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| ID | Label | CPES | NLAAS | NSAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SU1 | Age 1st drank alcohol | V03266 | SU1 | SU1 |
| SU2A | Age 1st drank 12 drinks per year | V03268 | SU2A | SU2A |
| SU2B | 1st drank 12 drinks per year before teenager | V03269 | SU2B | SU2B |
| SU2C | 1st drank 12 drinks per year before your 20s | V03270 | SU2C | SU2C |
| SU3 | # times at least 1 drink past 12 mths | V03271 | SU3 | SU3 |
| SU4 | # drinks per day each time you drank | V03272 | SU4 | SU4 |
| SU5 | Ever a year in life when drank more than past year | V03273 | SU5 | SU5 |
| SU8 | Years when drank most-# times had at least one drink | V03276 | SU8 | SU8 |
| SU9 | Years when drank most-# drinks per day | V03277 | SU9 | SU9 |
| SU12 | Drinking ever interfered w/ work/school/job/home | V03281 | SU12 | SU12 |
| SU12A | Drinking problem cause family/friend argue/probs | V03282 | SU12A | SU12A |
| SU12B | Continue drinking though caused problem w/ people | V03283 | SU12B | SU12B |
| SU12C | Ever jeopardized safety due to drinking | V03284 | SU12C | SU12C |
| SU15INTR1 | Remember exact age 1st time had drinking issue/problem | V03288 | SU15INTR | SU15INTR |
| SU15INTR2 | Remember age 1st drinking probs | V03289 | SU15INT2 | SU15INT2 |
| SU15A | Age 1st drinking problem occurred | V03290 | SU15A | SU15A |
| SU15B1 | Estimate age 1st drinking problems | V03292 | SU15B1 | SU15B1 |
| SU15B2 | Drinking problems occurred before teens | V03293 | SU15B2 | SU15B2 |
| SU15B3 | Drinking problems occurred before 20s | V03294 | SU15B3 | SU15B3 |
| SU16 | How recently had problem because of drinking | V03295 | SU16 | SU16 |
| SU17 | Age last problem because of drinking | V03296 | SU17 | SU17 |
| SU18 | # of different years in life had problem because of drinking | V03297 | SU18 | SU18 |
| SU19 | Ever had irresistable urge to drink | V03298 | SU19 | SU19 |
| SU19A | Ever need more alcohol for buzz than used to | V03299 | SU19A | SU19A |
| SU19B | Ever feel sick when stopped/slowed drinking | V03300 | SU19B | SU19B |
| SU19C | Ever drank to avoid feeling ill when you stopped drinking | V03301 | SU19C | SU19C |
| SU19D | Ever drank when planned not to or drank more than intended | V03302 | SU19D | SU19D |
| SU19E | Ever drank more often than intended | V03303 | SU19E | SU19E |
| SU19F | Ever got drunk when didn't want to | V03304 | SU19F | SU19F |
| SU19G | Ever unable to stop/cut down drinking when tried | V03305 | SU19G | SU19G |
| SU19H | Ever spent many days recovering | V03306 | SU19H | SU19H |
| SU19I | Ever gave up activities due to drinking | V03307 | SU19I | SU19I |
| SU19J | Ever cont'd drinking though it caused phys or emo problems | V03308 | SU19J | SU19J |
| SU26 | Recency had alcohol problems | V03311 | SU26 | SU26 |
| SU28 | # of years in life had 1 or more alcohol problems | V03312 | SU28 | SU28 |
| SU29 | Had 3 or more alcohol problems in same year | V03313 | SU29 | SU29 |
| SU30A | Age 1st had 3 alcohol problems in same year | V03315 | SU30A | SU30A |
| SU30B | 3 drinking problems same year before teens | V03316 | SU30B | SU30B |
| SU30C | 3 drinking problems same year before 20s | V03317 | SU30C | SU30C |
| SU32 | After problems began, # of attempts to quit drinking | V03318 | SU32 | SU32 |
| SU34A | Longest time period without drinking | V03320 | SU34A | SU34A |
| SU34B | Unit time no drinking | V03321 | SU34B | SU34B |
| SU36 | # of times not drinking 3 or more months | V03323 | SU36 | SU36 |
