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This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of Poll #2000-6672: Illegal Drugs and End of Life Survey, a survey by Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by ICR Survey Research Group. Topics covered in this survey include:

• Illegal drug use
• Terminally ill patients

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of the 2014 poll What Shapes Health, a survey from National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:

• Concerned about own health
• Meaning of health
• Control over own health
• Effort into maintaining health
• Frequency of healthy activities
• Description of personal health
• Types of healthy habits
• On diet to lose weight
• Ways to improve health
• Things that cause health problems
• Childhood problems causing future health issues
• Participation in community organizations
• Volunteering improving health
• Being told to improve health
• Family/friend behavior influencing health
• Health habits of family/friends
• Problems experienced in adulthood
• Problems experience in childhood
• Receiving health care
• Difficulty accessing health care
• Parents' health
• Recent serious illnesses
• Diagnosed with health conditions
• Frequency of exercising
• Personal weight
• Smoking habits
• Health insurance

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092363]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 244 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of Poll # 2005-PRIOR1: Priorities 1--Health Care, a survey from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by ICR-International Communications Research. Topics covered in this survey include:

• Most important health issues for the government to address
• Most important health care issues for the government to address
• Importance of goals for improving health and health care in country
• Rating of charitable foundations' work done to improve health and health care in country
• Health insurance coverage

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of Poll # 2006-ADDICTION: Addiction Prevention and Treatment, a survey from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by ICR-International Communications Research. Topics covered in this survey include:

• National spending on drug/alcohol prevention
• National spending on drug/alcohol treatment
• Favor/oppose increase in state taxes to improve drug/alcohol treatment programs
• Personal experience with drug/alcohol problems
• View on addiction as personal/community and health care problems
• Recommendation of hypothetical pill to friend/family member to help them stop drinking/using drugs
• Effectiveness of religious/spiritual guidance as a form of treatment for alcohol addiction
• Addiction to drugs/alcohol as personal weakness or form of illness
• Adequacy of number of high-quality treatment services available for teens/adults experiencing drug addiction in community

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of Poll # 2006-HEALTH: Public Health, a survey from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by ICR-International Communications Research. Topics covered in this survey include:

• Concern about immediate family members becoming ill soon
• Seasonal influenza shot/vaccine
• Prescription drugs
• Currently have items in home
• Avian/Bird Flu
• Preparedness of groups to provide needed services in the event of a worldwide flu epidemic

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of Poll # 2006-PRIOR1: Priorities 1--Public Health, a survey from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by ICR-International Communications Research. Topics covered in this survey include:

• Rating of nation's system for protecting the public from health threats/preventing illness
• Diseases/health conditions posing the greatest threat to the public
• Most important diseases/health conditions for the government to address
• Quality of life in community
• Rating of aspects of life in community
• Community problems
• Health conditions in community
• Importance of action to improve nation's health

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of Poll # 2006-VIEWS: Americans' Views on Public Health, a survey from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by ICR-International Communications Research. Topics covered in this survey include:

• Public health of America
• Government addressing public health
• Quality of life
• Problems in the community
• Health conditions in the community

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092320]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 111 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of Poll # 2007-PRIOR1: Priorities 1--Public Health, a survey from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by ICR-International Communications Research. Topics covered in this survey include:

• Rating of nation's system for protecting the public from health threats/preventing illness
• Diseases/health conditions posing the greatest threat to the public
• Most important diseases/health conditions for the government to address
• Community quality of life
• Rating of aspects of life in community
• Community problems
• Community health conditions
• Importance of suggested actions to improve nation's health

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092326]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 113 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of Health Priorities 2--Americans' Views on Public Health, a survey from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by International Communications Research (ICR). Topics covered in this survey include:

• National systems to protect against health threats
• Greatest threats to the public
• Problems facing families
• Local communities and problems facing them
• Suggestions to improve the country's health
• Respondent's personal and demographic information
• Other codes

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092333]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 148 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of the Subethnicities Survey, a survey from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by ICR-International Communications Research. Topics covered in this survey include:

• Family heritage
• Country born
• Healthcare system in U.S.
• Healthcare experiences
• Public health in the U.S.
• Avian or Bird Flu

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of Health and Health Care Priorities, a survey by Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by ICR Survey Research Group. Topics covered in this survey include:

• Important health problems
• Satisfaction with state of nation
• Severity of health issues
• Organizations that improve health care
• Important laws to pass

The NCS-2 was a re-interview of 5,001 individuals who participated in the Baseline (NCS-1). The study was conducted a decade after the initial baseline survey. The aim was to collect information about changes in mental disorders, substance use disorders, and the predictors and consequences of these changes over the ten years between the two surveys. The collection contains three major sections: the main survey, demographic data, and diagnostic data.

