The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) is sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, an Agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.The NSCH examines the physical and emotional health of children ages 0-17 years of age. Special emphasis is placed on factors related to the well-being of children. These factors include access to - and quality of - health care, family interactions, parental health, neighborhood characteristics, as well as school and after-school experiences.The NSCH is also designed to assess the prevalence and impact of special health care needs among children in the US and explores the extent to which children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have medical homes, adequate health insurance, access to needed services, and adequate care coordination. Other topics may include functional difficulties, transition services, shared decision-making, and satisfaction with care. Information is collected from parents or caregivers who know about the child's health.

The National Survey of Children's Health, funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), is a module of the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) that is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The survey was conducted to assess how well each state, and the nation as a whole, met MCHB's strategic plan goals and national performance measures. These goals include providing national leadership for maternal and child health, promoting an environment that supports maternal and child health, eliminating health barriers and disparities, improving the health infrastructure and systems of care, assuring quality care, working with states and communities to plan and implement policies and programs to improve the social, emotional, and physical environment, and acquiring the best available evidence to develop and promote guidelines and practices to assure a social, emotional, and physical environment that supports the health and well-being of women and children. The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) was designed to produce national- and state-specific prevalence estimates for a variety of physical, emotional, and behavioral health indicators and measures of children's experiences with the health care system. Respondents were asked an extensive battery of questions about the family, including parental health, stress and coping behaviors, family activities, and parental concerns about their children, as well as their perceptions of the child's neighborhood. Demographic information includes race, gender, family income, and education level.

The table NSCH 2020 Screener is part of the dataset National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), available at https://redivis.com/datasets/c4gx-9ytmbqmdz. It contains 95035 rows across 40 variables.

This dataset tracks the updates made on the dataset "National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance" as a repository for previous versions of the data and metadata.

The table NSCH 2018 Topical is part of the dataset National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), available at https://redivis.com/datasets/c4gx-9ytmbqmdz. It contains 30530 rows across 442 variables.

2016-17 merged. This dataset is a de-identified summary table of vision and eye health data indicators from the National Survye of Chilrens Health (NSCH), stratified by all available combinations of age group, race/ethnicity, sex, risk factor and state. NSCH is a telephone survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics at CDC (currently conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau) that examines the physical and emotional health of children 0-17 years of age. Approximate sample size is 95,000 over two rounds of data collection. Data were suppressed for cell sizes less than 30 persons, or where the relative standard error more than 30% of the mean. Detailed information on VEHSS NSCH analyses can be found on the VEHSS NSCH webpage (cdc.gov/visionhealth/vehss/data/national-surveys/national-survey-of-childrens-health.html). Additional information about NSCH can be found on the NSCH website (http://childhealthdata.org/learn/NSCH). The VEHSS NSCH dataset was last updated in November 2019.

Combined 2016-2023 National Survey of Children's Health public use files in CSV and Stata formats. This is a survey collected by government agencies, but they only offer data files for one year at a time and in proprietary formats; so I offer files that combine all years, one of which is in an open format (CSV).

Nationally representative, longitudinal data describing functioning of and services for children who are reported to child protective services

The purpose of this study was to assess the physical, social, and psychological well-being of American children, to develop a national profile of the way children in the United States live, to permit analysis of the relationships between the conditions of children's lives and measures of child development, and to examine the effects of marital disruption on the development of children and on the operation of single and multi-parent families. Information is provided on the child's well-being, family, experiences with family disruption, behavior, physical health, and mental health.

Analysis of ‘National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/d1b71df1-9af9-45ab-848f-abb1f821bd62 on 12 February 2022.

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2016-17 merged. This dataset is a de-identified summary table of vision and eye health data indicators from the National Survye of Chilrens Health (NSCH), stratified by all available combinations of age group, race/ethnicity, gender, risk factor and state. NSCH is a telephone survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics at CDC (currently conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau) that examines the physical and emotional health of children 0-17 years of age. Approximate sample size is 95,000 over two rounds of data collection. Data were suppressed for cell sizes less than 30 persons, or where the relative standard error more than 30% of the mean. Detailed information on VEHSS NSCH analyses can be found on the VEHSS NSCH webpage (cdc.gov/visionhealth/vehss/data/national-surveys/national-survey-of-childrens-health.html). Additional information about NSCH can be found on the NSCH website (http://childhealthdata.org/learn/NSCH). The VEHSS NSCH dataset was last updated in November 2019.

