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 Early Childhood Health
2000

Sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
and by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the
Health Resources and Services Administration.
Funded principally by the Gerber Foundation.
Additional funding from AAP Friends of Children Fund.

Final Data Release
January 2002

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readme_sech00.txt -- List of files and formats.  TXT format.

survey_sech00.pdf -- SLAITS National Survey of Early Childhood Health
                     questionnaire, with skip patterns and most CATI
                     instructions.  PDF format.

survey_sech00_spanish.pdf -- Spanish version of SLAITS National
                             Survey of Early Childhood Health
                             questionnaire.  PDF format.

methods_sech00.pdf -- Draft 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.

datasech.sd2 -- NSECH Public Use data set.  SAS format, version 6.

contents_sech00.pdf -- List of the variables in the NSECH Public Use 
                       data set, generated using PROC CONTENTS.
                       PDF format.

freq_sech00.pdf -- Summary contents of the NSECH data set.  Includes
                   variable names, descriptions, formats, and
                   frequencies.  PDF format.

format_sech00.txt -- List of variable formats and the associations
                     between the variables and their formats, to be
                     used with the NSECH data set.  When used as a
                     SAS program, this file permits appropriate
                     formats to be applied to the NSECH data set.
                     TXT format. 

summary_sech00.pdf -- Draft report summarizing descriptive results
                      for key variables from the SLAITS National
                      Survey of Early Childhood Health.  PDF format.

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To read files written in PDF format, you will need a copy of Adobe
Acrobat Reader.  This program can be downloaded free of charge
from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

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For more information about SLAITS or this survey, please contact:

Marcie Cynamon
Project Director
National Center for Health Statistics
6525 Belcrest Road, Room 850
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
(301) 458-4174
MCynamon@cdc.gov

For assistance with the NSECH data files or products, please contact:

slaits@cdc.gov