National Survey of American Life (NSAL), 2001-2003

Principal Investigator(s): Jackson, James S., University of Michigan. Survey Research Center

Summary: The National Survey of American Life (NSAL)is a study designed to explore racial and ethnic differences in mental disorders, psychological distress, and informal and formal service use from within the context of a variety of presumed risk and protective factors in the African-American and Afro-Caribbean populations of the United States as compared with White respondents living in the same communities. The NSAL is part of the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES) data collection (... (more info)

Access Notes

These data are not available from ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners directly (via Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys) for details on obtaining the data and documentation.

Study Description

Scope of Study

Subject Terms: African Americans, crosscultural differences, health services utilization, mental disorders, mental health, mental health services, minorities, psychiatric services

Geographic Coverage: United States

Data Collection Notes:

2012-11-06 This data resource description has been deaccessioned and is no longer available.

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2012

Hudson, D.L., Neighbors, H.W., Geronimus, A.T., Jackson, J.S. . The relationship between socioeconomic position and depression among a US nationally representative sample of African Americans. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 47, (3), 373

2012

Lincoln, K.D., Chae, D.H. . Emotional support, negative interaction and major depressive disorder among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 47, (3), 361-372.

2011

Chatters, L.M., Mattis, J.S., Woodward, A.T., Taylor, R.J., Neighbors, H.W., Grayman, N.A. . Use of ministers for a serious personal problem among African Americans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 81, (1), 118-127.

2011

Erving, Christy L. Gender and physical health: A study of African American and Caribbean Black adults . Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 52, (3), 383-399.

2011

Johnson, J.L., Griffith, D.M., Zhang, R., Neighbors, H.W., Jackson, J.S. . Ethnicity, nativity and the health of American Blacks. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 22, (1), 142-156.

2011

Hammond, W.P., Mohottige, D., Chantala, K., Hastings, J.F., Neighbors, H.W., Snowden, L. Determinants of usual source of care disparities among African American and Caribbean Black men: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. 22, (1), 157-175.

2011

Harnois, C.E., Ifatunji, M. Gendered measures, gendered models: Toward an intersectional analysis of interpersonal racial discrimination. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 34, (6), 1006-1028.

2011

Taylor, R.J., Chatters, L.M., Levin, J. Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of spiritual healer use: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 19, (2), 63-70.

2011

Lincoln, K., Chatters, L.M., Taylor, R.J., Silverstein, M. Church-based negative interactions among older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites. From Generation to Generation: Continuity and Change in Aging Families. Festschrift in Honor of Vern L. Bengtson. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

2011

Lincoln, K.D., Taylor, R.J., Watkins, D.C., Chatters, L.M. . Correlates of psychological distress and major depressive disorder among African American men. Research on Social Work Practice. 21, (3), 278-288.