Analytical Family Demography by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783319932279
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

7.3.2 Data, Sample, and Method

We use data from the 2012 to 2016 pooled cross-sections of the National Health Interview Survey, a yearly cross-sectional survey of households conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) that serves as “the principal source of information on the health of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States” (www.​cdc.​gov/​nchs/​nhis). We first created a couple-level data set from the pooled 2012–2016 “Person Files.” Our final sample includes 1262 same-sex couples (2524 individuals) and 113,642 different-sex couples (227,284 individuals).We drew our analytic sample from 236,162 adults aged 18 years or older in marital/cohabiting unions and living with their partners in the same household, with valid sampling weights. After dropping those missing on the outcome variable, reported health status, n = 235,846. After dropping those missing on educational attainment, n = 232,700. Finally, after dropping dyads where only one partner had complete information for all variables, our analytic sample consisted of 229,808 individuals. There were no missing on values on union type, number of children, race/ethnicity, or age. In sum, only 2.7% of our starting analytic sample was omitted due to missing values on reported health status, educational attainment, or due to only one partner within the couple having complete information.

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