See the definition of variable PERHE_SACH.

TROMSO_PERCHE_SACH

Name: PERHE_SACH

Short description: Self-Assessed Change in health from last year

Type: Integer

Description and values: Self-Assessed Change in health in comparison to last year

• 1=Worse than last year
• 2=Almost the same or better
• 9=Missing

Local variable explanation:

*HEALTH_CHANGED_O70_T4 : *Has your state of health changed during the last year (po70)?

SAS code:

PERHE_SACH=HEALTH_CHANGED_O70_T4;

if HEALTH_CHANGED_O70_T4 IN (2 3) then PERHE_SACH=2;

else PERHE_SACH=9;