Abstract #301973

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301973
Activity Number: 240
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #301973
Title: Processing of Race and Ethnicity in the NSDUH
Author(s): Eric A. Grau*+ and Jeanne Snodgrass and Rachel A. Caspar
Companies: RTI International and RTI International and RTI International
Address: 604 S 48th St., Philadelphia, PA, 19143-2011,
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Abstract:

Since the inception of the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), renamed the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) in 2002, questions have been included to determine the race and ethnicity of each respondent. Race and ethnicity are routinely used as part of the demographic breakdowns in the analyses and the various reports generated from the survey. Along changes in the instrument format in 1999, the race and ethnicity categories were updated from previous surveys pursuant to new Office of Management and Budget directives. This paper gives details on the methods used to process the variables associated with race and ethnicity in the NSDUH. Particular emphasis is placed on the methods used to edit and impute these variables. In particular, strategies are outlined for incorporating information from several race and ethnicity questions, and for dealing with interviewer-entered alphanumeric responses. The imputation method used, Predictive Mean Neighborhoods, was developed specifically for the NSDUH.

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