New York City Community Health Survey, 2008

The New York City Community Health Survey (CHS) is a telephone survey conducted annually by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). The CHS conducted in 2008 collected information from 7,554 New York adult residents aged 18 years and older from all 5 boroughs of New York City -- Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and Staten Island. All data collected are self-report. Data are available at the level of 33 different neighborhoods, defined by ZIP code. The survey is conducted to inform health program decisions, to increase the understanding of the relationship between health behavior and health status, and to support health policy positions. Respondents were asked about their physical activity, body weight, general health, and whether they had ever had a flu shot. Multiple questions addressed respondents' smoking habits, including their current smoking status, where their last cigarette was purchased, whether they were heavy smokers, whether they tried to stop smoking for a period of time, and what, if any, aids did they use to for smoking cessation. Additional information was collected on respondents' colonoscopy, mammogram, and pap smear screenings, hypertension, cholesterol, asthma, diabetes, and depression diagnosis. Information was also collected from those diagnosed on whether they were taking any medication to control their cholesterol and depression. Other topics covered included whether respondents take aspirin everyday, respondents' sexual identity, history and contraception preference, whether they had ever been tested for HIV, respondents' alcohol consumption, and whether they had ever experienced domestic violence and sexual assault. Weights were constructed at the UHF-level to allow the sample to provide neighborhood-level estimations of both individual adults and of households in New York City. The data contains a weight variable (WT9) that should be used in analyzing the data. Demographic variables include gender, age, marital status, employment status, race, poverty level, income, and education level.

纽约市社区健康调查（CHS）是由纽约市卫生与心理卫生部（DOHMH）每年开展的电话调查。2008年实施的CHS从纽约市五个行政区——曼哈顿、布鲁克林、皇后区、布朗克斯和史泰登岛——的7554名18岁及以上成年居民中收集信息。所有收集的数据均为自我报告，可按33个不同社区（按邮政编码定义）级别获取。该调查旨在为健康项目决策提供依据，增进对健康行为与健康状况关系的理解，并支持健康政策立场。受访者被问及身体活动、体重、总体健康状况以及是否接种过流感疫苗。关于吸烟习惯的多个问题包括：当前吸烟状态、最后一支烟的购买地点、是否为重度吸烟者、是否尝试过戒烟一段时间，以及使用过哪些戒烟辅助工具（如适用）。此外，还收集了受访者的结肠镜检查（colonoscopy）、乳房X光检查（mammogram）、巴氏涂片筛查（pap smear）情况，以及高血压（hypertension）、胆固醇（cholesterol）、哮喘（asthma）、糖尿病（diabetes）和抑郁症（depression）的诊断信息。对于已确诊的人群，还收集了其是否服用药物控制胆固醇和抑郁症的信息。其他涵盖主题包括：是否每天服用阿司匹林、性身份、性史与避孕偏好、是否接受过HIV检测、酒精消费情况，以及是否经历过家庭暴力和性侵犯。研究在UHF级别构建了权重，使样本能够提供纽约市个人成年人及家庭的社区级估计。数据集包含一个权重变量WT9，分析时应使用该变量。人口统计学变量包括性别、年龄、婚姻状况、就业状况、种族、贫困水平、收入及教育水平。