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National Health Interview Survey, 1996

(5 datasets; 76,097 KB)

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

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. The variables in the Household Record 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 Record file (Part 2) includes infor... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02661.v1

Access Notes

  • This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).

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