------------------- NHIS LOG: DATA YEAR 1993 -------------------- Original release The data files for calendar year 1993 were first made available on magnetic tape. Documentation was provided on paper. NHIS FILE TYPE FILE NAME LENGTH # RECS ------------------- --------- ------ ------- HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHLD 335 44,978 PERSON PERSONSX 335 109,671 CONDITION CONDITON 335 84,757 DOCTOR VISIT DRVISITX 335 25,815 HOSPITAL HOSPITAL 335 11,098 ACCESS TO CARE ACCESSXX 400 61,287 AIDS K AND A AIDSKNOW 462 20,607 HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTHIN 500 61,287 IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZE 620 7,323 TAPS II TAPSIIPU 885 12,952 YEAR 2000 OBJ YEAR2000 520 21,028 April, 1999 -- Corrected Condition file Corrections to the 1982-1994 Condition files were released on the Internet to fix a problem with injury-related episode fields. All future distributions of the Condition files contained the corrected values. July, 1999 -- Issue of Imputed Annual Family Income 1990-96 files (CD-ROM Series 10, No. 9A ASCII Version) The Imputed Annual Family Income 1990-96 files containing responses to the two annual family income questions from the core NHIS questionnaire with imputed values substituted for missing values were released on CD and on the Internet. For more information on this release, see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/elec_prods/subject/impute.htm May, 2006 -- Internet release All previously-released data files and their associated documentation files were made available on the Internet. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To obtain the Internet release of the 1993 NHIS data, visit the NHIS home page: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm and click on: Questionnaires, Data Sets and Related Documentation ----------------------------------------------------------------- March, 2008 -- Internet release of 1993 Family Resources file This file was not included in the May 2006 internet release of the 1993 NHIS. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To obtain the Internet release of the 1993 NHIS Family Resources file, visit the NHIS home page: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm and click on: Questionnaires, Data Sets and Related Documentation ----------------------------------------------------------------- March, 2008 -- Internet release Additional imputation flags for the 1993 Family Resources file, as well as all related documentation, were made available on the internet. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To obtain the Internet release of the additional imputation flags for the 1993 NHIS Family Resources file, visit the NHIS home page: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm and click on: Questionnaires, Data Sets and Related Documentation ----------------------------------------------------------------- April, 2008 -- Corrected Additional Imputation Flags, 1993 Family Resources file Corrections to the Additional Imputation Flags file for the 1993 Family Resources supplement were released on the internet. The corrections were needed to allow data users to merge the Additional Imputation Flags data file to the previously released 1993 Family Resources supplement data file. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To obtain the Internet release of the corrected additional imputation flags for the 1993 NHIS Family Resources file, visit the NHIS home page: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm and click on: Questionnaires, Data Sets and Related Documentation ----------------------------------------------------------------- Users are encouraged to join the HISUSERS Listserv and receive E-mail announcements of updates to the NHIS files. To join the Listserv, visit the website at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/nhislist.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Questions about the NHIS? Contact: Division of Health Interview Statistics National Center for Health Statistics 3311 Toledo RD RM 2217 Hyattsville MD 20782 E-mail: nhislist@cdc.gov Voice: 301-458-4901 FAX: 301-458-4035 Home Page: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm -----------------------------------------------------------------