Data Definiton for PATIENT_DATA.SAV
PATIENT_DATA.SAV is an SPSS data file containing information on 36 variables from a sample of 1500
nursing home patients admitted to 111 nursing homes during the first half of 2005. The first table provides basic
information about each variable including its name, position in the data set, label, and level of measurement.
The second table provides information on the value labels used for the attributes of all categorical variables.
Variable Information
Variable Position Label Measurement Level
age 1 Age Scale
sex 2 Sex Nominal
race 3 Race Nominal
marstat 4 Marital Status Nominal
educat 5 Education Ordinal
los 6 Length of Stay Scale
selfbed 7 Ability to Move in Bed Ordinal
selftran 8 Ability to Get In and Out of Bed Ordinal
selfroom 9 Ability to Walk Around Room Ordinal
selfcorr 10 Ability to Walk in Corridor Ordinal
selfon 11 Ability to Walk on Unit Ordinal
selfoff 12 Ability to Walk Off Unit Ordinal
selfdrs 13 Ability to Dress Self Ordinal
selfeat 14 Ability to Feed Self Ordinal
selftoi 15 Ability to Use Toilet Ordinal
selfhyg 16 Ability to Do Personal Hygiene Ordinal
selfbath 17 Ability to Bathe Self Ordinal
bowcon 18 Bowel Continence Ordinal
bladcon 19 Bladder Continence Ordinal
painfreq 20 Pain Frequency Ordinal
painint 21 Pain Intensity Ordinal
Variable Values
Value Label
sex 1 Male
2 Female
race 1 American Indian
2 Asian
3 Black, non-Hispanic
4 Hispanic
5 White, non-Hispanic
marstat 1 Never Married
2 Married
3 Widowed
4 Separated
5 Divorced
educat 1 No Schooling
2 8th Grade or Less
3 9-11th Grade
4 High School Grad
5 Technical/Trade School
6 Some College
7 College Degree
8 Graduate Degree
selfbed-selfbath 0 Independent
1 Needs Supervision
2 Needs Limited Assistance
3 Needs Extensive Assistance
4 Totally Dependent
bowcon, bladcon 0 Continent
1 Usually Continent
2 Occassionally Continent
3 Frequently Incontinent
4 Incontinent
painfreq 0 No Pain
1 Less Than Daily
2 Daily
painint 0 No Pain
1 Mild Pain
2 Moderate Pain
3 Excruciating Pain