Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/National Public Radio Poll: What Shapes Health, United States, 2014

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data. This collection includes variable-level metadata of the 2014 poll What Shapes Health, a survey from National Public Radio/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:Concerned about own healthMeaning of healthControl over own healthEffort into maintaining healthFrequency of healthy activities Description of personal healthTypes of healthy habitsOn diet to lose weightWays to improve healthThings that cause health problemsChildhood problems causing future health issuesParticipation in community organizationsVolunteering improving healthBeing told to improve healthFamily/friend behavior influencing healthHealth habits of family/friendsProblems experienced in adulthoodProblems experience in childhoodReceiving health careDifficulty accessing health careParents' healthRecent serious illnessesDiagnosed with health conditionsFrequency of exercisingPersonal weightSmoking habitsHealth insuranceThe data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092363]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 244 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.