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Survey Items: Variable in public use data file: K8Q30
Denominator: Children age 6-17 years
Numerator: Very well; Somewhat well; Not very well or not very well at all
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Additional Notes: This measure was derived from a single item that asked parents/caregivers how well they “think they are handling the day-to-day demands of raising children”. Please note that results for this question are weighted to reflect the population of children ages 6-17, not the population of parents/caregivers. Results should be reported as: "Percent of children ages 6-17 living with parents/caregivers who are coping with the day-to-day demands of raising children", not as "Percent of parents/caregivers…".
Treatment of Unknown Values: Missing values are not included in the Denominator when calculating prevalence estimates and weighted population counts displayed in the Prioritizing Possibilities Interactive Data Query results table. Missing values may be due to non-response (i.e. parent/caregiver skipped item) or a “don’t know” response. In the majority of cases, the proportion of missing values is less than 2%. Exceptions are noted in the form of a Data Alert at the bottom of a results table. The exclusion of these values does not change the prevalence estimates (%) and only marginally affects the weighted population counts (Pop. Est.). To learn about the impact of the missing values on the population count estimates, click here. The way missing values are handled can vary by measure. In some instances, cases are set to missing only if responses to all items in the measure are missing. In other instances, even if only one item is missing the overall measure may be set to missing. Details about which approach is used can be found in the "Additional notes" field above when required.
History and Development: This measure comes from The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). The NSCH is funded and directed by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and is designed to provide annual national and state-level information on the health and well-being of children ages 0-17 years in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau administers the survey, oversees the sampling, and produces a final data set of survey results. HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) develops survey content in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau and a Technical Expert Panel. The Technical Expert Panel consists of experts in survey methodology and children’s health, federal and state stakeholders, clinicians and researchers. The NSCH is conducted as a household survey, and one child per household is selected to be the subject for the detailed age-specific questionnaire. The respondent to this questionnaire is a parent or guardian who is living in the home and has knowledge of the sampled child. Survey participants complete either web-based or self-administered paper-and-pencil questionnaires. More information about the survey can be found in the “About the National Survey of Children’s Health” section of the CAHMI’s Data Resource Center website and HRSA’s MCHB website.
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C.I. = 95% Confidence Interval. Percentages and population estimates (Pop.Est.) are weighted to represent child population in US.
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Data Source: National Survey of Children’s Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. https://mchb.hrsa.gov/data/national-surveys
Citation: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. 2016-2017 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) data query. Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Retrieved [mm/dd/yy] from [www.childhealthdata.org].