Survey Design and Operations Manuals
Design and Operation of the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, 2009/2010 (Coming Soon)
Design and Operation of the National Survey of Children's Health, 2007
Technical report authored by National Center for Health Statistics describes the methodological details of the survey's sampling and data collection procedures.
PDF: 640KB
Design and Operation of the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, 2005/06
Technical report authored by National Center for Health Statistics describes the methodological details of the survey's sampling and data collection procedures.
PDF: 2,026 KB
Design and Operation of the 2003 National Survey of Children’s Health
Technical report authored by CDC staff describes the methodological details of the survey’s sampling and data collection procedures.
PDF: 3,656 KB
Design and Operation of the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, 2001
Technical report authored by National Center for Health Statistics describes the methodological details of the survey's sampling and data collection procedures.
PDF: 3,495 KB
Methods for analyzing complex sample survey data
Presentation from the National Center for Health Statistics with guidelines and examples of SAS, SUDAAN and STATA code for obtaining estimates of variability and statistical significance from the NSCH and NS-CSHCN.
PDF: 3MB (document non-508 compliant)