| SU38A | Past year-how often drinking hurt health | V03325 | SU38A | SU38A |
| SU38B | Past year-how often drinking hurt family | V03326 | SU38B | SU38B |
| SU38C | Past year-did impulsive things due to drinking | V03327 | SU38C | SU38C |
| SU38D | Past year-failed expectations due to drinking | V03328 | SU38D | SU38D |
| SU38E | Past year-felt unhappy due to drinking | V03329 | SU38E | SU38E |
| SU2 | Age 1st drank 12 drinks per year-compute | V03267 | SU2* | |
| SU15B | Estimate age 1st drinking problems-compute | V03291 | SU15B* | |
| SU30 | Age 1st had 3 alcohol problems same in a year-comput | V03314 | SU30* | |
| SU41 | Ever used marijuana/hashish | V03330 | SU41 | SU41 |
| SU42 | Ever used cocaine in any form | V03331 | SU42 | SU42 |
| SU43 | Ever abused prescription | V03332 | SU43 | SU43 |
| SU44 | Ever used other drugs | V03333 | SU44 | SU44 |
| SU45A | Age 1st used marijuana/hash | V03335 | SU45A | SU45A |
| SU45A1 | Used marijuana/hash before teens | V03336 | SU45A1 | SU45A1 |
| SU45A2 | Used marijuana/hash before 20s | V03337 | SU45A2 | SU45A2 |
| SU47A | Used marijuana/hash in past 12 mths | V03347 | SU47A | SU47A |
| SU48A | Frequency of marijuana/hash use in past 12 mths | V03351 | SU48A | SU48A |
| SU45B | Age 1st used cocaine | V03338 | SU45B | SU45B |
| SU45B1 | Used cocaine before teens | V03339 | SU45B1 | SU45B1 |
| SU45B2 | Used cocaine before 20s | V03340 | SU45B2 | SU45B2 |
| SU47B | Used cocaine in past 12 mths | V03348 | SU47B | SU47B |
| SU48B | Frequency of cocaine use in past 12 mths | V03352 | SU48B | SU48B |
| SU45C | Age 1st abused prescription | V03341 | SU45C | SU45C |
| SU45C1 | Abused prescription before teens | V03342 | SU45C1 | SU45C1 |
| SU45C2 | Abused prescription before 20s | V03343 | SU45C2 | SU45C2 |
| SU47C | Use prescription without recommendation in past 12 mths | V03349 | SU47C | SU47C |
| SU48C | Freq of non-recommended prescrip drugs use in past 12 mths | V03353 | SU48C* | SU48C |
| SU45D | Age 1st used other drugs | V03344 | SU45D* | SU45D |
| SU45D1 | Used other drugs before teens | V03345 | SU45D1 | SU45D1 |
| SU45D2 | Used other drugs before 20s | V03346 | SU45D2 | SU45D2 |
| SU47D | Used other drugs in past 12 mths | V03350 | SU47D* | SU47D |
| SU48D | Frequency of other drug use in past 12 mths | V03354 | SU48D* | SU48D |
| SU65 | Drug use frequently interfered with job/home/school | V03358 | SU65 | SU65 |
| SU65A | Drug use caused problems/argue with family and friends | V03359 | SU65A | SU65A |
| SU65B | Continued drug use regardless of problems w/ family/friends | V03360 | SU65B | SU65B |
| SU65C | Jeopardized safety due to drugs | V03361 | SU65C | SU65C |
| SU68INTR1 | Remember exact age 1st had drug problem | V03364 | SU68INTR | SU68_1 |
| SU68INTR2 | Remember exact age 1st had drug problem | V03365 | SU68INT2 | SU68_2* |
| SU68A | Age 1st drug problems occurred | V03366 | SU68A | SU68A |
| SU68B1 | Estimate age 1st drug problem occurred | V03368 | SU68B1 | SU68B1* |
| SU68B2 | 1st drug problem before teens | V03369 | SU68B2 | SU68B2 |
| SU68B3 | 1st drug problem before 20s | V03370 | SU68B3 | SU68B3 |
| SU69 | Recently had problem because of drug use | V03372 | SU69 | SU69 |
| SU70 | Age last problem because of drug use | V03373 | SU70 | SU70* |
| SU71 | # of different years had drug problems | V03374 | SU71 | SU71 |
| SU72 | Ever had irresistible urge to use drug | V03375 | SU72 | SU72 |
| SU72A | Ever need more drugs to get high than before | V03376 | SU72A | SU72A |
