Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
Division of Health Interview Statistics
State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey

National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), 2003

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readme_nsch03.txt ------------------ List of files and formats.  TXT format.

NSCH Questionnaire.pdf ------------- SLAITS National Survey of Children's 
                                     Health, with skip patterns and most CATI
                                     instructions.  PDF format.
                     
NSCH Methodology Report.pdf -------- Final report on the design and operation of the
                                     survey.  Includes background on the survey
                                     mechanism and the sample, data collection
                                     procedures, data editing, and estimation.
                                     Also includes guidelines for use of the data
                                     set.  PDF format.

nschpuf3.zip ----------------------- Compressed zip file containing the NSCH public use data set.  The 
                                     uncompressed file is a SAS version 8 data file about 109 megabytes 
                                     in size unzipped.

contents.pdf ----------------------- Summary contents for the NSCH data set.  
                                     Includes variable names, descriptions, and formats.  
                                     PDF format.

frequencies.pdf -------------------- Formatted frequencies for variables in the NSCH data set.  
                                     PDF format.

create_permanent_nsch_formats.sas -- SAS program that creates combined format library
                                     containing formats for the SAS data file.  This 
                                     program creates a permanent format library and a
                                     permanent SAS data set with the formats attached.  
                                     SAS program file.           
                                       
                                       
assign_nsch_formats.sas ------------ SAS program that attaches formats to variables in the
                                     SAS data set.  SAS program file.
                           
create_permanent_nsch_formats.sas -- Sample SAS program that uses the create_permanent_nsch_formats.sas
                                     program and the assign_nsch_formats.sas program to create and attach 
                                     formats.  Produces the output contained in the contents.pdf and the 
                                     frequencies.pdf. SAS program file.

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