Component Description
The pesticide use questionnaire (variable name prefix PUQ) provides data on pesticide use during the past seven days in the home, and on the lawn or in the garden.
Pesticides are substances or a mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest (EPA, 2020). Many common household products that are used inside and outside of the home are considered pesticides, thus increasing the risk of exposure to these substances. The PUQ seeks to obtain meaningful data about potential exposure to chemicals in and around the household among NHANES participants.
All participants aged 6 years and older, in the NHANES August 2021 – August 2023 sample, were eligible.
The PUQ was asked in the mobile examination center (MEC) by phlebotomists or trained interviewers using the Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) system.
Participants 18 years of age and older were interviewed directly. A proxy provided information for participants 6-17 years of age.
The CAPI system is programmed with built-in consistency checks to reduce data entry errors. CAPI also uses online help screens to assist interviewers in defining key terms used in the questionnaire. During the August 2021-August 2023 data collection cycle, PUQ data were systematically reviewed for logical, processing, and data input errors on a periodic basis; and interviewer-specific feedback and retraining was performed as appropriate.
Data were edited for completeness and consistency.
Please refer to the NHANES Analytic Guidelines and the on-line NHANES Tutorial for further details on the use of sample weights and other analytic issues.
Code or Value | Value Description | Count | Cumulative | Skip to Item |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yes | 569 | 569 | |
2 | No | 7434 | 8003 | |
7 | Refused | 0 | 8003 | |
9 | Don't know | 28 | 8031 | |
. | Missing | 37 | 8068 |
Code or Value | Value Description | Count | Cumulative | Skip to Item |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yes | 364 | 364 | |
2 | No | 7589 | 7953 | |
7 | Refused | 0 | 7953 | |
9 | Don't know | 78 | 8031 | |
. | Missing | 37 | 8068 |