Health interview survey, 1982
By: principal investigaor, United States Department of Health and Human Services, National Cente for Health Statistics
Series: Health interview survey series; ICPSR -- 8460; ICPSR (Series) -- 8460
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Number of pages: 778
Subjects: Public health; Statistics; Medical care; Utilization; Health surveys; Medical Statistics
Description: The basic purpose of the Health Interview Survey is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kind of health services people receive. Household variables in this data collection include type of living quarters, size of family, region, condition list assigned, and type of PSU. Person variables include sex, age, race, marital status, veteran status, education, income, industry and occupation codes, and limits on activity. The Condition, Doctor Visit, and Hospital files contain information on each reported condition, two-week doctor visit, or hospitalization (twelve-month recall), respectively. A supplement on Health Insurance contains questions about health insurance plans. The type of plan, including private, Medicare, Medicaid, military and other plans, and coverage or reasons for lack of coverage are provided.
Notes: Survey data.

The Health Interview Surveys (HIS), a continuous sampling and interviewing of the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States, contain information on the social, demographic, and economic aspects of illness, disability, and medical services. Information on the utilization of medical care facilities is also available in the form of data on medical and dental care, hospitalization, preventive care, nursing care, prosthetic appliances, and self-care. The Health Interview Surveys are the primary instrument of a major National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data collection program.

Holding archive: National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: 1982.

Personal interviews.

United States.

Logical record length format.

The data contain amp (&), dash (-), and blank codes. Changes have been made to the core, which reflect different concepts in the measurement of health-related variables. Limitation of activity, acute conditions, disability days, and doctor visits, should not be compared to data gathered before 1982.

Part number: 1 ; part name: Household File ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 39,988 ; variable count: 49 ; logical record length: 335 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 2 ; part name: Person File ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 103,923 ; variable count: 98 ; LRECL: 335 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 3 ; part name: Condition File ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 72,340 ; variable count: 99 ; LRECL: 335 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 4 ; part name: Hospital Episode File ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 20,505 ; variable count: 104 ; LRECL: 335 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 5 ; part name: Doctor Visit File ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 14,022 ; variable count: 95 ; LRECL: 335 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 6 ; part name: Health Insurance Supplement File ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 103,923 ; variable count: 73 ; LRECL: 410 ; records per case: 1.

Multi-stage probability sample.

Universe: Civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States and the District of Columbia from 1,900 geographically defined Primary Sampling Units (PSU).