Dataset: The Health of Houston Survey 2018

Variable no_colon: Reason for no colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy [S]

Literal Question

PS_8A/B/C. What is the one most important reason why you have never had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy (not had a sigmoidoscopy in 5 years/ not had a colonoscopy in 10 years)?

Descriptive Text

The categories for this variable were based on the categories from 2010. The universe for this variable includes all adults aged 50-75 who have never had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy or had not had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy within the recommended timeframe.

Values Categories N NW
1 Cost/No Insurance 64 31,115.0
 7.5%
2 Access Issues 14 9,327.2
 2.3%
3 Lack of Knowledge 233 124,436.1
 30.0%
4 Avoidance and Disinterest 480 246,334.1
 59.4%
5 Had colonoscopy 7 2,099.6
 0.5%
6 Ineligible/Multiple/Other 2 1,135.1
 0.3%
7 Don't Know or Refused 0 0.0
 0.0%
-9 Don't Know/Refused 72 36,811.2
-8 Not in Universe 6338 4,144,783.0
-7 Suspended 0 0.0

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 800 414447.118
Missing cases 6410 4181594.202
Minimum 1.0
Maximum 6.0
This variable is numeric

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