This working paper presents methodological findings from the latest round of the Health Tracking Household Survey, which added a cell phone sample to the existing landline sample of random telephone numbers to increase the coverage of the U.S. population.

This working paper presents methodological findings from the latest round of the Health Tracking Household Survey, which added a cell phone sample to the existing landline sample of random telephone numbers to increase the coverage of the U.S. population.

This study looked at self-reported smoking status, smoking cessation practices, and beliefs for 2,804 subjects from seven health professional groups: primary care physicians, emergency medicine physicians, psychiatrists, registered nurses, dentists, dental hygienists, and pharmacists.

Reviews best practices to promote monitoring consistency.

Finds that most WtW grantees, except recently funded ones, are now delivering services, but restrictive eligibility rules still in effect in late 1999 continue to impede enrollment. Despite low enrollment, grantees have moved expeditiously to place WtW participants in work activities. To date,...

Examines whether differences between respondents and nonrespondents in a survey of Iowa families that left TANF resulted in findings that overstated the economic well-being of these families. Finds that nonrespondents were less likely to have health insurance and more likely to have...

This issue brief compares the 2011 and 2010 data collection cycles for the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), an annual multimode establishment survey of more than 17,000 substance abuse treatment facilities in the United States, to determine whether a new data...