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This survey provides nationally representative estimates on the characteristics, living arrangements, and service accessibility of noninstitutionalized children who were living apart from their parents (in foster care, grandparent care or other nonparental care) and who were aged 0 to 16 years in 2011-2012. Data on the well-being of the children and of their caregivers are also available. The children’s nonparental care status was identified in a previous SLAITS survey, the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children’s Health. Units of Response: Caregiver Type of Data: Survey Tribal Data: No Periodicity: One-time Demographic Indicators: Disability;Ethnicity;Household Income;Household Size;Housing Status;Race;Sex SORN: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/19/2022-20139/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records Data Use Agreement: No Data Use Agreement Location: Unavailable Granularity: Household Spatial: United States Geocoding: Unavailable

The State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) collected health care data at State and local levels between 1997 and 2014. This data collection mechanism was developed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It supplemented national data collection strategies by providing in-depth State and local area data to meet various program and policy needs. SLAITS conducted both the National Survey of Children’s Health (2003, 2007, 2011-2012 and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (2001, 2005-2006, 2009-2010). Other surveys included Health (1997), Child Well-Being and Welfare (1998-1999), National Survey of Early Childhood Health (2000), National Asthma Survey (2003), National Survey of Adoptive Parents (2007), Survey of Adult Transition and Health (2007), Influenza Vaccination Module for Children (2007), National Survey of Adoptive Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs (2008), Survey of Pathways to Diagnosis and Services (2011), National Survey of Children in Nonparental Care (2013), and National Survey of the Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD and Tourette Syndrome (2014).

Users can download public-access datasets regarding topics such as: health insurance coverage, access to care, child well-being , utilization of services, and health status. BackgroundThe State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) was developed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is sponsored by both public and private organizations. SLAITS provides health care data at state and local levels for the development and implementation of health programs and policies. Survey research topics include health insurance covera ge, access to care, perceived health status, utilization of services, and measurement of child well-being. Surveys moderated by SLAITS include: Health, Child Well-Being and Welfare, National Survey of Early Childhood Health, National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, National Survey of Children’s Health, National Asthma Survey, National Survey of Adoptive Parents, Survey of Adult Transition and Health, National Survey of Adoptive Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs. This data can help users to track changes arising from health and welfare services. User FunctionalityUsers can download public-access datasets to compare responses across states and to the United States. Data NotesThe SLAITS random-digit dial (RDD) and sampling frame are the same as the ongoing National Immunization Survey (NIS) operated by the CDC. The survey is composed of standardized questions to facilitate comparison across states. SLAITS also includes customized questions for each state to address state-specific data needs. SLAITS targets population subgroups including people with specific health conditions and low-income families. There is a rapid turnaround between data collection and availability, which enables users to track changes resulting from health and welfare services. Data collection dates vary and are indicated with each survey. Depending on the survey, data are available on national, state, and regional levels.

Data Downloads: Area Health Resource FilesData Downloads: BHW Clincian DashboardsData Downloads: BHW Program Applicant and Award DataData Downloads: GrantsData Downloads: Health Center Service Delivery and Look Alike SitesData Downloads: Health Professions Training ProgramsData Downloads: Maternal and Child Health BureauData Downloads: National Health Service Corps (NHSC), Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) and other ProgramsData Downloads: Nursing Workforce Survey DataData Downloads: Organ Donation and TransplantationData Downloads: Ryan White HIV/AIDS ProgramData Downloads: Shortage Areas Data Downloads: Uniform Data SystemData Downloads: Workforce ProjectionsData by GeographyHRSA Fact SheetsNational Survey of Organ Donation Attitudes and PracticesNational Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) and National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs ChartbooksNational Survey of Children's Health (NSCH)Donor Registry DataTransplant Activity Report

Users can request data and reports related, but not limited to child abuse, neglect, foster care, and child well-being. Background The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect collects data on the well-being of children. The archive is a project of the Family Life Development Center, Department of Human Ecology at Cornell University. The archive collects data sets from the The National Survey of Child Health and Well-being, The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System, The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, and other data related to child abuse, neglect, victimization, m altreatment, sexual abuse, homelessness, and safety. User functionality Users can access abstracts of data sets which discuss the time period and logistics of collecting the data. There are different requirements for accessing different data sets. All requirements are clearly outlined. All data sets must be ordered through the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect. Application materials must be mailed to the archive for access permission. Requirements for access vary by amount of personal information included in the data set. Data Notes The chief investigator, the years of data collection and a description of the data set is available on the website for every data set. The website does not convey when new data sets will be added.

Sample characteristics, national survey of children’s health, 2020.

The basic purpose of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kinds of health services people receive. This Child Health Supplement features in-depth questions covering family and household composition, biological mother/father information, mother's pregnancy and child's birth, and child care. Other questions concern the child's general health status, school, development, learning, behavior, and health services.

