Definition
HHADSICKDEATHYR indicates whether a non-elderly adult member of the household (age 18-59) who died in the 12 months before the survey was sick for at least three months before dying.
The information in HHADSICKDEATHYR is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.