National Health Interview Survey on Child Health, 1988

Investigators: National Center for Health Statistics

The 1988 National Health Interview Survey on Child Health (NHIS-CH) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and cosponsored by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and the Health Resources and Services Administration. The U.S. Census Bureau directed field work for the survey. Every year the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) asks a standard set of health and demographic questions about each member of sample families; in addition, one or more questionnaires on special health topics may be administered to one or more selected family members. For 1988, the NHIS focussed on the child and the supplemental section consisted of the Child Health Supplement. In addition to the Child Health Supplement the questionnaire contained items on demographic and health information for other individuals within the sample child's household. Topics covered in the 1988 NHIS-CH interview included child care, marital history of the child's parents, geographic mobility, circumstances of the pregnancy and birth, injuries, impairments, acute conditions, chronic conditions, passive smoking, sleep habits, school problems, developmental problems, and use of health care services. The resulting data set for this survey includes 1347 variables and 17,110 cases.

National Health Interview Survey on Child Health, 1988

Investigators: National Center for Health Statistics

The 1988 National Health Interview Survey on Child Health (NHIS-CH) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and cosponsored by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and the Health Resources and Services Administration. The U. S. Census Bureau directed field work for the survey. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a continuous, cross-sectional survey representing the household population of the United States. Each year the NHIS collects basic health and demographic information by face-to-face interview with a sample of about 122,000 family members in about 47,000 families. Typically, different households are sampled each year. For the 1988 NHIS-CH, additional information was collected for one randomly selected child 0-17 years of age in each NHIS sample household. Topics covered in the 1988 NHIS-CH interview included child care, marital history of the child's parents, geographic mobility, circumstances of the pregnancy and birth, injuries, impairments, acute conditions, chronic conditions, passive smoking, sleep habits, school problems, developmental problems, and use of health care services. Some of the same topics were included in the 1981 NHIS on child health, permitting trend analyses. Other special health topic questionnaires administered in 1988 resulted in public use data files that can be linked to the NHIS-CH. Those topics included alcohol use and occupational health, both asked of a sample adult in the family. Those data sets are available from NCHS. It should be noted that the health characteristics described by NHIS estimates pertain only to the resident, civilian non-institutionalized population of the United States living at the time of the interview. The sample does not include persons residing in nursing homes, members of the armed forces, institutionalized persons, or U.S. nationals living abroad

National Health Interview Survey on Disability, Complete Phase I, 1994-1995

Investigators: National Center for Health Statistics

Since 1957, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) annually conducts a National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), which consists of a core questionnaire and supplements. The core questionnaire is aimed at a continuous assessment and analysis of health trends in the United States, and its topics--basic health, socioeconomic, and demographic data--do not vary much across years. Each year, one or more supplements are added to this core questionnaire to reflect public health data needs. Recent supplement topics included cancer risk factors, youth risk behaviors, knowledge and attitudes about AIDS, and child health. The 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey on Disability (NHIS-D) was one of the supplements to the 1994 and 1995 NHIS core questionnaires. Due to the low prevalence of disabilities among noninstitutionalized civilians, the NHIS-D was collected over two years, from January 1994 to December 1995. The NHIS-D was designed to meet the need for data on the prevalence and nature of disability in the U.S. since the establishment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. One of the main objectives of the NHIS-D was to develop a survey instrument that would provide useful disability measures while accommodating social, administrative, and medical considerations, so that the data could be analyzed by a variety of agencies and programs. Also, the NHIS-D was designed to collect data to facilitate public health policy and provide descriptive baseline statistics on the effects of disabilities. The NHIS-D, Phase I questionnaire was administered at the same time as the NHIS core questionnaire and the other supplements. Given the limited amount of time allocated for the disability supplement, the NCHS decided to conduct a two-phase data collection with two separate questionnaires on disability. Eligibility for the NHIS-D, Phase II was based on the responses to the Phase I disability supplement, as well as the core questionnaire topics on activity limitation, and the family resource supplement regarding the receipt of disability benefits. The Phase II survey began in August 1994 with sample numbers of 20,410 in 1994 and 12,378 in 1995, and it was completed in 1997. This follow-up survey data on disability (1994-1995 NHIS-D, Phase II) will be archived in RADIUS during fall of 1998 and will include ID variables for linking Phase I and II datasets. The sample size for Phase I is 202,560 (107,469 in 1994 and 95,091 in 1995). The decrease in sample size for the 1995 survey reflects a change in the sample design as well as the federal government furlough, which reduced the time for data collection.

