NSCH: National Survey of Children’s Health
- Longitudinal study that collects national and state-level data on the physical and emotional health of children between 0 – 17 years old in the United States.
- Sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration.
- Households were randomly selected
- Households were still prompted to respond to the survey even if they had no children to get accurate information about the number of children living in the United States
- Data collection began in 2016 and is ongoing
- Five years of available data
- The survey collects information related to the health and well-being of children, including access to and use of health care, family interactions, parental health, school and after-school experiences, and neighborhood characteristics.
- Survey topics include:
- Child and family characteristics
- Physical and mental health status, including current conditions and functional difficulties
- Health insurance status, type, and adequacy
- Access and use of health care services
- Medical, dental, and specialty care needed and received
- Family health and activities
- Impact of child’s health on family
- Neighborhood characteristics
- For an introduction to the NSCH click here
- Click here for the codebook
- Click here for survey design and sampling information
NSCH data are available in public-use
Public-Use Data
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- Public-use data sets are currently available for all waves
- Click here to download data for SAS and Stata
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