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Coming Events

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data Users Workshop, August 7, 2009

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) will conduct an all-day workshop on the National Health Interview Survey on Friday, August 7, 2009 in Hyattsville, Maryland, a Washington, D.C. suburb. This workshop is independent of the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) that will take place on August 1-6, 2009 in downtown Washington, D.C., but it was intentionally scheduled to immediately follow the JSM. The workshop is open to anyone. NCHS is easily accessible by Metro.

The target audience for the workshop is beginning and intermediate users of the survey data. A preliminary agenda includes:

Overview of the National Health Interview Survey

Questionnaire development and supplements

Sample design issues

Linked data resources

Accessing data through the Research Data Centers

Special topic Website demonstrations─tobacco, race/ethnicity, and physical activity

Creating an analytic file, weighting issues, and multiple imputation

Analytic examples

Co-sponsoring supplemental questions on the NHIS

Publications using NHIS data

Mark your calendars now. Registration will open in May on the NHIS Website, under “Coming Events.” Participants should register as early as possible, as space is limited. Contact Brenda LaRochelle by e-mail or (301)458-4686 if you have any questions or to be put on the workshop mailing list.