Item	Response Options
Moderate/vigorous physical exercise 5x a week	Yes, no
Pain limits normal work	Not at all, a little bit, moderately, quite a bit, extremely
Age as of 12/31/20	0–85 (top-coded)
Sex	Male, female
Hispanic ethnicity	Hispanic, not Hispanic
Race	White-no other race reported, black-no other race reported, American Indian/Alaska native-no other race, Asian/native Hawaiian/pacific islander-no other race reported, multiple races reported
Marital status-12/31/20	Married, widowed, divorced, separated, never married, under age 16-inapplicable
Years of Educ when first entered MEPS	No school/kindergarten only, elementary grades 1–8, high school grades 9–11, grade 12, 1 year college, 2 years college, 3 years college, 4 years college, 5+ years college
Employment status	Employed during the round, job to return to during the round, job during the round, not employed during the round
Family income as % of the poverty line	Poor/negative, near poor, low income, middle income, high income
Health insurance coverage indicator 2020	Any private, public-only, uninsured
ADL screener	Yes, no
IADL screener	Yes, no
Limitations in physical functioning	Yes, no
Any limitation on work/housework/schoolwork	Yes, no
Perceived mental health status	Excellent, very good, good, fair, poor
Perceived health status	Excellent, very good, good, fair, poor
Multiple diagnoses of high blood press	Yes, no
Coronary heart disease diagnosis	Yes, no
Angina diagnosis	Yes, no
Heart attack (MI) diagnosis	Yes, no
Other heart disease diagnoses	Yes, no
Stroke diagnosis	Yes, no
Emphysema diagnosis	Yes, no
Chronic bronchitis last 12 months	Yes, no
High cholesterol diagnosis	Yes, no
Cancer diagnosis	Yes, no
Diabetes diagnosis	Yes, no
Joint pain last 12 months	Yes, no
Arthritis diagnosis	Yes, no
Asthma diagnosis	Yes, no
How often smoke cigarettes	Every day, some days, not at all
Adult body mass index	Continuous