National Health Interview Survey, 1990: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) Injury Control and Child Safety and Health Supplement

The basic purpose of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kinds of health services people receive. The purpose of this supplement was to determine the general level of public awareness about ways to prevent injuries to children and adults and methods used to accomplish this. Questions were also included about breast-feeding. The supplement contains approximately 100 variables from the core file (see NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 1990 [ICPSR 9839]), including sex, age, race, marital status, veteran status, education, income, industry and occupation codes, household safety, and limits on activity. Variables unique to this supplement include whether respondents had heard of poison control centers, whether they had the telephone number to a poison control center, whether they had ipecac syrup in the house, whether they knew about child safety seats, whether a doctor told them about using child safety seats, whether they used a car safety seat when leaving the hospital after the baby's birth, whether the child currently had a car safety seat, whether the child was buckled into a car safety seat, whether the child wore a seat belt, if the child was ever breast-fed, and the age of the child when breast-feeding was completely stopped.