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Description & Citation--Study No. 4216

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:4216
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04216
 
Title:Community Tracking Study Household Survey, 2003: [United States]
 
Principal Investigator(s):Center for Studying Health System Change
 
Series:Community Tracking Study Series
 
Funding Agency:Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
 
Bibliographic Citation:Center for Studying Health System Change. COMMUNITY TRACKING STUDY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, 2003: [UNITED STATES] [Computer file]. ICPSR04216-v2. Washington, DC: Center for Studying Health System Change [producer], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-12-03. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04216
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This collection contains data and documentation for the fourth round of the Community Tracking Study (CTS) Household Survey. Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the CTS is a national study designed to track changes in the United States' health care system and their effects. The fourth round was administered to households in the 60 CTS sites: 51 metropolitan areas and nine nonmetropolitan areas which were randomly selected to form the core of the CTS and to be representative of the nation as a whole. The first round of the CTS Household Survey was conducted in 1996-1997 (ICPSR 2524), the second round in 1998-1999 (ICPSR 3199), and the third in 2000-2001 (ICPSR 3764). Respondents to the fourth round provided information about health insurance coverage, use of health services, unmet needs for health care, children's special health care needs, out-of-pocket medical costs, patient trust in physicians, sources of health information, attitudes about medical care, and satisfaction with health care and health plans. Health status, chronic conditions, and risk attitudes and smoking behavior were additional topics covered by the fourth round questionnaire. The data include variables on height and weight, employment, income, ethnicity, race, United States citizenship, household composition, and demographic characteristics.
 
Subject Term(s):communities, doctor visits, employment, families, health attitudes, health behavior, health care, health care access, health care costs, health care delivery, health care facilities, health care services, health services utilization, health insurance, Hispanic origins, household composition, households, income, insurance coverage, insurance policies, mental health services, physician choice, physician patient relationship, private health insurance, risk factors, smoking
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:2003 - 2004
 
Date(s) of Collection:2003 - 2004
 
Universe:Households in the contiguous 48 states.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:Additional information about this study is located on the Web site of the Center for Studying Health System Change (link).
 

Methodology

Sample:A sample of households was selected from within the 60 CTS sites using random-digit dialing techniques. This telephone sample was augmented with an area probability sample of households without telephones or with substantial interruptions in telephone service. The telephone sample was derived by selecting telephone numbers from the previous CTS Household Survey and telephone numbers that were not included in the Round Three (2000-2001) survey. The nontelephone component sampled addresses from the previous survey and addresses that were not covered by the previous survey. In all, 23,029 Round Three respondents were reinterviewed in Round Four. Unlike the previous CTS Household Surveys, the fourth round lacks a supplemental sample, an independent national telephone sample of about 5,700-6,100 people which was selected in each of the earlier three surveys.
 
Mode of Data Collection:computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI)
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Restrictions:This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of the data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, certain variables in the main data file are restricted from general dissemination. The public-use and restricted-use versions of the Main Data File differ in the amount of geographic detail provided and the confidentiality masking applied to some variables. The Restricted-Use Version of the Main Data File contains CTS site, state, and county-level identifiers for each observation, while the Public-Use Version of the Main Data File contains only site and state identifiers. In addition, some of the values for the state identifiers have been altered in the public-use file but not in the restricted-use file. Only the restricted-use file contains variables that allow the user to identify and link households and persons that were interviewed in both rounds three and four of the CTS Household Survey. Other variables that are available only in the restricted-use file include variables on chronic conditions, children's special health care needs, and United States citizenship. See Appendix C in the user guides provided with the collection for a complete list of variables in the public and restricted-use versions of the data. To obtain the Restricted-Use Version of the Main Data File, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement (link) in accordance with existing ICPSR servicing policies.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2005-06-22
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2007-12-03.
 
  2007-12-03 - ICPSR produced Stata setups for this study.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Public-Use Version of the Main Data File
  • DS2: Restricted-Use Version of the Main Data File
  • DS3: Site and County Crosswalk Data File
 

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