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  • SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
  • USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
  • USED FOR: indicates terms or phrases that are NOT used to index items in the library database; these terms or phrases are considered synonymous with the indicated preferred term (only use "preferred terms" when searching the library database)
  • BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
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  • RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term

Thesaurus: 1501 entries.


HANDICAPPED 

HANDICAPPED PERSONS 

HARASSMENT (Search for related entries in the library)

HARMONIZATION 

HARMONIZED VARIABLES 

Scope Note: Country-specific variables, often coded and classified differently, which can subsequently be combined into a single, standardized variable.

HAWAII 

HEALTH (Search for related entries in the library)

HEALTH AND HYGIENE (Search for related entries in the library)

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A part of the economy and society that contributes to the health and wellbeing of people, including care for all ages, medical care, residential care, homecare, childcare, unpaid care, and support service care.

HEALTH CARE (Search for related entries in the library)