not coincide with civil divisions.

 A Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) is a large population
 nucleus and nearby communities which have a high degree of economic and
 social integration with that nucleus.  Generally, an SMSA includes one or
 more central cities, all urbanized areas around the city or cities, and the
 remainder of the county or counties in which the urbanized areas are
 located.  SMSAs are designed by the Office of Management and Budget.

 The same place size and SMSA codes were assigned to all persons in the same
 segment (for the definition of segments see Ref. No. 1 in Section C).  In a
 few cases segments were divided by place boundaries.  In these cases codes
 were assigned after inspecting segment maps.  If the segment was
 predominantly in one place, then the place code for that place was used.  If
 the segment was approximately evenly divided, the code for the larger place
 was used.

 Home Heating

 Questions E3 through E6, pertaining to the main fuel and equipment used for
 heating the home, appear to have codes which are inconsistent.  It has been
 verified that these are the codes that were recorded on the original
 document; that is, codes that appear inconsistent were not incorrectly keyed.

 Illogical or Extreme Values

 The responses for some sample persons for this variable may appear extreme,
 illogical, or inconsistent with responses in other variables.  The data
 entry was verified through direct review of the collection form or a copy of
 it.  These responses may not represent fact but they are included as they
 were recorded.  The user must determine if these responses should be
 included in analyses.

 Responses specified in open-ended response categories

 Some of the "other" or "specify" responses to this question were recoded to
 existing categories, if possible.  For responses that could not be recoded,
 new code categories were created if the information was deemed analytically
 useful.  Caution should be used in interpreting the data from these new
 categories because there is no way of knowing which other respondents would
 have selected one of the new categories if given the option.

 Complete glucose tolerance test

 For this data item, persons for whom three plasma glucose values were
 available are considered to have a complete glucose tolerance test,
 regardless of the conditions under which these values were obtained (such as
 length of fast or elapsed time between venipunctures).  However, users may
 wish to take such conditions into account for analyses of these data.

 Reasons for incomplete test

 Codes 01-03 were supplied in the editing process.  Persons not assigned to
 the fasting subsample (code 01) were not designated to take the glucose
 tolerance test nor to complete the Glucose Challenge Questionnaire (GCQ).
 Persons assigned to the fasting subsample who were unable or unwilling to be
 examined in the morning (Code 02) did not complete the GCQ or receive the
 test, because the test was only administered in the morning.  Persons
 currently using insulin who were in the fasting subsample and who were
 examined in the morning (Code 03) were not asked to fast and were not
 administered the test, per the study protocol.  This exclusion was made
 because it was not considered medically advisable for a person using insulin
 to fast.

 Persons in the fasting subsample who were examined in the morning may have
 failed to complete the test for reasons noted in GCQ 6A-6J, corresponding to
 codes 04-13.

 Codes 14-19 are recodes of notations on the questionnaire or other
 information from survey records.  Some persons were inappropriately
 eliminate from the glucose tolerance test by one physician examiner because
 of glucosuria (code 14), an abnormal EKG (code 15) or known diabetes in a
 person not taking insulin (code 16).  In addition, some persons refused the
 test because of known diabetes (code 16).

 Second visit

 Persons who did not complete the OGTT at the initial examination were given
 the opportunity to return for a second visit to take the OGTT on a different
 day.  If the person returned for a second visit, the reason for not
 completing the OGTT on the first visit is coded in positions 459-460;
 otherwise positions 459-460 are blank.  If the persons did not return for a
 second visit, the reason for not completing the OGTT on the first visit is
 coded in positions 456-457.

 If the person completed the OGTT on the second visit, positions 456-457 are
 blank; if the person returned for a second visit but did not complete the
 OGTT, the reason for not completing the OGTT on the second visit is coded in
 positions 456-457.  Data from the second visit on times of last food and
 drink are entered in positions 480-496.

 Time using 24-hour clock

 These times are presented using the 24-hour clock system (military time) in
 which 0100 corresponds to 1 a.m., 1200 corresponds to 12 noon, 1300
 corresponds to 1 p.m., and 2400 corresponds to 12 midnight.

 Plasma glucose determinations

 Glucose values were determined at the Centers for Disease Control, Division
 of Environmental Health Laboratories.  Glucose was measured by a
 micro-adaptation of the National Glucose Reference method (1) on a Gilford
 System 3500 Computer-Directed Analyzer (2).  The determination is based on
 the enzymatic coupling of hexokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
 (G-6-PD), and it has been optimized for D-Glucose.  See the Laboratory
 Procedures for the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES)
 1982-1984 (3) pages 21-24 for exact details of the plasma glucose
 calculation.

 References

    1.  Neese, J.W., Duncan, P., Bayse, D., Robinson, M., Cooper, T.,
        Steward, C.: Development and evaluation of a hexokinase/
        glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase procedures for use as a national
        glucose reference method.  Atlanta:  Centers for Disease Control,
        1976.  DHEW Publication No. (CDC) 77-8330.

    2.  Gilford Laboratories, Inc. Instruction manual for the Gilford System
        3500 Computer-directed Analyzer.  Oberlin, Ohio: Gilford
        Laboratories, Inc.  June 1978.

    3.  Gunter, E.W. and Miller, D.T.:  Laboratory procedures used by the
        Division of Environmental Health, Laboratory Sciences Center for
        Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control for the Hispanic
        Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) 1982-84.  Atlanta:
        Centers for Disease Control, 1986.


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