ICPSR Metadata record for Health Interview Survey, 1974 ICPSR ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/). Health Interview Survey, 1974 United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 2010-11-29 8339 doi://10.3886/ICPSR08339.v4
The purpose of the Health Interview Survey 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. There are five types of records in the core survey, each in a separate data file. The variables in the Household File (Part 1) include type of living quarters, size of family, number of families in the household, presence of a telephone, number of unrelated individuals, and region. The Person File (Part 2) includes information on sex, age, race, marital status, Hispanic origin, education, veteran status, family income, family size, major activities, health status, activity limits, employment status, and industry and occupation. These variables are found in the Condition, Doctor Visit, and Hospital Episode Files as well. The Person File also supplies data on height, weight, bed days, doctor visits, hospital stays, years at residence, and region variables. The Condition File (Part 3) contains information for each reported health condition, with specifics on injury and accident reports. The Hospital Episode File (Part 4) provides information on medical conditions, hospital episodes, type of service, type of hospital ownership, date of admission and discharge, number of nights in hospital, and operations performed. The Doctor Visit File (Part 5) documents doctor visits within the time period and identifies acute or chronic conditions. A sixth and seventh file have been added along with the five core files. The Condition Supplement File (Part 6) provides further information regarding injuries, health status, medical advice received, travel time and waiting time for care, and satisfaction with health services provided. The Health Insurance File (Part 7) provides general demographic information as well as type of care obtained through insurance plans, work loss because of current conditions, and whether or not the patient has any type of insurance or no insurance coverage at all.
 UniverseScheme08339 National Health Interview Survey Series For more information on the series, please go to http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/series/00040. AHRQMCC.I NACDA.V ICPSR.IX FENWAY.I chronic disabilities chronic illnesses disabilities doctor visits families health health care health care services health problems hospitalization household composition illness United States 1974 1974 clinical data survey data Civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States. A multistage probability sample was used in selecting the housing units.

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http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ netmail@icpsr.umich.edu 2010-11-29 ICPSR 2010-11-29 Procedure documentation pertaining to study design has been added. 2010-11-11 ICPSR 2010-11-11 An addition to the Principal Investigator field has been made. 2010-10-15 ICPSR 2010-10-15 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have been added. Some corresponding documentation has been updated and pre-existing data files have been replaced. A sixth and seventh dataset have been added in place of the National Health Survey Procedure Documentation, which can now be found with all other corresponding and added documentation. 2006-01-18 ICPSR 2006-01-18 File CB8339.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads. StudyUnit08339
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