Re-Designed Questionnaire Modules and Periodicity

Attachment 3b - NHIS Snapshot 3 Year-Cycle
Questionnaire Content and Periodicity
2019

ADULT

ANNUAL
CORE

2020

Mental Health
Assessment1

Chronic Pain:
Severity and impact,
Locations
Preventive
Services: Screening
tests, Aspirin use

Administered to
one randomly
selected adult in
each household

SPONSORED
CONTENT
EMERGING
TOPICS

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

Chronic Conditions: Hypertension, High cholesterol, Cardiovascular conditions, Asthma, Cancer, Diabetes, Other chronic conditions, Height and weight
Functioning and Disability: Vision, Hearing, Mobility, Communication, Cognition, Self-care and upper-body limitations, Anxiety, Depression, Social functioning
Health Insurance: Coverage status, Sources of coverage, Characteristics of coverage, Continuity of coverage, Reasons for no health insurance
Health Care Access and Use: Primary and urgent care, Financial barriers to care, Prescription medication, Flu and pneumonia immunization
Health-related Behaviors: Cigarettes and E-cigarettes
Demographics: Marital status, Sexual orientation, Veterans status, Nativity, Schooling, Employment, Family income, Food-related program participation, Housing, Telephone use

Service Utilization: Dental care, Mental
health care, Other services

ROTATING
CORE

2021

NHIS SAMPLE ADULT QUESTIONNAIRE

Allergies and
Other Conditions
Psychological
Distress

Industry and Occupation

Mental Health
Assessment1

Injuries
Health-related
Behaviors:
Physical activity,
Walking, Sleep, Fatigue,
Smoking history and
cessation, Alcohol use

Service Utilization: Dental care, Mental
health care, Other services

Chronic Pain:
Severity and impact,
Locations
Preventive
Services: Screening
tests, Aspirin use

Health-related
Behaviors:
Physical activity,
Walking, Sleep, Fatigue,
Smoking history and
cessation, Alcohol use

Allergies and
Other Conditions
Psychological
Distress

Industry and Occupation
Injuries
Chronic Pain:
Severity and impact,
Locations
Preventive
Services: Screening
tests, Aspirin use

Health-related
Behaviors:
Physical activity,
Walking, Sleep, Fatigue,
Smoking history and
cessation, Alcohol use

Service Utilization: Dental care, Mental
health care, Other services

Mental Health
Assessment1

Chronic Pain:
Severity and impact,
Locations
Preventive
Services: Screening
tests, Aspirin use

Allergies and
Other Conditions
Psychological
Distress

Industry and Occupation
Injuries
Health-related
Behaviors:
Physical activity,
Walking, Sleep, Fatigue,
Smoking history and
cessation, Alcohol use

Chronic Pain:
Severity and impact,
Locations
Preventive
Services: Screening
tests, Aspirin use

Sustaining sponsors* add content every year. Annual sponsored content will include cancer control and prevention (NCI and NCCDPHP), immunizations (NCIRD), noncigarette tobacco product use (FDA), food security (USDA), and
insulin use (NIDDK and NCCDPHP).
Other sponsors* add content for selected years. Sponsorships include expanded content on arthritis in 2019 (NCCDPHP and NIAMS), asthma in 2020 (NCCDPHP), diabetes in 2020 and insulin affordability in 2021 (NCCDPHP),
prescription opioid use and pain management in 2020 (NCIPC), age of onset of disability in 2020 (ACL), epilepsy in 2021 (NCCDPHP), occupational health in 2021 (NIOSH), and complementary and integrative health in 2022 (NCCIH).
New topics of growing interest may be added by the National Center for Health Statistics, generally for 1 year.
In 2019, NCHS added prescription opioid use and pain management.

* As of March 2020, sponsors include the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK),
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Administration for Community Living (ACL), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). NCCDPHP, NCIRD, NCIPC, and NIOSH are part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NCI, NIAMS, NIDDK, and NCCIH are part of the National Institutes of Health.
1Questions come from the Patient Health Questionnaire and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale.

NHIS SAMPLE CHILD QUESTIONNAIRE
2019

CHILD

ANNUAL
CORE

Administered to a
parent or guardian
of one randomly
selected child in
each household

2020

Allergies and
Other Conditions

2023

Service Utilization: Dental care, Mental
health care, Other services

Mental Health
Assessment1

Injuries

Mental Health
Assessment1

Stressful Life Events

Health-related
Behaviors:
Physical activity,
Neighborhood
characteristics, Sleep,
Height and weight

Health-related
Behaviors:
Physical activity,
Neighborhood
characteristics, Sleep,
Height and weight

ROTATING
CORE

EMERGING
TOPICS

2022

2024

2025

2026

2027

Health Status: Asthma, Diabetes, Developmental and learning disabilities, Social and emotional screening for very young children
Functioning and Disability: Vision, Hearing, Mobility, Self-care, Communication and comprehension, Learning, Emotions, Behaviors
Health Insurance: Coverage status, Sources of coverage, Characteristics of coverage, Continuity of coverage, Reasons for no health insurance
Health Care Access and Use: Primary and urgent care, Financial barriers to care, Prescription medication, Flu immunization
Demographics: Marital status of parent(s), Nativity, Schooling, Employment of family members, Family income, Food-related program participation, Housing, Telephone use
Service Utilization: Dental care, Mental
health care, Other services

SPONSORED
CONTENT

2021

Stressful Life Events

Allergies and
Other Conditions

Injuries

Stressful Life Events

Health-related
Behaviors:
Physical activity,
Neighborhood
characteristics, Sleep,
Height and weight

Service Utilization: Dental care, Mental
health care, Other services
Mental Health
Assessment1

Injuries

Stressful Life Events

Health-related
Behaviors:
Physical activity,
Neighborhood
characteristics, Sleep,
Height and weight

Sustaining sponsors* add content every year. Annual sponsored content will include household food security (USDA).
Other sponsors* add content for selected years. Sponsorships include asthma in 2020 (NCCDPHP) and complementary and integrative health in 2022 (NCCIH).
New topics of growing interest may be added by the National Center for Health Statistics, generally for 1 year.
In 2020 and 2021, the topics are head injuries and concussions.

* As of March 2020, sponsors include the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), and National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). NCCDPHP is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NCCIH is part of the National Institutes of Health.
1Questions come from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.

For more information on the National Health Interview Survey, visit https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/.
To view full-length questionnaires, visit https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/data-questionnaires-documentation.htm.

Allergies and
Other Conditions

Stressful Life Events