Description & Citation--Study No. 4222 | | | ICPSR Study No.: | 4222 |
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Persistent URL:
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| | | Title: | National Health Interview Survey, 2003 |
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| | | Principal Investigator(s): | United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics |
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| | | Series: | National Health Interview Survey Series |
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| | | Bibliographic Citation: | U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 2003 [Computer file]. ICPSR04222-v1. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics [producer], 2003. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]. 2005-08-18. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04222 |
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| | | | Summary: | The purpose of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
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. Implementation of a
redesigned NHIS, consisting of a basic module, a periodic module, and
a topical module, began in 1997 (see NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY,
1997 [ICPSR 2954]). The 2003 NHIS contains the Household, Family,
Person, Sample Adult, Sample Child, Child Immunization, and Injury and
Poison Episode data files from the basic module. Each record in the
Household-Level File (Part 1) contains data on type of living
quarters, number of families in the household responding and not
responding, and the month and year of the interview for each sampling
unit. The Family-Level File (Part 2) is made up of reconstructed
variables from the person-level data of the basic module and includes
information on sex, age, race, marital status, Hispanic origin,
education, veteran status, family income, family size, major
activities, health status, activity limits, and employment status,
along with industry and occupation. As part of the basic module, the
Person-Level File (Part 3) provides information on all family members
with respect to health status, limitation of daily activities,
cognitive impairment, and health conditions. Also included are data on
years at current residence, region variables, height, weight, bed
days, doctor visits, hospital stays, and health care access and
utilization. A randomly-selected adult in each family was interviewed
for the Sample Adult File (Part 4) regarding respiratory conditions,
renal conditions, AIDS, joint symptoms, health status, limitation of
daily activities, and behaviors such as smoking, alcohol consumption,
and physical activity. Also included in this file are variables
pertaining to the Healthy People 2010 Objectives. The Sample Child
File (Part 5) provides information from an adult in the household on
medical conditions of one child in the household, such as respiratory
problems, seizures, allergies, and use of special equipment like
hearing aids, braces, or wheelchairs. Also included are variables
regarding child behavior, the use of mental health services, and
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The Child
Immunization File (Part 6) presents information from shot records on
vaccination status, number and dates of shots, and information about
the chicken pox vaccine. Episode-based information regarding injuries
and poisonings is found in the Injury and Poison Episode File (Part
7), which examines the cause and date of injury or poisoning, loss of
time from work or school, and whether the episode resulted in
hospitalization. Information in the Injury and Poison Verbatim File
(Part 8) is comprised of narrative text describing injuries, including
type of injury, how the injury occurred, and the body part
injured. |
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| | | Subject Term(s): | child health, disabilities, doctor visits, families, health behavior, health care access, health care services, health services utilization, health status, hospitalization, households, illness, immunization, injuries, mental health |
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| | | Geographic Coverage: | United States |
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| | | Time Period: | 2003 |
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| | | Date(s) of Collection: | 2003 |
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| | | Universe: | Civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the 50 states
and the District of Columbia. |
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| | | Data Type: | survey data, and clinical data |
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| | | Data Collection Notes: | (1) Per agreement with NCHS, ICPSR distributes the
data files and text of the technical documentation in this collection
in their original form as prepared by NCHS. (2) The data from the
Household-Level File can be merged with any of the other files, and
other files can be merged as well. For further information on merging
data, consult the Survey Description. (3) To learn more about the
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), visit the following Web site
of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) (link). At that site you can join the
HISUSERS e-mail list by providing your name and e-mail address,
selecting the item "National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
researchers," and clicking on "subscribe." |
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| | | | Sample: | The NHIS uses a stratified multistage probability design.
The sample for the NHIS is redesigned every decade using population
data from the most recent decennial census. A redesigned sample was
implemented in 1995. This new design includes a greater number of
primary sampling units (PSUs) (from 198 in 1994 to 358), and a more
complicated nonresponse adjustment based on household screening and
oversampling of Black and Hispanic persons, for more reliable
estimates of these groups. |
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| | | Weight: | These data contain multiple weight variables for each part.
Users should refer to the technical documentation for further
information regarding the weight and their derivation. Additionally,
users may need to weight the data prior to analysis. |
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| | | Mode of Data Collection: | face-to-face interviews |
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| | | | 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. |
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| | | Restrictions: | In preparing the data file(s) for this collection, the
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has removed direct
identifiers and characteristics that might lead to identification of
data subjects. As an additional precaution, NCHS requires, under
Section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m), that
data collected by NCHS not be used for any purpose other than
statistical analysis and reporting. NCHS further requires that
analysts not use the data to learn the identity of any persons or
establishments and that the director of NCHS be notified if any
identities are inadvertently discovered. ICPSR member institutions and
other users ordering data from ICPSR are expected to adhere to these
restrictions. |
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| | | Original ICPSR Release: | 2005-08-18 |
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| | | Dataset(s): | - DS1: Household-Level File
- DS2: Family-Level File
- DS3: Person-Level File
- DS4: Sample Adult File
- DS5: Sample Child File
- DS6: Child Immunization File
- DS7: Injury and Poison Episode File
- DS8: Injury and Poison Verbatim File
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