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differrands: Difficulty doing errands

Description

differrands indicates whether the respondent had difficult doing errands alone (such as visiting the doctor or shopping)

Availability

Sample Years
Basic 2009m1 - present
ORG 2008m6 - present

Values

Value Label
0 Doesn't experience difficulty
1 Experiences difficulty

Code

Variable creation
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* Difficulty running errands alone
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gen byte differrands = .

if $monthlycps == 1 {
    if tm(2009m1) <= $date {
        replace differrands = 0 if pedisout == 2
        replace differrands = 1 if pedisout == 1
    }
}

label var differrands "Difficulty doing errands"
#delimit ;
lab def differrands 
0 "Doesn't experience difficulty"  
1 "Experiences difficulty" 
;
#delimit cr
lab val differrands differrands
notes differrands: 2008m6-present Basic: pedisout