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Activity Number: 66
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 6, 2006 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #305885
Title: Assessing Population Coverage in a Health Survey
Author(s): Karen Davis*+ and Chris Moriarity
Companies: National Center for Health Statistics and National Center for Health Statistics
Address: 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD, 20782,
Keywords: sample survey ; oversampling ; population coverage
Abstract:

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is one of the major data collection programs of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). In 2002, research was conducted to assess options for oversampling minority (Hispanic, Black, and Asian) persons age 65 years and older, to meet the goal of improving the precision of estimates while retaining the same precision for other estimates and keeping the overall sample size constant. Beginning with the 2006 NHIS, the protocol of selecting one sample adult per household is being continued, but minority persons age 65 years and older will have an increased probability of selection. We describe the research that has been conducted to assess the population coverage for sample adults, and present results from several simulations to estimate the expected increase in sample yield for minority persons 65 years and over.

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