DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38383.v1
title: National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Poll: The Burden of Stress in America, United States, 2014
title: Version 1

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 The Burden of Stress in America, 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:Stress experienced in past monthImpact of stress on life aspectsStress affecting healthStress affecting family and householdStress affecting friendshipsStress affecting workStress affecting community involvementResponses to stressTime to relax in past monthCauses of stressConcern about various problemsDaily events contributing to stressReasons for not experiencing stressStress experienced in past yearMost stressful event in past yearThings done to reduce stressPeople advising stress reduction methodsStress level changes in last few yearsStress contributing to major life problemsStress contributing to future problemsStress having positive effectControl over stressEffect of stress on other peopleThe data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092361]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 410 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 measure the experiences of Americans as far as dealing with everyday stress, and measuring the prevalence of stress in the general adult population.
description: The study utilized an overlapping landline/cell phone frame RDD design, with phone numbers randomly generated by Marketing Systems Group's (MSG) GENESYS sampling system. The questionnaire was developed by HORP researchers in consultation with the SSRS project team. The questionnaire was also translated into Spanish, with a total of 46 interviews completed in 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 the likelihood of selection (base-weight), 2) non-response correction by stress-level, 3) post-stratification weighting using Iterative Proportional Fitting (or "raking"), and 4) adjustment to control variance among weights ("trimming").
description: The sample includes 2,505 national adults, age 18 or older across the 50 United States and the District of Columbia.
description: Datasets: DS1: National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Poll: The Burden of Stress in America, 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 The Burden of Stress in America poll.