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difficulty: Difficulty indicator

Description

difficulty indicates whether or not the respondent experiences a physical, mental, or emotional difficulty.

Availability

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

Values

Value Label
0 Doesn't not experience any diffulty
1 Experiences one or more difficulty

Code

Variable creation
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* Difficulty with disability status indicator
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gen byte difficulty = .

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

label var difficulty "Difficulty indicator"
#delimit ;
lab def difficulty 
0 "Doesn't not experience any diffulty"
1 "Experiences one or more difficulty"
;
#delimit cr
lab val difficulty difficulty
notes difficult: 2008m6-present: prdisflg