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NCHS Rapid Survey Systems Restricted Use File
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The NCHS Rapid Surveys System includes questions sponsored by CDC programs and other partners to address time-sensitive data needs, public health attitudes or behaviors, and developmental work to improve concept measurement and inform future question design. It also includes standard variables used for sample weighting and calibration, as well as selected portions of existing content from NCHS surveys (such as the National Health Interview Survey) to compare panel estimates to these benchmarks, assess the fitness-for-use of the panel survey data, and for other methodological purposes.
Detailed Methodology
These panels are based on probability samples of the population of U.S. households and are designed to serve as sampling frames for sample selection and production of national estimates for the civilian noninstitutionalized population. All members of both panels complete questions about demographics and household composition before participating in any surveys. Although both panels include individuals aged 13–17, these younger panelists are not eligible to participate in RSS. See the Survey Document Description (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/rss/round5/survey-description.pdf) for more information.