| SU72B | Had ill feelings when stopped/cut down drug use | V03377 | SU72B | SU72B |
| SU72C | Used drugs to avoid ill feelings when trying to stop/cut down | V03378 | SU72C | SU72C |
| SU72D | Used drugs when had no intention to | V03379 | SU72D | SU72D |
| SU72E | Ever used drugs more than intended | V03380 | SU72E | SU72E |
| SU72F | Ever tried stop/cut down on drugs and not able | V03381 | SU72F | SU72F |
| SU72G | Ever spent several days recovering from drug use | V03382 | SU72G | SU72G |
| SU72H | Ever gave up/reduced activities due to drugs | V03383 | SU72H | SU72H |
| SU72I | Ever cont'd drug use though it caused phys or emo problems | V03384 | SU72I | SU72I |
| SU79 | How recent had problem because of drug use | V03388 | SU79 | SU79 |
| SU81 | # of years had at least 1 drug problem | V03389 | SU81 | SU81 |
| SU82 | Ever had 3 or more drug problems in the same year | V03390 | SU82 | SU82 |
| SU83A | Age 1st had 3 drug problems same year | V03392 | SU83A | SU83A1 |
| SU83B | 1st had 3 drug problems same year before teens | V03393 | SU83B | SU83A2 |
| SU83C | 1st had 3 drug problems same year before 20s | V03394 | SU83C | SU83A3 |
| SU86A | Past year-drugs hurt health | V03396 | SU86A | SU86A |
| SU86B | Past year-drugs hurt family | V03397 | SU86B | SU86B |
| SU86C | Past year-regretted impulsive things due to drugs | V03398 | SU86C | SU86C |
| SU86D | Past year-failed expectations due to drug | V03399 | SU86D | SU86D |
| SU86E | Past year-unhappy due to drugs | V03400 | SU86E | SU86E |
| SU68B | Estimate age 1st drug problem occurred - computed | V03367 | SU68B | |
| SU83 | Age 1st had 3 drug problems same year-compute | V03391 | SU83 | |
| SU87A | Age 1st opportunity to use alcohol | V03401 | SU87A | SU87A |
| SU87A2 | 1st alcohol opportunity before teens | V03402 | SU87A2 | SU87A2 |
| SU87A3 | 1st alcohol opportunity before 20s | V03403 | SU87A3 | SU87A3 |
| SU87B | Age 1st opportunity to use drugs | V03404 | SU87B | SU87B |
| SU87B2 | 1st drug opportunity before teens | V03405 | SU87B2 | SU87B2 |
| SU87B3 | 1st drug opportunity before 20s | V03406 | SU87B3 | SU87B3 |
| SU88A | # of opportunities before trying alcohol | V03408 | SU88A* | SU88A |
| SU88B | # of opportunities before trying drugs | V03409 | SU88B* | SU88B |
| SU95 | Ever see doctor about drugs | V03411 | SU95 | SU95A* |
| SU95A | Age 1st see doctor about drugs | V03412 | SU95A | SU97 |
| SU102 | Received helpful/effective treatment for drug/alcohol problem | V03430 | SU102 | |
| SU102A | Age 1st got helpful/effective treatment for drug/alcohol prob | V03431 | SU102A | |
| SU102B | # of professionals ever talked to incl helpful treatment doctor | V03432 | SU102B | |
| SU102C | # of professionals ever talked to about drug/alc problem | V03433 | SU102C | |
| SU103 | Received prof treatment for use of drug/alcohol in past year | V03434 | SU103 | |
| SU119 | Hospitalized overnight for drug problems | V03435 | SU119 | SU101 |
| SU119_1 | Age 1st hospitalized overnight for drug problems | V03436 | SU119_1 | SU101A |
| SU119_2 | Ever go to self-help group for drug/alc problems | V03437 | SU119_2 | SU119_2 |
| SU119_3 | Age 1st went to self-help group for drug/alc problems | V03438 | SU119_3 | SU119_3 |
| SU119_4 | # of self-help meetings attended for drug/alc in past year | V03439 | SU119_4 | SU119_4 |
| SU119_5 | # of relatives ever had drug/alcohol problems | V03440 | SU119_5 | SU119_5* |
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