National Health Examination Survey, Cycle I, 1959-1962: Demographic Data (ICPSR 9208)

Version Date: Feb 17, 1992

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

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09208.v1

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Summary

The National Health Examination Surveys, Cycle I (NHES I), conducted during the period 1959-1962, were designed to secure statistics on the health status of the population of the United States. More specifically, their purpose was to determine the prevalence of certain chronic diseases, the status of dental health, and the distributions of auditory and visual acuity and certain anthropometric measurements. This collection contains demographic, household, and personal information for each sample person including age, race, sex, income, region, size of residence, usual activity, and sampling weight.

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. National Health Examination Survey, Cycle I, 1959-1962:  Demographic Data. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09208.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1959-10 -- 1962-12

Data Collection Notes

  1. Files from the NHES Cycle I, 1959-1962 may be linked using the File Sequence number in columns 1-5. The age distribution for this file is: N=3,853 ages 18-44, N=1,252 ages 45-54, N=861 ages 55-64, N=564 ages 65-74, and N=142 ages 75-79. The data contain blanks.

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Sample

National probability sample.

Universe

Adult (ages 18-79), civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the coterminous United States.

Data Source

self-enumerated forms

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Original Release Date

1989-09-26

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. National Health Examination Survey, Cycle I, 1959-1962: Demographic Data. ICPSR09208-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1989. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09208.v1
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