1998 National Health Interview Survey (Nhis) Public Use Data Release

By Department of Health and Human Services

Book Id: WPLBN0000194170
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	1998 National Health Interview Survey (Nhis) Public Use Data Release
Author:	Department of Health and Human Services
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
Collections:	Medical Library Collection
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Publisher:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citation APA MLA Chicago Health And Human Services, D. O. (n.d.). 1998 National Health Interview Survey (Nhis) Public Use Data Release. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Introduction: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a multi-purpose health survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and is the principal source of information on the health of the civilian, noninstitutionalized, household population of the United States. The NHIS has been conducted continuously since its beginning in 1957. Data are released on an annual basis. The NHIS Core questionnaire items were revised every 10-15 years, with the last major revision occurring in 1982. The NHIS that was fielded from 1982-1996 consisted of two parts: (1) a set of basic health and demographic items (known as the Core questionnaire), and (2) one or more sets of questions (called Supplements) on current health topics. Despite periodic revisions to the Core questionnaire, Supplements played an increasingly important role in the survey as a means of enhancing topic coverage in the Core. Eventually, certain Supplements, such as Family Resources and Childhood Immunization,” were incorporated in the NHIS Core on an annual basis.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents NCHS Web Page and NHIS Electronic Mail List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 NHIS Redesign: Questionnaire Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Data Collection Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sample Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Weighting Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 General Information About the 1998 Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Information About the 1998 Data File Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Information About the 1998 CAPI Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Household-Level File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Family-Level File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Person-Level File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Health Status and Limitation of Activity Section (FHS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Injury Section (FIJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Health Care Access and Utilization Section (FAU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Health Insurance Section (FHI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Socio-demographic Section (FSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Income and Assets Section (FIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sample Adult File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Adult Conditions Section (ACN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Adult Health Status and Limitation of Activity Section (AHS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Adult Health Behaviors Section (AHB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Adult Health Care Access and Utilization Section (AAU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Adult Demographics Section (ASD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Adult AIDS Section (ADS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45