National Health Interview Survey, 1991 (ICPSR 6049)

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics

Summary: The basic 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. Household variables in this data collection include type of living quarters, size of family, number of families in household, and geographic region. Person variables include sex, age, race, marital status, veteran status, education, income, ... (more info)

Series: National Health Interview Survey Series

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U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 1991. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics [producer], 1991. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06049.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06049.v1

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Summary:   The basic 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. Household variables in this data collection include type of living quarters, size of family, number of families in household, and geographic region. Person variables include sex, age, race, marital status, veteran status, education, income, industry and occupation codes, and limits on activity. The Condition, Doctor Visit, and Hospital Record files contain information on each reported health condition, doctor visit within a two-week period, and hospitalization (12-month recall), respectively.

Subject Terms:   chronic disabilities, chronic illnesses, disabilities, doctor visits, families, health, health care, health care services, health policy, health problems, hospitalization, household composition, households, illness

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Time Period:  

• 1991

Date of Collection:  

• 1991

Universe:   Civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Data Types:   survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Per agreement with NCHS, ICPSR distributes the data file(s) and technical documentation in this collection in their original form as prepared by NCHS. Part II of the documentation, the Field Representative's Manual, is provided in hard copy only. The age distribution for the Person file is: 0-44 (N = 82,309), 45-54 (N = 12,772), 55-64 (N = 10,235), 65-74 (N = 8,932), and 75+ (N = 5,784).

Sample:   The NHIS uses a stratified multistage probability sampling design. Four independent representative samples, which may be used in any combination, were drawn. Black persons were oversampled.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Original ICPSR Release:  1993-10-02

Version History:

• 2006-01-18 File MN6049.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
• 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 6 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

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