5162.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | ||||
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| In 1997 substantial changes were made to the questionnaire and field procedures for the National Health Interview Survey. While many of the health items measured by the NHIS remained conceptually the same, there were changes in questionnaire design, respondent rules, and mode of survey administration. As a result, for some seemingly identical health variables there were changes in statistical estimates in 1997. In this session, the magnitude and direction of changes in selected variables are described, their real or artifactual causes are discussed, and their effects on trend analyses are investigated. The presenters are DHIS staff analysts who specialize in the topics on which they will present | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Gerry Hendershot, PhD | ||||
| Gerry Hendershot, PhD | ||||
| Does changing the survey change the data? Ann Hardy, DrPH | ||||
| Changes in measurement of health-related behaviors among U.S. adults Charlotte Schoenborn | ||||
| Change in functional status: An examination of disability questions in the new NHIS Diane Shinberg, PhD | ||||
| Changes in race differentials: The impact of the new OMB standards on health data in the National Health Interview Survey Jacqueline Lucas, MPH | ||||
| Discussant Floyd Fowler, PhD, Floyd Fowler, PhD, Floyd Fowler, PhD | ||||
| Sponsor: | Statistics | |||
| Cosponsors: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Disability Forum; Environment; Epidemiology; Food and Nutrition | |||