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Description & Citation--Study No. 9220

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:9220
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09220
 
Title:National Health Interview Survey, 1978: Smoking Supplement
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics
 
Series:National Health Interview Survey Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 1978: SMOKING SUPPLEMENT [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics [producer], 1978. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1989. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09220
 

Scope of Study

Summary:The basic purpose of the Health Interview Survey (HIS) is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kinds of health services people receive. Person variables include sex, age, race, marital status, veteran status, education, income, industry and occupation codes, and limits on activity. This Smoking Supplement contains information on smoking status of respondents including whether they never smoked, occasionally smoked, were former smokers, or were present smokers. Data are also supplied on number of cigarettes smoked, age when started smoking, brands smoked, number of attempts to quit smoking, and tar and nicotine levels of brands smoked.
 
Subject Term(s):chronic disabilities, chronic illnesses, disabilities, health, health behavior, health care, health care services, health policy, health problems, illness, smoking
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Date(s) of Collection:1978
 
Universe:Civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States and the District of Columbia from 1,924 geographically defined Primary Sampling Units (PSUs).
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:The supplements to the Health Interview Surveys may be used independently, since they incorporate the person file data for this subset. The National Center for Health Statistics now refers to these supplements as current health topics. The data contain ampersands (&), dashes (-), and blank codes.
 

Methodology

Sample:Multistage probability sample.
 
Data Source:personal interviews
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Restrictions:Individual identifiers have been removed from the microdata tapes available from the National Center for Health Statistics. Nevertheless, under section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m), data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics may not be used for any purpose other than for statistical reporting. ICPSR recommends to users that individual elementary unit data contained in this collection be used solely for statistical research.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1989-12-15
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: National Health Interview Survey, 1978: Smoking Supplement
 

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