National Health Examination Survey I (1959-1962) - Survey Methods and Analytic Guidelines

Plan and Operations Reports

• Plan and Initial Program of the Health Examination Survey  [PDF-9 MB]
• Origin, Program, and Operation of the U.S. National Health Survey  [PDF-3.9 MB]

Sample Design and Estimation Procedures

• Cycle I of the Health Examination Survey: Sample and Response. United States 1960-1962  [PDF-2.6 MB] (September, 1974)

Other Survey Methods Reports

• Cooperation in Health Examination Surveys  [PDF-2.6 MB]
• Replication - An Approach to the Analysis of Data From Complex Surveys  [PDF-3.6 MB]
• Pseudoreplication Further Evaluation and Application of the Balanced Half-Sample Technique  [PDF-2.6 MB]
• Factors Related to Response in a Health Survey, United States 1960-1962  [PDF-3.9 MB]
• Quality Control in a National Health Examination Survey  [PDF-2.3 MB]

Analytic Guidelines

• Analytic and Reporting Guidelines: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, NHANES III (1988-94) [PDF-182 KB]

The following Analytic Guidelines for the 1999-2010 cycles of the continuous NHANES is an update of the NHANES III Analytic Guidelines and could be used for HHANES or any NHANES.

• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Analytic Guidelines, 1999-2010 [PDF-237 KB]