Users can download data regarding the health care needs of children with special health care needs in adolescence and early adulthood. Topics include: transition services, care coordination and health insurance. BackgroundThe Survey of Adult Transition and Health (SATH) is operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This survey followed up on cases included in the 2001 National Survey of Children with Special health Care Needs (NSCSHCN). The SATH aims to ex amine the current health care needs of the original children with special health care needs survey subjects and to understand their transition from pediatric health care providers to adult health care providers. Topics include, but are not limited to: transition services, accommodations, care coordination, and health insurance. User Functionality Users can download the survey instrument, public dataset and codebook. Users can download the questionnaire as a PDF; the dataset can be downloaded into SAS statistical software. Data Notes The SATH is a follow-up survey administered to children with special health care needs who were 14-17 years of age during the initial interview in the 2001 National Survey of Children with Special health Care Needs (NSCSHCN). In 2007, these cases were 19-23 y ears old. The 2001 survey preceding this interview was conducted with the parent or guardian of the child with special health care needs. The child with special health care needs (n= 1,916) responded to the 2007 follow-up survey. Data were collected between June, 2007 and August, 2007. Information is available on a national level.

The 2012 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) is a set of four integrated, nationally representative surveys conducted in 2012. These were surveys of (1) households with children under 13, (2) home-based providers, (3) center-based providers, and (4) the center-based provider workforce. The 2012 NSECE documents the nation's current utilization and availability of early care and education (including school-age care), in order to deepen the understanding of the extent to which families' needs and preferences coordinate well with providers' offerings and constraints. The experiences of low-income families are of special interest as they are the focus of a significant component of early care and education and school-age child care (ECE/SACC) public policy. The 2012 NSECE calls for nationally-representative samples including interviews in all 50 states and Washington, DC. The study is funded by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), United States Department of Health and Human Services. The project team is led by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, in partnership with Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago and Child Trends. The Quick Tabulation and Public-Use Files are currently available via this site. Restricted-Use Files are also available at three different access levels; to determine which level of file access will best meet your needs, please see the NSECE Data Files Overview for more information. Level 1 Restricted-Use Files are available via the Child and Family Data Archive. To obtain the Level 1 files, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of the Restricted Data Use Agreement and complete an application via ICPSR's online Data Access Request System. Level 2 and 3 Restricted-Use Files are available via the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). For more information, please see the access instructions for NSECE Levels 2/3 Restricted-Use Data. For additional information about this study, please see: NSECE project page on the OPRE website NSECE study page on NORC's website NSECE Research Methods Blog For more information, tutorials, and reports related to the National Survey of Early Care and Education, please visit the Child and Family Data Archive's Data Training Resources from the NSECE page.

Abstract

The Yemen Demographic and Maternal and Child Health Survey (YDMCHS) is the first national survey conducted in Yemen since unification of the country. It was designed to collect data on households, ever-married women of reproductive age, and children under age five. The subjects covered in the household survey were: characteristics of households, housing and living conditions, school enrollment, labor force participation, general mortality, disability, fertility, and child survival. The areas covered in the survey of women of reproductive age were: demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, marriage and reproductive history, fertility regulation and preferences, antenatal care, breastfeeding, and child care. For children under five in the survey, the topics included diarrheal and other morbidity, nutritional supplementation, accidents, vaccination, and nutritional status.

The survey was carried out as a part of the DHS program and also the PAPCHILD program. The DHS program is assisting governments and private agencies in the implementation of household surveys in developing countries; PAPCHILD has similar goals for developing countries in the Arab League. The main objectives of the DHS project are to: (a) provide decision makers with a data base and analyses useful for informed policy choices, (b) expand the international population and health data base, (c) advance survey methodology, and (d) develop skills and resources necessary to conduct high quality demographic and health surveys in the participating countries.

The YDMCHS was specifically aimed at furnishing information on basic population and household characteristics, maternal and child health, fertility, family planning, and infant and child mortality in Yemen. The survey also presents information on breastfeeding practices and the nutritional status of children under age five. The survey will provide policymakers and planners with important information for use in formulating programs and policies regarding maternal and child health, child mortality, and reproductive behavior.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

• Household
• Children under five years
• Women age 15-49
• Men

Kind of data

Sample survey data

Sampling procedure

SAMPLE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

The YDMCHS sample was designed to enable data analysis for Yemen as a whole, and separately for urban and rural areas, and for two regions: (1) the Northern and Western governorates, and (2) the Southern and Eastern governorates. The target sample was set at completed interviews for about 12,000 households with about 6,000 eligible women. No target number was fixed for children under five, for whom information was to be collected for all children in each household that was selected for the women's interview. In half of the selected households, only the Household Questionnaire was administered; in the other half, in addition to administering the Household Questionnaire, all eligible women were interviewed and information on eligible children was collected.

