Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/National Public Radio Poll: What Shapes Health, United States, 2014 (ICPSR 38384)
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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.
Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Poll # 2006-VUL: Vulnerable Populations, United States, 2006 (ICPSR 38366)
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This collection includes variable-level metadata of Poll # 2006-VUL: Vulnerable Populations, 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:
- Knowledge of maximum yearly income for family of 4 to be considered to be living in poverty
- Knowledge of proportion of United States children who do not complete high school
- Proportion of children living in poverty who do not complete high school
- Government aid to children of legal immigrants
- Favor/oppose continuing government support for children in foster care until age 25
- Most important services for government to spend more money on for children in foster care
- Responsibility for paying for long-term care for older adults
- Preferred place to be if elderly and ill/disabled
- Long-term care insurance
- Seriousness of gun/domestic violence in the community
The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092321]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 108 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.
Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Subethnicities Survey, United States, 2006 (ICPSR 38358)
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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
Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Subethnicities Survey, United States, 2007 (ICPSR 38367)
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
- Childhood obesity
- Quality of healthcare system in the United States
- Visit of emergency room
- Prescription
The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092323]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 172 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health/National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Discrimination in the United States Survey, 2017 (ICPSR 38387)
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This collection includes variable-level metadata of the 2017 Discrimination in the United States Survey, a survey from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/National Public Radio conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:
- Belief in discrimination against racial/ethnic minorities
- Discrimination against men/women
- Discrimination against lesbian/gay/bisexual people
- Discrimination against transgender people
- Biggest problem with discrimination against lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer (LGBTQ) people
- Live on tribal lands
- Local/tribal government
- Discrimination based on race
- Discrimination based on gender
- Discrimination based on being part of the LGBTQ community
- Reasons for avoiding seeking health care
- Experiences with discrimination
- Discrimination resulting in fewer employment opportunities
- Discrimination resulting in unequal pay
- Discrimination resulting in fewer chances for quality education
- Encouraged to/discouraged from applying to college
- Predominant groups living in respondent's area
- Not feeling/being welcomed in neighborhood due to race
- Not feeling/being welcomed in neighborhood due to being part of LGBTQ community
- Considered moving to another area because of discrimination
- Comparing respondent's area to others
- Police using unnecessary force based on race/ethnicity
- Avoiding activities to avoid discrimination from police
- Experiences caused by racial discrimination
- Experiences caused by gender discrimination
- Experiences caused by discrimination against LGBTQ community
- Local police force does/does not reflect racial/ethnic background of community
- Contacted by political representatives about voting/supporting cause
- Registered to vote
- Vote in 2016 presidential election
- Physical health status
- Mental health status
- Disability
- Chronic illness
- Veterans Administration
- Indian Health Services
- Seeking health care
- Insurance coverage
The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31114655]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 235 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.
Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Poll: The Public's Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress, United States, 2013 (ICPSR 38382)
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This collection includes variable-level metadata of the 2013 poll The Public's Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress, a survey from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:
- Most important Congressional issues
- Role of government in health care system
- One way to improve health care
- When to work on budget deficit
- Best way to reduce deficit
- Support for program spending reductions
- Support for deficit reduction proposals
- View of 2010 healthcare law
- Importance of government insurance programs to family
- Medicare working well
- Wealthier seniors paying higher premiums
- Changes to Medicare to reduce deficit
- Raising eligibility age
- Need for Medicare reductions
- Program cuts without increasing costs
- State government priorities
- Medicaid working well
- State participation in Medicaid funding
- Greatest health threats to Americans
- Priorities of federal spending
- Preventative care saving money in long run
The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092360]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 185 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.
National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Poll: Latinos' Lives and Health Today, United States, 2013 (ICPSR 38380)
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This collection includes variable-level metadata of Latinos' Lives and Health Today, a survey from National Public Radio, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:
- Satisfaction with life
- Satisfaction with living area
- Most important local issue
- Other Hispanic people in living area
- Rating aspects of life
- Personal discrimination in past twelve months
- Personal finances
- Achieving American dream
- Economic class
- Better off than parents
- Opportunities for children
- Language spoken at home
- Looking for job
- Concerns about unemployment
- Biggest health problem in family
- Description of weight
- Trying to lose weight
- Medical care in past twelve months
- Problems with medical care access
- Confidence in ability to pay for major illness
- Health care facility used
- Health care professionals speaking Spanish
- Receiving poor medical care
- Health insurance coverage
- Personal health rating
- Frequency of exercise
- Country born in
- Age came to United States
- Parents' birth country
- Reasons for coming to US
- Comparing birth country to US
- Diet as more or less healthy in US.
National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Poll: Sports and Health in America, United States, 2015 (ICPSR 38385)
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This collection includes variable-level metadata of the 2015 poll Sports and Health in America, a survey from National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:
- Sports participation in past year
- Exercise in the past year
- Importance of sport/exercise
- Effects of sport/exercise
- Future sport/exercise participation
- Reasons for not participating in sport/exercise
- Sports participation in school
- Desire for child sports participation
- Desire to be professional athlete
- Stopped playing sports
- Reasons for current sports participation
- Child health
- Child sports participation
- Sports participation with child
- Effects of child sports participation
- Hope for child to be professional athlete
- Child exercise
- Obstacles to child sports participation
- Personal health
- Sport/exercise injuries
- Hours of TV
The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31095185]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 191 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.