National health interview survey, 1987
Subtitle: cancer control study
By: [collected and prepared by] U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics ; [distributed by] Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Series: ICPSR -- 9343; ICPSR (Series) -- 9343
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Format: computer file :
Subjects: Cancer; Health surveys
Other titles: Cancer control study.
Description: In 1987, a supplementary Cancer Control Study questionnaire was administrated to an adult subsample of National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) respondents as part of that year's special inquiry into cancer. Responses to the supplement are recorded in this dataset, along with other information derived from the core 1987 NHIS questionnaire. The Cancer Control Study questionnaire included questions on acculturation (such as language, ethnic identification, and place of birth of self and parents), medical care, food knowledge, cancer knowledge and attitudes, cancer screening knowledge and practice, smoking and other tobacco use, and occupational exposures to harmful substances.

Variables from the core questionnaire include height, weight, age, race, Hispanic origin, type of living quarters, region and metropolitan status of residence, marital status, veteran status, education, family income, health status, industry, occupation, activity limitation status, medical conditions, restricted activity days in the past two weeks, bed days in the past two weeks and past 12 months, time interval since last doctor visit, and the number of doctor visits and short-stay hospital episodes in the past two months.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Description: based on documentation.

System requirements: at least an IBM 370 or equivalent mainframe.

NOTE: Per agreement with NCHS, ICPSR distributes the data file and technical documentation in this collection in their original form as prepared by NCHS. The data contain ampersands, dashes, and blanks as legitimate codes. Data from the core questionnarie of the 1987 NHIS have been releashed as NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 1987 (ICPSR 9195). Age distribution: 18-24 (N=2,823), 25-34 (N=5,296), 35-44 (N=4,295), 45-54 (N=2,670), 55-64 (2,686), 65-74 (N=2,511), 75+ (N=1,762).

UNIVERSE: Civilian noninstitutionalized population residing in the United States.

SAMPLING: Stratified multistage area probability sample of dwelling units. Blacks were oversampled. The supplementary Cancer Control Study questionnaire was administered to a randomly selected subsample of adults aged 18 and over. Hispanics were oversampled within this subsample.