In the main survey, respondents were asked about general physical and mental health. Questions focused on a variety of health issues, including limitations caused by respondents' health issues, substance use, childhood health, life-threatening illnesses, chronic conditions, medications taken in the past 12 months, level of functioning and symptoms experienced in the past 30 days, and any services used by the respondents since the (NCS-1). Additional questions focused on mental disorders including depression, bipolar disorder, specific and social phobias, generalized anxiety, intermittent explosive disorder, suicidality, post-traumatic stress disorder, neurasthenia, pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and separation anxiety. Respondents were also asked about their lives in general, with topics including employment, finances, marriage, children, their social lives, and stressful life events experienced in the past 12 months. Additionally, two personality assessments were included consisting of respondents' opinions on whether various true/false statements accurately described their personalities. Another focus of the main survey dealt with substance use and abuse, nonmedical use of prescription drugs, and polysubstance use. Interview questions in the NCS-2 Main Survey were customized to each respondent based on previous responses in the Baseline (NCS-1).

The middle section contains demographic and other background information including age, education, employment, household composition, household income, marital status, and region.

The last section of the collection focused on whether respondents met diagnostic criteria for psychological disorders asked about in the main survey.

The NCS-2 was a re-interview of 5,001 individuals who participated in the Baseline (NCS-1). The study was conducted a decade after the initial baseline survey. The aim was to collect information about changes in mental disorders, substance use disorders, and the predictors and consequences of these changes over the ten years between the two surveys. The collection contains four major sections: the main survey, demographic data, diagnostic data, and state, county, and tract FIPS data.

In the main survey, respondents were asked about general physical and mental health. Questions focused on a variety of health issues, including limitations caused by respondents' health issues, substance use, childhood health, life-threatening illnesses, chronic conditions, medications taken in the past 12 months, level of functioning and symptoms experienced in the past 30 days, and any services used by the respondents since the (NCS-1). Additional questions focused on mental disorders including depression, bipolar disorder, specific and social phobias, generalized anxiety, intermittent explosive disorder, suicidality, post-traumatic stress disorder, neurasthenia, pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and separation anxiety. Respondents were also asked about their lives in general, with topics including employment, finances, marriage, children, their social lives, and stressful life events experienced in the past 12 months. Additionally, two personality assessments were included consisting of respondents' opinions on whether various true/false statements accurately described their personalities. Another focus of the main survey dealt with substance use and abuse, nonmedical use of prescription drugs, and polysubstance use. Interview questions in the NCS-2 Main Survey were customized to each respondent based on previous responses in the Baseline (NCS-1).

The second part contains demographic and other background information including age, education, employment, household composition, household income, marital status, and region.

The third part focuses on whether respondents met diagnostic criteria for psychological disorders asked about in the main survey.

The fourth part contains respondents' state, county, and tract FIPS data.

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of the 2013 poll Health Education Survey, a survey from National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:

• Grade child enrolled in
• Location of child's school
• Enrollment total
• Giving grade to child's school
• Biggest problem at school
• Emphasis on various subjects
• School teaching same values as home values
• School obligations interfering with family time
• Knowledge about common core
• Common core improving education
• Method of learning about common core
• Success of common core
• School preparing students for careers
• Attending technical
• Vocational classes
• Preparing students for college
• Preparing students for job market
• Student plans after high school
• College or career planning services
• Healthiness of school lunches
• Foods available at school
• Length of school lunch
• Time of lunch period
• Vending machines at school
• Fast-food chains at school
• Physical education as mandatory
• Frequency of PE classes
• Length of PE classes
• PE classes for other purposes
• Rating PE school offerings
• Playgrounds available after school
• Recess as structured or free time
• School safety
• Security precautions at school
• Ways of preventing violence at school
• Increasing security after Newtown shooting
• Method of transport to school
• Time to get home from school
• Safety of travelling to school
• School related stress
• School counseling for stressed students
• Time of school day

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092359]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 148 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.