National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Estimation Procedures, 2011–2014

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• Personal Author:
  Chen, Te-Ching ; Parker, Jennifer D. ; Clark, Jason ; Shin, Hee-Choon ; Rammon, Jennifer R. ; Burt, Vicki L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Background: The purpose of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is to produce national estimates representative of the total noninstitutionalized civilian U.S. population. The sample for NHANES is selected using a complex, four-stage sample design. NHANES sample weights are used by analysts to produce estimates of the health-related statistics that would have been obtained if the entire sampling frame (i.e., the noninstitutionalized civilian U.S. population) had been surveyed.
  
  Sampling errors should be calculated for all survey estimates to aid in determining their statistical reliability. For complex sample surveys, exact mathematical formulas for variance estimates that fully incorporate the sample design are usually not available. Variance approximation procedures are required in order to provide reasonable, approximately unbiased, and design-consistent estimates of variance.
  
  Objective: This report describes the methods used to create NHANES 2011–2014 sample weights and variance units for the public-use data files, including sample weights for selected subsamples, such as the fasting subsample. The impacts of sample design changes on estimation for NHANES 2011–2014 and the addition of the NHANES National Youth Fitness Survey (NNYFS) 2012 are described. Approaches that data users can employ to modify sample weights when combining survey cycles or when combining subsamples are also included.
  
  Suggested citation: Chen TC, Parker JD, Clark J, Shin HC, Rammon JR, Burt VL. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Estimation procedures, 2011–2014. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 2(177). 2018.
  
  CS287062
  
  
• Subjects:
  Body Weight Health Surveys Nutrition Surveys Sampling Studies Statistics As Topic
• Source:
  Vital and health statistics, series 2, data evaluation and methods research ; no. 177 ; DHHS pub ; no. 2018-1377
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  iv, 18 Pages
• Volume:
  2
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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