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The American Health Values Survey (AHVS) was conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago in order to develop a typology of Americans based on their health values and beliefs. The survey, of more than 10,000 adults from five individual communities, examined values and beliefs related to health at both the individual as well as societal levels. The community surveys sought to compare differences between the local typologies, but also to investigate any similarities with national typology groups. The survey assessed the importance of health in:

• day-to-day personal life (i.e. the amount of effort spent on disease prevention as well as appropriate seeking of medical care);
• equity, the value placed on the opportunity to succeed generally in life as well as on health equity;
• social solidarity, the importance of taking into account the needs of others as well as personal needs;
• health care disparities, views about how easy/hard it is for African Americans, Latinos and low-income Americans to get quality health care;
• and, the importance of the social determinants of health.

In addition, the survey also explored views about how active government should be in health; collective efficacy, the ease of affecting positive community change by working with others; and health-related civic engagement e.g. the support of health charities and organizations working on health issues.

There are public-use and restricted-use versions of the data provided for each of the five sentinel communities participating in this study. Although each site differs on the number of respondents as listed below, each data file contains the same 143 variables for each site and version of the data. The only difference between the public-use versus restricted-use versions of the data is the variable ZIP, which was MASKED in the public-use version.

• DS1 and DS2 - Baltimore, Maryland: 2,139
• DS3 and DS4 - Maricopa County, Arizona: 2,247
• DS5 and DS6 - Stockton, California: 2,127
• DS7 and DS8 - Mobile, Alabama: 1,821
• DS9 and DS10 - North Central counties in Nebraska: 2,846

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 Survey 2--Public Health Priorities, the Nation's Public Health System, and State Health Departments, 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:

• Rating public illness prevention systems
• Government health agency job performance
• Rating specific illness preventative measures
• Greatest threats to public health
• State government agency job performance
• Familiarity with state health agencies
• Contact with state health agencies
• Following state health news
• State health department importance
• Rating state health department
• Overall state health
• Health insurance coverage
• Rating personal health

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092336]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 96 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 Survey 3--Measures to Improve the Public's 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 public illness prevention systems
• Government health agency job performance
• Rating specific illness preventative measures
• Greatest threats to public health
• State government agency job performance
• Familiarity with state health agencies
• Contact with state health agencies
• Following state health news
• State health department importance
• Rating state health department
• Overall state health
• Health insurance coverage
• Personal health rating

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092337]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 45 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 Quality of Health Care, a survey from 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:

• Grading aspects of health care
• Value of health care versus cost
• Quality of care among local hospitals
• Familiar hospital versus higher-quality hospital
• Familiar surgeon versus higher-rated surgeon
• African Americans and health care quality
• Latinos and health care quality

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092346]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 64 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 Sick in America, a survey from National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health, conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:

• Quality of health care
• Health care costs as problem
• Reasons for health care quality problems
• Focus of doctor visits
• Reasons for rising health care costs
• Health care as good value
• Agreement with doctor statements
• Amount of doctors
• Doctor visits for check-up
• Personal insurance coverage
• Uninsured
• Overnight hospital stays
• Satisfaction with hospital medical care
• Medical care costs as reasonable
• Description of hospital stays
• Serious illness
• Interactions with medical professionals
• Impact of medical care costs on family
• Receiving care every time it's needed
• Being turned away for health care
• Insurance premiums as financial problem
• Out of pocket medical costs
• Negotiating lower charges
• Problems paying for insurance
• Changing regular doctor
• Personal financial situation

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092354]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 159 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 America's Health Agenda, a survey from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:

• Rating local community's healthiness
• Most threatening disease or health condition
• Most important medical care system problems
• Rating government illness prevention
• Rating government health care systems
• Preferred government size
• Federal government health care priorities
• Rating federal government health care performance
• Contact with federal government health agencies
• Overall national health changes
• State government health priorities
• Rating state government health care performance
• Contact with state government health agencies
• Overall state health changes
• Local government health care priorities
• Rating local government health care performance
• Contact with local health agencies
• Overall local health changes
• Personal problems in past year
• Spending money to save in the long run

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092347]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 421 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.