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 with Special Health Care Needs
2001

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readme_cshcn01.txt -- List of files and formats.  TXT format.

NS-CSHCN Questionnaire (website)1.pdf -- SLAITS National Survey of Children with 
                     Special Health Care Needs questionnaire, with skip patterns and most CATI
                     instructions.  PDF format.
                     
sr01_041.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.

Unins_sr2_draft.pdf -- Draft report on the quality of the uninsurance estimates
                       from the survey.  This report contains an evaluation of
                       the quality of this estimate based on anlyses of nonresponse,
                       question design, interviewer and respondent effects, and the
                       weighting and estimation process.

household.zip -- Compressed Zip CSHCN Household Public Use data set.  SAS
                  data file , version 8 (about 30 megabytes in size unzipped).
                      
screener.zip  -- Compressed Zip CSHCN Screener Public Use data set.  SAS
                  data file, version 8 (about 80 megabytes in size unzipped).
                     
interview.zip -- Compressed Zip CSHCN Interview Public Use data set.  SAS
                  data file, version 8 (about 90 megabytes in size unzipped).

insurance.zip -- Compressed Zip CSHCN Insurance Public Use data set.  SAS
                  data file, version 8 (about 385 megabytes in size unzipped).
                      
Household_Variables.pdf -- Summary contents of the CSHCN HOUSEHOLD data set.  
                           Includes variable names, descriptions, formats, and
                           frequencies.  PDF format.

Screener_Variables.pdf  -- Summary contents of the CSHCN SCREENER data set.  
                           Includes variable names, descriptions, formats, and
                           frequencies.  PDF format.

Interview_Variables.pdf -- Summary contents of the CSHCN INTERVIEW data set.  
                           Includes variable names, descriptions, formats, and
                           frequencies.  PDF format.
                           
Insurance_Variables.pdf -- Summary contents of the CSHCN INSURANCE data set.  
                           Includes variable names, descriptions, formats, and
                           frequencies.  PDF format.

Create_Master_Formats.sas -- SAS program that creates combined format library 
                             containing formats for the SCREENER, HOUSEHOLD, 
                             and INTERVIEW data files.  This program creates
                             a temporary format library.  SAS program file.
                             
Create_Master_Formats_    -- SAS program that creates combined format library
Permanent.sas                containing formats for the SCREENER, HOUSEHOLD,
                             and INTERVIEW data files.  This program creates            
                             a permanent format library.  SAS program file.           
                                       
                                       
Attach_Formats-Household.sas -- SAS program that attaches formats to variables in the
                                HOUSEHOLD SAS data set.  SAS program file.
                             
Attach_Formats-Screener.sas  -- SAS program that attaches formats to variables in the
                                SCREENER SAS data set.  SAS program file.

Attach_Formats-Interview.sas -- SAS program that attaches formats to variables in the
                                INTERVIEW SAS data set.  SAS program file.
                                
Attach_Formats-Insurance.sas -- SAS program that attaches formats to variables in the
                                INSURANCE SAS data set.  SAS program file.

Household_Formats.sas        -- Sample SAS program that uses the Create_Master_Formats.sas
                                program and the Attach_Formats-Household.sas program to
                                create and attach formats.  Produces the output contained
                                in Household_Variables.pdf.  SAS program file.
                                
Screener_Formats.sas         -- Sample SAS program that uses the Create_Master_Formats.sas
                                program and the Attach_Formats-Screener.sas program to
                                create and attach formats.  Produces the output contained
                                in Screener_Variables.pdf.  SAS program file.
                                
Interview_Formats.sas       --  Sample SAS program that uses the Create_Master_Formats.sas
                                program and the Attach_Formats-Interview.sas program to
                                create and attach formats.  Produces the output contained
                                in Interview_Variables.pdf.  SAS program file.

Insurance_Formats.sas       --  Sample SAS program that uses the Create_Master_Formats.sas
                                program and the Attach_Formats-Insurance.sas program to
                                create and attach formats.  Produces the output contained
                                in Insurance_Variables.pdf.  SAS program file.

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