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Activity Number: 381
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #301266
Title: The 2006 National Health Interview Survey Paradata File: Overview and Applications
Author(s): Beth Taylor*+
Companies: National Center for Health Statistics
Address: 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD, 20782,
Keywords: paradata ; interviewer strategies ; partial ; cooperation ; contact attempt ; mode
Abstract:

In January 2008, the National Health Interview Survey released its first annual Paradata File, containing information about the data collection process for the 2006 NHIS. Analyses of paradata can be used to explore case characteristics and allow for a better understanding of NHIS respondents and the interviewer-respondent dynamic. This discussion will provide an overview of the 2006 NHIS Paradata file, including the scope of the cases included on the file and a summary of major variables related to interviewer strategies, measures of contactability and cooperation, measures of time, mode of interview, and reasons for partial interviews and break-offs. Applications of the data as a stand-alone file and as a file linked to the 2006 NHIS health data files will also be discussed.

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