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Activity Number:
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343
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #308802 |
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Title:
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Review of NHIS Public-Design Structures
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Author(s):
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Van Parsons*+ and Chris Moriarity
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Companies:
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National Center for Health Statistics and National Center for Health Statistics
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Address:
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3311 Toledo Rd, Rm 3219, Hyattsville, MD, 20782,
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Keywords:
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variance estimation ; replication ; linearization ; BRR
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Abstract:
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The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a multipurpose health survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and is a source of health information for the United States. Traditionally, the complex-design structure of the NHIS is redesigned every decade, and design-based methodologies are developed for the analysis of NHIS data. Historically, public-use microdata files have been released containing simplified survey design structures as compared to the structures available internally to NCHS analysts. These simple structures facilitate design-based analyses using widely available complex-survey software. Furthermore, in recent years design features have been masked to protect confidentiality. In this paper we examine many of the past and present public-use design structures for strengths and weakness and make comparisons with internal design structures.
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