33 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
33.3 Description
- Nationally-representative survey designed to assess current access to and use of information about cancer by the US public
- Looks at all stages of cancer care from prevention to detection, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship
33.6 Collection Methodology
- Methodology varied but most recent is a two-stage survey design (primary sampling unit was residential addresses selected from a database used by a marketing group, stratified by high or low concentrations of minority population; secondary sampling unit was individual within the household)
- Oversampled high-minority stratum
- Survey conducted by mail with prepaid $2 incentive, four mailings as needed
33.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary
Methodology report available at https://hints.cancer.gov/data/methodology-reports.aspx and questionnaires available at https://hints.cancer.gov/data/survey-instruments.aspx