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Activity Number:
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124
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 3, 2009 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #304082 |
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Title:
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Characteristics of Pregnant Women from the 2001-06 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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Author(s):
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Lisa B. Mirel*+ and Lester R. Curtin and Jaime Gahche and Vicki L. Burt
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Companies:
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CDC and CDC and CDC and National Center for Health Statistics
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Address:
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NCHS/DHNES, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 4214, Hyattsville, MD, 20872,
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Keywords:
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Pregnancy ; Sampling ; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
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Abstract:
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The 2001-06 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) sampling criterion included oversampling pregnant women to achieve more precise estimates involving pregnancy status. To evaluate the quality of this sampling strategy we assessed response rates for pregnant and non-pregnant women and assessed summary statistics. This assessment included comparing descriptive statistics and nutritional intake for pregnant versus non-pregnant women. The sampling frame for pregnant women creates the opportunity to calculate more reliable estimates to describe nutritional status of pregnant women in the U.S. The significance of these more accurate estimates permit policy makers to do a better job addressing issues related to maternal health.
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