63 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH)
63.3 Description
- De-identified, patient-level, aggregate data
- Survey examines the physical and emotional health of children ages 0-17
- 3 separate files (screener, topical and implicate)
- Data resource center allows to browse and see aggregate data (http://childhealthdata.org/browse/survey)
63.6 Collection Methodology
- Sample of children under the age of 18 was developed from Edited Master Address File Extract and a file of administrative flags that was created by of the Bureau’s Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications
- Data collected via paper or web instrument questionnaires filled by parent or guardian
- The household completes one screener questionnaire then 1 child per household is selected to complete the detailed topical questionnaire
63.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/nsch/technical-documentation.html
63.12 Special Notes
- Through the DCD it seems the survey was also done in 2003, 2007, 2011/12 but these data are not in the census site.
- In 2016 there was a major redesign. As part of this, the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NSCSHCN) and NSCH are combined into a single survey.
- CSHCN are oversampled
- Starting in 2016 the data is released annually
- Topical questionnaires are age specific (0-5, 6-11 and 12-17)
- They provide imputed values (multiple imputation)