Childhood Health and Disease History

Childhood Health and Disease History: Study Concordance Overview
	HRS	ELSA	SHARE	CHARLS
	Before age 16	Before age 15 What year?	Before age 15 When: 0-5/6-11/11-15	Before age 15
Rating of health (excellent, very good, good, fair, poor)	X	X	X	X
Confined to bed	X, 1+ month	X	X	X
Miss extended school time	X, 1+ month	X, 1+ month	X	X
Sports/physical activity restricted	X	X	N/A	N/A
Measles	X	X	X	N/A
Mumps	X	X	X	N/A
Chicken pox	X	X	X	N/A
Scarlet fever	N/A	N/A	X	N/A
Diptheria	N/A	N/A	X	N/A
Polio	N/A	N/A	X	N/A
Asthma	X	X*	X*	N/A
Respiratory problems (other than asthma)	X	X*	X*	N/A
Allergies (other than asthma)	X	X*	X*	N/A
Severe diarrhea	N/A	N/A	X*	N/A
Meningitis/encephalitis	N/A	N/A	X	N/A
Chronic ear problems	X	X*	X*	N/A
Speech impairment	X	N/A	X	N/A
Difficulty seeing even with eyeglasses	X	N/A	X	N/A
Stomach problems	X	N/A	N/A	N/A
High blood pressure	X	N/A	N/A	N/A
Depression	X	N/A	N/A	N/A
Drug/alcohol problems	X	N/A	N/A	N/A
Other emotional or psychological problems	X	N/A	X*	N/A
Concussions	X	N/A	N/A	N/A
Severe headaches or migraines	X	X*	X*	N/A
Epilepsy, fits, seizures	X	X*	X*	N/A
Emotional, nervous, or psychiatric problem	X	X*	X*	N/A
Broken bones, fractures	N/A	X	X	N/A
Appendicitis	N/A	X	X	N/A
Childhood diabetes or high blood sugar	X	X	X	N/A
Heart trouble	X	X	X	N/A
Leukemia or lymphoma	N/A	X	X	N/A
Cancer or malignant tumor	X	X	X	N/A
Childhood disability	N/A	X	X	N/A
Childhood vaccinations	N/A	N/A	X	N/A
Reasons for no childhood vaccinations	N/A	N/A	X	N/A
Regular dental visits in childhood	N/A	N/A	X	X, year
X: available, N/A: not available, *: Did it last (reoccur) 1+ years?