DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38384
title: Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/National Public Radio Poll: What Shapes Health, United States, 2014
title: Archival Version

description: This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data. This collection includes variable-level metadata of the 2014 poll What Shapes Health, a survey from National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:Concerned about own healthMeaning of healthControl over own healthEffort into maintaining healthFrequency of healthy activities Description of personal healthTypes of healthy habitsOn diet to lose weightWays to improve healthThings that cause health problemsChildhood problems causing future health issuesParticipation in community organizationsVolunteering improving healthBeing told to improve healthFamily/friend behavior influencing healthHealth habits of family/friendsProblems experienced in adulthoodProblems experience in childhoodReceiving health careDifficulty accessing health careParents' healthRecent serious illnessesDiagnosed with health conditionsFrequency of exercisingPersonal weightSmoking habitsHealth insuranceThe data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092363]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 244 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.
description: The study was intended to examine the underlying determinants of the quality of healthcare Americans receive, and their overall health.
description: The study used phone numbers randomly generated from landline and cell phone samples, with an overlapping frame design, through Marketing Systems Group's (MSG) GENESYS sampling system. A split-sample design was used to allow more questions in the poll without overly burdening respondents, with respondents randomly assigned to either Split-Sample A (1,211 respondents) or Split-Sample B (1,212 respondents).The questionnaire was developed by HORP and NPR in consultation with the SSRS project team. The questionnaire was also translated into Spanish.
description: The study dataset contains weight factors that should be employed in any data analysis. Typically weights are used in an attempt to assure that the survey sample more accurately represents the population. The weight variable in this study is WEIGHT.The survey data were weighted to adjust for the fact that not all survey respondents were selected with the same probabilities and account for systematic nonresponse along known population parameters. Weighting involved several stages: 1) adjustment for likelihood of selection (base-weight), 2) post-stratification weighting (raking) by split-sample, and 3) truncating weights ("trimming") to make adjustments to control variance among weights.
description: Response Rates: The combined response rate for this study was 16.5%, with 19% for the landline component and 15% for the cell phone component.
description: The sample includes 2,423 national adults, age 18 or older across the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
description: Datasets: DS1: Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/National Public Radio Poll: What Shapes Health, United States, 2014
description: National adult. Smallest Geographic Unit: State
description: computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI); telephone interviewPlease visit the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research website for more information on the 2014 What Shapes Health poll.