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Survey Items: Derived from: S2Q04; S2Q05; S2Q06; S2Q07; S2Q08; S2Q09; S2Q10; S2Q11; S2Q12; S2Q13; S2Q14; S2Q15; S2Q16; S2Q17; S2Q20; S2Q21; S2Q22; S2Q23; S2Q24; S2Q25; S2Q26; S2Q27; S2Q28; S2Q29; S2Q30; S2Q31; S2Q32; S2Q33; S2Q34; S2Q35; S2Q36; S2Q37; S2Q38; S2Q39; S2Q40; S2Q41; S2Q42; S2Q47; S2Q49; S2Q50 (For item info, visit /learn/topics_questions/2003-nsch.)
Denominator: Children ages 0 - 17 years
Numerator: Children with current health conditions listed in questions S2Q20 - S2Q42 or S2Q49 rated by their parents as being moderate or severe (S2Q47 and/or S2Q50 = moderate or severe)
Revisions and Changes:
Additional Notes: For a child to qualify as having a "current health condition," the child's parent must report having ever been told by a doctor or health professional that the child has one or more conditions listed in questions S2Q20 - S2Q42 or S2Q49 AND the child must have a positive screen on the CSHCN Screener which indicates that he/she currently experiences on-going health consequences from a medical, emotional, developmental, or behavioral condition lasting 12 months or longer. IMPORTANT NOTE: Only children whose parents report having ever been told that the child has one or more of the conditions asked about in questions S2Q20 - S2Q42 or S2Q49 are asked to rate the severity of the health conditions on these lists that the child may either have now or have had in the past. Parents of children who currently have health conditions that are not listed in questions S2Q20 - S2Q42 or S2Q49 are not given the opportunity to rate the severity of their children's health problems.
Treatment of Unknown Values: Unknown values (responses coded as "refused", "don't know", or system missing) were removed from the denominator when calculating prevalence estimates and weighted population counts displayed in the results tables. In nearly all cases, the number of unknown values is less than 1%; their exclusion does not impact the prevalence estimates (%) and only marginally affects the weighted population counts (Weighted Est.). Please contact CAHMI (cahmi@ohsu.edu) if you have further questions.
History and Development:
C.I. = 95% Confidence Interval. Percentages and population estimates (Pop.Est.) are weighted to represent child population in US.
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With funding and direction from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the National Survey of Children’s Health was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. CAHMI is responsible for the analyses, interpretations, presentations and conclusions included on this site.
Suggested citation format: National Survey of Children's Health. NSCH 2003. Data query from the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative, Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health website. Retrieved [mm/dd/yy] from www.childhealthdata.org.