Praxis Data Lab · Variable History

Variable history and harmonization report.

Review variable definitions, cycle chronology, survey design, laboratory methods, method-change boundaries, detection limits, and evidence-backed harmonization actions.

1matching variable codes

3 release records across 3 datasets and 3 cycles.

Search scope

Results for “AUQ380”

Harmonization summary

0 label-stable codes

Label changes detected
1
Multiple dataset contexts
0
Unique codes
1
Enriched codes in this report
0

Scientific safeguard

Qualified assessment is authoritative; chronology remains supporting evidence.

Praxis separates source-stated method or instrument changes from automated differences in CDC/NCHS method text. The qualified harmonization assessment below is the researcher-facing conclusion; method chronology explains the underlying evidence and does not override that adjudication.

Variable-by-variable chronology

Qualified harmonization assessment and indexed evidence

Each variable first shows the current qualified assessment used by Study Builder, followed by cycle-specific source evidence and method chronology.

AUQ380Compatible with harmonization

In the past 12 months, how often {did you/did SP} wear hearing protection devices (ear plugs, ear muffs) when exposed to very loud sounds or noise? Please include both on the job and off the job exposures.

Observed years
20112020
Release records
3
Datasets
3
Components
Questionnaire
Qualified Praxis harmonization assessment

Compatible with harmonization · moderate confidence

No blocking method discontinuity is identified inside the selected cycle span, but one or more longitudinal changes require explicit harmonization conditions before pooling.

Evidence provenance: Praxis automated inference from indexed CDC/NCHS evidence

Relevant boundaries: 2011-2012 → 2017-2018 · 2017-2018 → 2017-2020

Praxis harmonization actions
  • Apply cycle-specific eligibility rules and restrict the pooled analytic population to a defensible common target population.
  • Verify merge grain, companion variables, and component-specific analytic guidance for the new file context.
Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence
Variable names / labels over time
  • In the past 12 months, how often {did you/did SP} wear hearing protection devices (ear plugs, ear muffs) when exposed to very loud sounds or noise? Please include both on the job and off the job exposures.2011-2012
  • In the past 12 months, how often did {you/SP} wear hearing protection devices (ear plugs, ear muffs) when exposed to very loud sounds or noise?2017-2018 · 2017-2020
Cycle-by-cycle release history
  • 2011-2012: AUQ_G — In the past 12 months, how often {did you/did SP} wear hearing protection devices (ear plugs, ear muffs) when exposed to very loud sounds or noise? Please include both on the job and off the job exposures. — Audiometry (Questionnaire)
  • 2017-2018: AUQ_J — In the past 12 months, how often did {you/SP} wear hearing protection devices (ear plugs, ear muffs) when exposed to very loud sounds or noise? — Audiometry (Questionnaire)
  • 2017-2020: P_AUQ — In the past 12 months, how often did {you/SP} wear hearing protection devices (ear plugs, ear muffs) when exposed to very loud sounds or noise? — Audiometry (Questionnaire)