National Health Interview Surveys, 1969-1981: Cumulative Core File (ICPSR 8629)

Version Date: Feb 16, 1992

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

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08629.v2

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Summary

The basic purpose of the Health Interview Survey is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kind of health services people receive. The Health Interview Survey, 1969-1981 is a cumulative core dataset. Criteria for selection were the following: respondent's age greater than or equal to 30 at the time of the interview, variables of specific substantive interest, information on a given variable being available for at least 8 years, variables selected only once (though parallel entries exist on the input files that were merged), health conditions that were defined as chronic by NHIS and caused or contributed to limitation of activity.

Citation

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. National Health Interview Surveys, 1969-1981:  Cumulative Core File. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08629.v2

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

Under section 308(d) of the Health Service Act (42U.S.C.242m), data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics may not be used for any purpose other than for statistical reporting. ICPSR recommends to users that individual elementary unit data contained in this collection be used solely for statistical research.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Date of Collection

1969 -- 1981

Data Collection Notes

  1. The data contain dashes (-). Sample age distribution for the 734,741 respondents was: 55-64 (N=137,605), 65-74 (N=98,518), 75+ (N=49,068).

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Sample

Multi-stage probability sample

Universe

Civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States and the District of Columbia from 1,900 geographically defined Primary Sampling Units (PSU).

Data Source

personal interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1987-02-26

Version History

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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. National Health Interview Surveys, 1969-1981: Cumulative Core File. ICPSR08629-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1988. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08629.v2

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

  • ICPSR usually offers files in multiple formats for researchers to be able to access data and documentation in formats that work well within their needs. If you have questions about the accessibility of materials distributed by ICPSR or require further assistance, please visit ICPSR’s Accessibility Center.

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This study 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).