National Survey of Children's Health

This survey, sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, examines the physical and emotional health of children ages 0-17 years of age.  Special emphasis is placed on factors that may relate to well-being of children, including medical homes, family interactions, parental health, school and after-school experiences, and safe neighborhoods.

 

2007 National Survey of Children's Health

 

Quick Facts

• Sponsor(s): Funding for this project is provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health  Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Period of Data Collection:  April 2007 - February 2008
• Sample Size: Approximately 86,000 children
• Sampling Frame: Children ages 0-17 years old
• Data Collection:  Data are collected over the household landline telephone.  SLAITS data collection is conducted under contract with the Center at the University of Chicago (NORC).  Strict confidentiality and privacy regulations apply to all contract and federal project staff for all data.  For more information, see the NCHS confidentiality policy.

 

View/Download

• Survey Instrument [PDF - 563 KB]
• Methodology Report [PDF - 640 KB]
• Dataset
• List of Variables and Frequency counts [PDF - 1 MB]
• SAS input files

 

2003 National Survey of Children's Health

 

Quick Facts

• Sponsor(s): Funding for this project is provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
• Period of Data Collection:  January 2003-July of 2004
• Sample Size: 102,353 children
• Sampling Frame: Children ages 0-17 years old
• Publications and Presentations using SLAITS Data
• Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health:  Easy to use, interactive data query tool to view and compare tables and charts of state, national, and regional survey findings including profiles on key performance indicators
• The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation, 2005

 

View/Download

• Documentation [TXT - 3 KB]
• Survey Instrument
  • Questionnaire (English) [PDF - 772 KB]
  • Questionnaire (Spanish) [PDF - 318 KB]
• Methodology Report
• Dataset
• List of Variables [PDF - 115 KB]
• Frequency counts [PDF - 1.6 MB]
• SAS input files