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Activity Number: 258
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #304006
Title: Evaluating the reliability of NSDUH data on drug use, mental health and demographics
Author(s): Joel Kennet*+ and Joe Gfroerer
Companies: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration and Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Address: 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD, 20857,
Keywords: survey methods ; reliability
Abstract:

In 2006, staff of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) carried out a Reliability Study, in which 3,136 respondents completed the ACASI - and CAPI - administered interview twice, with a 5 to 15 day interval between occasions. A primary objective of the Reliability Study was to identify survey items and measures that did not meet reliability criteria, thus providing a basis for investigation of potential improvements to those measures. This study was carried out within the context of an overall NSDUH redesign being planned for implementation in 2013. This presentation will cover the main findings of the Reliability Study, and attempt to extract principles related to the construction and administration of reliable survey questions about drug use, mental health and demographics.

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