The Housing Characteristics section (variable name prefixes HOQ or HOD) provides family-level interview data on the number of rooms in home and whether the home is owned or rented. Note: The variables HOQ.040 (age of home), HOQ.060 (time lived in home), HOQ.070 (source of tap water for home), and HOQ.080 and HOQ.085 (water treatment device use and type, respectively) were dropped from the questionnaire in 2011-12.
One study participant in each family responded to the HOQ for the entire family. The information this respondent gave was then applied for all family members in the same household.
These questions were asked, in the home, by trained interviewers using the Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) system.
The questionnaire data was systematically reviewed for logical, processing, and data input errors on a periodic basis during the data collection process.
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.
Sometimes, multiple families in the same household were selected as participants in the study. Occasionally, the data collected from different families living in the same household had discrepancies. These discrepancies were left as they were reported.
HOD050 Number of rooms in home: Any response provided for this question that was equal or greater than 13 was grouped into one category and released as 13.
Although these data were collected as part of the household questionnaire, if they are merged with the mobile examination center (MEC) exam data, exam sample weights should be used for the analyses.
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 | 1 | 88 | 88 | |
| 2 | 2 | 202 | 290 | |
| 3 | 3 | 683 | 973 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1613 | 2586 | |
| 5 | 5 | 2093 | 4679 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1922 | 6601 | |
| 7 | 7 | 1272 | 7873 | |
| 8 | 8 | 853 | 8726 | |
| 9 | 9 | 574 | 9300 | |
| 10 | 10 | 343 | 9643 | |
| 11 | 11 | 197 | 9840 | |
| 12 | 12 | 108 | 9948 | |
| 13 | 13 or more | 85 | 10033 | |
| 777 | Refused | 16 | 10049 | |
| 999 | Don't know | 5 | 10054 | |
| . | Missing | 121 | 10175 |
| Code or Value | Value Description | Count | Cumulative | Skip to Item |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owned or being bought | 5550 | 5550 | |
| 2 | Rented | 4269 | 9819 | |
| 3 | Other arrangement | 223 | 10042 | |
| 7 | Refused | 11 | 10053 | |
| 9 | Don't know | 1 | 10054 | |
| . | Missing | 121 | 10175 |