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

10 release records across 10 datasets and 10 cycles.

Search scope

Results for “DR1IP182”

Harmonization summary

1 label-stable codes

Label changes detected
0
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.

DR1IP182Compatible with harmonization

PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm)

Observed years
20032023
Release records
10
Datasets
10
Components
Dietary
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: 2003-2004 → 2005-2006 · 2005-2006 → 2007-2008 · 2007-2008 → 2009-2010 · 2009-2010 → 2011-2012 · 2011-2012 → 2013-2014 · 2013-2014 → 2015-2016 · 2015-2016 → 2017-2018 · 2017-2018 → 2017-2020 · 2017-2020 → 2021-2023

Praxis harmonization actions
  • Verify merge grain, companion variables, and component-specific analytic guidance for the new file context.
  • Review the adjacent codebooks/methods. Keep this boundary as documentation variation unless source evidence confirms a substantive method or instrument change.
  • Select the weight appropriate to each cycle and subsample; when pooling cycles, construct the combined weight according to NHANES guidance rather than reusing a single-cycle weight unchanged.
Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence
Variable names / labels over time
  • PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm)2003-2004 · 2005-2006 · 2007-2008 · 2009-2010 · 2011-2012 · 2013-2014 · 2015-2016 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2020 · 2021-2023
Cycle-by-cycle release history
  • 2003-2004: DR1IFF_C — PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm) — Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Dietary)
  • 2005-2006: DR1IFF_D — PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm) — Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Dietary)
  • 2007-2008: DR1IFF_E — PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm) — Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Dietary)
  • 2009-2010: DR1IFF_F — PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm) — Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Dietary)
  • 2011-2012: DR1IFF_G — PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm) — Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Dietary)
  • 2013-2014: DR1IFF_H — PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm) — Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Dietary)
  • 2015-2016: DR1IFF_I — PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm) — Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Dietary)
  • 2017-2018: DR1IFF_J — PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm) — Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Dietary)
  • 2017-2020: P_DR1IFF — PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm) — Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Dietary)
  • 2021-2023: DR1IFF_L — PFA 18:2 (Octadecadienoic) (gm) — Dietary Interview - Individual Foods, First Day (Dietary)