National Health Interview Survey on Disability, Complete Phase II, 1994-1995

Investigators: National Center for Health Statistics

Since 1957, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) annually conducts a National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) of the U.S. noninstitutionalized civilian population, which consists of approximately 122,000 individuals in 48,000 households. The NHIS consists of a core questionnaire and supplements. The core questionnaire is aimed at a continuous assessment and analysis of health trends in the United States, and its topics--including basic health, socioeconomic, and demographic data--do not vary much across years. Each year, one or more supplements are added to this core questionnaire to reflect public health data needs. Recent supplement topics included cancer risk factors, youth risk behaviors, knowledge and attitudes about AIDS, and child health. The 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey on Disability (NHIS-D) was one of the supplements to the 1994 and 1995 NHIS core questionnaires. Due to the low prevalence of disabilities among noninstitutionalized civilians, the NHIS-D was collected over two years, from January 1994 to December 1995. The NHIS-D was designed to meet the need for data on the prevalence and nature of disability in the U.S. since the establishment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. One of the main objectives of the NHIS-D was to develop a survey instrument that would provide useful disability measures while accommodating social, administrative, and medical considerations, so that the data could be analyzed by a variety of agencies and programs. Also, the NHISD was designed to collect data to facilitate public health policy and provide descriptive baseline statistics on the effects of disabilities. The NHIS-D, Phase I questionnaire was administered at the same time as the NHIS core questionnaire and the other supplements. Given the limited amount of time allocated for the disability supplement, the NCHS decided to conduct a two-phase data collection with two separate questionnaires on disability. Eligibility for the NHIS-D, Phase II was based on the responses to the Phase I disability supplement, as well as the core questionnaire topics on activity limitation, and the family resource supplement regarding the receipt of disability benefits. The complete--merged 1994/95--NHIS-D Phase I data and documentation are available as RADIUS dataset 35-36. The Phase II interviews were conducted six to eight months after the Phase I interviews, beginning in August 1994 and ending in 1997. Interviews using the Adult questionnaire were conducted with the individual identified from the Phase I interview whenever possible. The respondent for the Child component was the parent or the adult in the household who knew the most about the child's health. The NHIS-D, Phase II Child survey includes information on utilization and the need for services, functional assessment, and the impact of the child's disability on the family. The 1994 and 1995 Child surveys were merged and archived by RADIUS staff as Dataset 37-38. Dataset 37-38 contains 1,199 variables and 6,983 cases. The Adult questionnaire obtained extensive information on issues such as employment, transportation needs, personal assistance needs, use of services and benefits, and participation in social activities. The 1994 and 1995 Adult surveys were merged and archived by RADIUS staff as Dataset 39-41. Dataset 39-41 contains 2,534 variables and 25,805 cases. An additional Outcome file, archived as RADIUS Dataset 42, provides information on the response or non-response of Phase I respondents eligible for either the Adult or Child phase II. Dataset 42 contains 4 variables and 202,560 cases. Identification variables are available to link NHIS-D respondents between Phases (I/II) as well as within households (Child/Adult), and to related government-sponsored data collections.

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Children and Young Adults 2014 (NLSY-79-CYA)

Investigators: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

The NLSY79 Child and Young Adult (NLSY79-CYA) cohort is a longitudinal project that follows the biological children of the women in the NLSY79. The NLSY79 itself is a longitudinal project that follows the lives of a sample of American youth born between 1957-64. As of 2014, more than 10,000 children have been interviewed in at least one survey round of the NLSY79-CYA. To date, a total of 11,512 children have been identified as born to interviewed NLSY79 mothers. This dataset includes data collected in 2014. The NLSY79-CYA 2014 includes variables on educational attainment, school enrollment, the school-to-work transition process, work history, employment, income, household composition, demographic information, neighborhood characteristics, family background, parenting, marriage and cohabitation, fertility, sexual activity, health, attitudes, expectations, pro-social behaviors, crime, substance use, and more. In total, the NLSY79-CYA contains 7240 variables.

National Maternal and Infant Follow-up Health Survey, 1991

Investigators: National Center for Health Statistics

The 1991 Longitudinal Follow-up to the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The 1991 Follow-up study examines such factors as child health status and development, the effects of low birth weight, use of federal programs, child safety, child injury, child care, pediatric care, maternal health, sociodemographic characteristics, acute and chronic illness, and health insurance. The 1988 study examined factors relating to poor pregnancy outcome, such as adequacy of prenatal care, inadequate or excessive weight gain during pregnancy, maternal health behaviors such as smoking, drinking and drug use, and pregnancy and delivery complications. The 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS) is archived as RADIUS dataset #18-20. This dataset includes data for the 1991 Follow-up Live Birth Survey and the 1991 Follow-up Medical Provider Survey. The 1991 Follow-up Live Birth Survey includes 722 variables and 8,285 cases. The 1991 Follow-up Medical Provider Survey includes 217 variables and 99,117 medical provider contacts. Because the Provider file contains hierarchical data, the Live Birth and Provider files were not merged to create a single dataset. Live Birth and Provider files have been archived as separate datasets, RADIUS datasets #01 and #02, respectively.

