GSS 1972-2021 Cumulative Datafile

evidur ever inject drugs

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1558. Have you ever, even once, taken any drugs by injection 
with a needle (like heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, or 
steroids)...Do not include anything you took under a doctor's 
orders.

idu30r inject drugs in past 30 days

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1559. How long has it been since you last used a needle to 
inject drugs?

evcrackr ever use crack cocaine

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1560. Have you ever, even once, used "crack" cocaine in chunk or 
rock form?

crack30r last use crack cocaine

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1561. How long has it been since you last used "crack" cocaine 
in chunk or rock form?

hivtesthave you ever been tested for hiv

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1562. Have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you 
may have had as part of a blood donation. Include oral test 
(where they take a swab from your mouth).

hivtest1in what month and year was your last hiv test

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1562a. Not including blood donations, in what month and year was 
your last HIV test?

Total Cases: 68,846 (Range of valid codes: 198001-99990099)

hivtest2where did you have your last hiv test

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1562b. Where did you have your last HIV test � at a private 
doctor or HMO office, at a counselling and testing site, at a 
hospital, at a clinic, in a jail or prison, at home, or 
somewhere else?

hivtestlochiv test location

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Where did you have your last HIV test - at a private doctor or 
HMO office, at a counseling and testing site, at an emergency 
room, as an inpatient at a hospital, at a clinic, in a jail or 
prison, at a drug treatment facility, at home , or somewhere 
else?

sexorntsexual orientation

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Which of the following best describes you?

siborderbirth order

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1563. How many of your (number) brothers and sisters were born 
before you were?

genetestknow about genetic testing

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The next few questions are about a special technique called 
"genetic screening," which makes it possible to predict whether 
or not a person is likely to develop certain inherited diseases. 
1564a. How much would you say you have heard or read about 
genetic screening - a great deal, something but not very much, 
or nothing at all?