The YDMCHS covered the entire country, except for nomadic peoples and those living on hard-to-reach Yemeni islands. The survey adopted a stratified, multi-stage sampling design. The sample was stratified by urban and rural areas in the two regions. In this report, the Northern and Western governorates region includes: Sana'a City and the governorates of Sana'a, Taiz, Hodeidah, lbb, Dhamar, Hajjah, A1-Beida, Sa'adah, AI-Mahweet, Ma'areb, and AI-Jawf. The Southern and Eastern governorates region consists of Aden, Laheg, Abyen, Shabwah, Hadramout, and AI-Mahrah govemoratcs. In the first stage, sampling units or clusters were selected; the second stage involved selection of households. The initial objective of having a self-weighted sample was compromised in order to have reliable estimates for urban and rural areas within each region. Sana'a City, the urban (not rural) areas of Aden, and the rural areas of Laheg were oversampled.

For the survey, 258 sampling units were selected, which contained 13,712 households. In half of the selected households, only the Household and Housing Characteristics Questionnaires were administered. In the other half, the Women's and Child's Questionnaires were also administered to all eligible women and children.

Note: See detailed description of sample design in APPENDIX B of the final survey report.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face

Research instrument

Design, Preparation and Revision of Questionnaires

The YDMCHS survey includes the following questionnaires: - Household Questionnaire - Housing Characteristics Questionnaire - Reproductive Health Questionnaire (also called the Women's Questionnaire - Child Health Questionnaire (also called the Children's Questionnaire) - Community Questionnaire

The items included in these questionnaires were selected after reviewing similar surveys such as those carried out by the Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD), which was sponsored by the Arab League Organization, and the model questionnaires of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Calverton, Maryland, USA. The final YDMCHS questionnaires were mainly based on PAPCHILD's model questionnaires. The questionnaires were modified to suit the conditions of Yemen society and to meet the information requirements of the country. A large number of questions were included in the YDMCHS questionnaires in order to obtain as much information as possible on demographic and population dynamics, health and environmental issues, other indicators of standards of living, housing conditions, maternal and child health, and characteristics of local communities regarding provision of health services. English versions of the questionnaires (except the Community Questionnaire) are reproduced in Appendix E.

The Household Questionnaire consists of a household roster, including questions on orphan hood, education level and economic activity of household members. It also collects information on general mortality, disability and, for ever-married women under age 55, information on fertility and child survival.

The Housing Characteristics Questionnaire was administered as pan of the household survey. It includes eight sections: housing, cooking, water, lighting, sanitation, and waste disposal, ownership of objects and assets, and drainage.

The YDMCHS Women's Questionnaire or Reproductive Health Questionnaire consists of nine sections: - Respondent's background - Marriage and co-residence - Reproduction and child survival - Antenatal care: current pregnancy - Maternal care: the last five years - Child feeding - Cause of death for children who died - Family planning and childbearing attitudes - Husband's background

The Child Health Questionnaire, which is also referred to as Children's Questionnaire, consists of six sections: - General child care - Morbidity: diarrhea - Morbidity: other illnesses - Immunization - Weight and height

Cleaning operations

Editing and Coding

Data preparation began one week after the start of fieldwork and continued simultaneously with the fieldwork activities. Field editors checked the questionnaires for completeness and consistency. Field supervisors also checked completed questionnaires on a sample basis. Completed questionnaires were then sent to the central office in Sana'a or brought by staff when they returned after visiting the teams. In the central office in Sana'a the questionnaires were edited again, and open-ended and other questions requiring coding were coded. This stage started on 22 November 1991 and was completed by the end of January 1992.

Response rate

Of the 13,712 households selected for inclusion in the survey, 13,206 were found and 12,836, or 97 percent, were successfully interviewed. In all, 6,150 ever-married women age 15-49 years were identified in the households selected for individual interviews. Of these, 5,687 women were successfully interviewed and information was collected for 6,715 of 7,022 eligible children under five. The response rates for eligible women and children are 93 and 96 percent, respectively. The response rates for urban and rural areas are almost the same. The main reason for not completing some household interviews was that the dwellings were vacant at the time of fieldwork, although they were occupied when the household listing was carried out. The principal reason for non-response in the case of eligible women was that respondents were not at home despite repeated visits by interviewers to the selected households.

Note: See summarized response rates by place of residence in Table 1.1 of the final survey report.

Sampling error estimates

The results from sample surveys are affected by two types of errors, non-sampling error and sampling error. Non-sampling error is due to mistakes made in carrying out field activities, such as failure to locate and interview the correct household, errors in the way the questions are asked, misunderstanding on the part of either the interviewer or the respondent, data entry errors, etc. Although efforts were made during the design and implementation of the YDMCHS to minimize this type of error, non-sampling errors are impossible to avoid and difficult to evaluate statistically.

Sampling errors, on the other hand, can be measured statistically. The sample of women selected in the YDMCHS is only one of many samples that could have been selected from the same population, using the same design and expected size. Each one would have yielded results that differed somewhat from the actual sample selected. The sampling error is a measure of the variability between all