The NCHS Research Data Center (RDC), located at the NCHS
headquarters in Hyattsville, Maryland, allows researchers meeting
certain qualifications, and under strict supervision, to access
confidential data.
Please see our tips for
visiting NCHS to make the best of your
visit. To visit the RDC, researchers must work under the supervision
of the RDC staff during normal working hours
(Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.).
Guest Researchers can use the RDC facility to securely analyze approved data using Windows workstations provided with SAS, SUDAAN, and Stata. Additional programming or analytic languages can be added as needed.
Prior to RDC access, researchers must:
To maintain the highest level of security and fully protect confidentiality, the RDC developed the following security standards for onsite access:
RDC computers
Output
Researchers may take the results of their analyses off-site only after disclosure review by NCHS RDC staff. Disclosure review consists of looking for tabular cells less than five, tables with geographic variables in any dimension, models with geographic variables (or variables tantamount to geographic variables) as outcome variables, or case listings. In general, disclosure review is consistent with the guidelines published in the NCHS Staff Manual on Confidentiality (see Requirements for Using the Onsite Facilities for more information).
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Statistics
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Phone:
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