Variable,Description
sex,"Binary variable for sex.  1 = Male, 2 = Female"
AGECAT,"Categorical variable for age group : 1 = 0ČageČ12, 2 = 12<ageČ17, 3 = 17<ageČ24, 4 = 24<ageČ34, 5 = 34<ageČ44, 6 = 44<ageČ64, 7 = 64<ageČ100"
HISPANIC,"Binary variable for Hispanic ethnicity : 1 = Hispanic, 2 = Not Hispanic "
HISPANIC_with_NA,"The same variable as HISPANIC, but the value is NA for individuals who have had their Hispanic ethnicity imputed."
RACECAT,"Categorical variable for Race. 1 = White, 2 = Black, 3 = Asian, 4 = Other"
race1,"Categorical variable for race (pre-imputation):  AW = Asian and White, A = Asian, B = Black, NW = Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and White, P = Prefer not to answer, U = unknown, R = refused."
INCOME,"Categorical variable for income. 1 = < $20,000,  2 = $20,000 - $40,000,  3 = $40,001 - $60,000,  4 = $60,001 - $80,000,  5 = $80,001 - $100,000,  6 = $100,001 - $120,000,  7 = $120,001+"
HOUSEHOLD,ID for households
INDIVIDUAL,ID for individuals within households
weight,Survey weights assigned by MSG (marketing systemes group)
randsamp,"Binary variable indicating if participant was in the random sample.  n = Not in the random sample, y = In the random sample"
numppl,Reported number of people in the household
DetectedAssay,Charater variable with information about which assays came back positive.  A missing value indicates no assay came back positive
Remark,Charater variable with information about if there was enough blood to conduct a COVID test
covid_illness,Indicator variable for the survey respondent reporting thinking they had COVID
const_test,Indicator variable for the survey respondent getting a COVID test. Only respondents who said they thought they had COVID can have a value of 1.
const_test_res,Indicator variable for the survey respondent getting a positive COVID test. Only respondents who said they got tested can have a value of 1.
agegrp2,"A second age group variable with different age cutoffs.  The categories are 0 - 16, 16-25, 25-45, 45-65, 65-100"
agegrp2_with_NA,"The same variable as agegrp2, but the value is NA for individuals who have had their age group imputed."
binary_income,"A binary variable indicating if the individual has an income of $100,000 or more."
binary_income_with_NA,"The same variable as binary_income, but the value is NA for individuals who have had their income imputed."
both_pos,An indicator variable that both tests came back positive
one_pos,An indicator that the initial test came back positive
qns,An indicator variable that there was an insufficient amount of blood to complete a COVID test
hhs,"Number of people in the household who responded to the survey topcoded at 3 (for any values larger than 3, the value of hhs is set to 3). "
wt2,A weight vector for using 2 phase sampling to account for individuals with an insufficient amount of blood to complete a COVID test
qs,An indicator variable that there was a sufficient amount of blood to complete a COVID test.  qs = 1 - qns
individual,A unique ID for each individual