National Maternal and Infant Health Survey, 1988

Investigators: National Center for Health Statistics

The 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS) was conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This study examines child health status and development, use of federal programs, child safety, child injury, child care, pediatric care, maternal health, socio-demographic characteristics, acute and chronic illness, and health insurance. Furthermore, the 1988 NMIHS examines factors related to poor pregnancy outcomes, such as adequacy of prenatal care, inadequate or excessive weight gain during pregnancy, maternal health behaviors such as smoking, drinking and drug use, and pregnancy and delivery complications. This study is a national sample of live births, fetal deaths, and infant deaths in 1988. Furthermore, this study includes a supplementary sample of Hispanic live births, fetal deaths, and infant deaths in Texas, and a supplementary sample of live births for urban American Indians. These studies assess longitudinal outcomes for mothers and children between 1988 and 1991. The 1988 NMIHS obtains information in the following substantive areas: Weeks pregnant at first prenatal visit, number of visits, access and barriers to care, source of payment for prenatal care, smoking, drinking, drug use, use of Federal programs and WIC participation Length of hospital stay, source of payment for delivery Number of admissions, outpatient visits, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale Gestational age and birth weight Mother's marital status, height and weight, age, education, race, and occupation-work patterns Household income one year before delivery Infant feeding practices, source of payment for infant care and health insurance, child care, illness and injuries, vaccinations, and hospitalizations.

National Pediatric Trauma Registry, 1988-1994

Investigators: Carla DiScala and Bruce M. Gans

The National Pediatric Trauma Registry (NPTR) was formed to describe pediatric trauma in terms of its etiology, methods of treatment, and functional outcomes. Centered at Tufts-New England School of Medicine, and endorsed by the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the NPTR data archived here represent 45,333 children under age 19 who were admitted to one of 66 American or Canadian trauma centers between October 1988 and December 1994. The NPTR has five aims: (1) to document causes and outcomes of pediatric trauma serious enough to require hospitalization; (2) to describe resulting impairments; (3) to assess efficacy of acute intervention; (4) to estimate needs for rehabilitation services; and (5) to identify areas for preventive intervention. The National Pediatric Trauma Registry has a unique focus on the functional status of surviving children discharged from acute care. For example, nine specific domains of individual functioning are measured and included in this dataset. These domains include vision, hearing, speech, self-feeding, bathing, dressing, walking, cognition, and behavior. Moreover, 267 variables capture the duration and sequencing of children's experience with trauma, trauma severity, treatment and treatment outcomes.

National Survey of Children, 1976

Investigators: Child Trends, Inc.

The main purposes of this 1976 survey were to: assess physical, social, and psychological well-being of different groups of American children, and develop a national profile of the way children live and the care they receive. The sample was a multi-stage stratified probability sample of households in the continental U.S. containing at least one child in the age range of 7 through 11 years at that time (born between 1964 and 1969). Black households were oversampled. Data were gathered on 2,301 children, which represented 1,747 households. Interviews were conducted with the eligible child and the parent most capable of providing information about the child, usually the mother. A follow-up study of schools attended by the children was also carried out. In 1981, a reinterview survey was conducted with all of those children who were in a high conflict or disrupted family in 1976, and with a subsample of the others. Most of the background and outcome measures were repeated in the 1981 survey. In addition, new data were gathered on patterns of parent-child interaction and on outcome areas more relevant for teenage children, including dating and sexual activity, drinking, smoking, drug use, and delinquency. The data from the 1981 reinterview are also available from this collection. Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

National Survey of Children, 1981

Investigators: Child Trends, Inc.

This is the second of the two waves of studies sponsored by the Foundation for Child Development and the National Institute of Mental Health. When weighted, the data constitute a national sample of children aged 12-16 in 1981. The information provided is based on reinterviews with a subsample of those originally studied in 1976 (documented separately as DAAPPP Data Set No. 37-38). The main purposes of the 1976 survey were to: assess physical, social, and psychological well-being of different groups of American children, and develop a national profile of the way children live and the care they receive. The sample was a multi-stage stratified probability sample of households in the continental U.S. containing at least one child in the age range of 7 through 11 years at that time (born between 1964 and 1969). Black households were oversampled. Data were gathered on 2,301 children, which represented 1,747 households. Interviews were conducted with the eligible child and the parent most capable of providing information about the child, usually the mother. A follow-up study of schools attended by the children was also carried out. In 1981, a reinterview survey was conducted with all of those children who were in a high conflict or disrupted family in 1976, and with a subsample of the others. A total of 1,423 children completed the 1981 reinterview, 1,036 whites and 337 blacks. At the time of this second interview, children in the sample were aged 11 to 16. Most of the background and outcome measures were repeated in the 1981 survey. In addition, new data were gathered on patterns of parent-child interaction and on outcome areas more relevant for teenage children, including dating and sexual activity, drinking, smoking, drug use, and delinquency. Users who want to conduct longitudinal analyses of the 1976 and 1981 data should order both DAAPPP Data Set Nos. 37-38 and 88-90. Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.