Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study [United States] Public-Use Files

The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study began originally surveying 45,971 adult and youth respondents. The PATH Study was launched in 2011 to inform Food and Drug Administration's regulatory activities under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA). The PATH Study is a collaboration between the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The study sampled over 150,000 mailing addresses across the United States to create a national sample of tobacco users and non-users.These 45,971 individuals constitute the first (baseline) wave of data collected by this longitudinal cohort study. Respondents are asked to complete an interview at each follow-up wave. Youth who turn 18 by the current wave of data collection are considered "aged-up adults" and are invited to complete the Adult Interview. Additionally, 7,207 "shadow youth" (youth ages 9 to 11 sampled at Wave 1) are considered "aged-up youth" upon turning 12 years old when they are asked to join the study subsequent to parental consent. Please refer to the Public Use Files User Guide that provides further details about these children designated as "shadow youth". At each subsequent wave of data collection, the parents of sampled youth are invited to complete a short Parent Interview about his or her child(ren).Dataset 0001 (DS0001) contains the data from the Master Linkage file. This file contains 4 variables and 53,178 cases. The file provides a master list of every person's unique identification number and what type of respondent they were for each wave. Dataset 1001 (DS1001) contains the data from the Wave 1 Adult Questionnaire. This data file contains 1,732 variables and 32,320 cases. Each of the cases represents a single, completed interview. Dataset 1002 (DS1002) contains the data from the Youth (and Parent) Questionnaire. This file contains 1,228 variables and 13,651 cases.Dataset 2001 (DS2001) contains the data from the Wave 2 Adult Questionnaire. This data file contains 2,197 variables and 28,362 cases. Of these cases, 26,447 also completed a Wave 1 Adult Questionnaire. The other 1,915 cases are "aged-up adults" having previously completed a Wave 1 Youth Questionnaire. Dataset 2002 (DS2002) contains the data from the Wave 2 Youth (and Parent) Questionnaire. This data file contains 1,389 variables and 12,172 cases. Of these cases, 10,081 also completed a Wave 1 Youth Questionnaire. The other 2,091 cases are "aged-up youth" having previously been sampled as "shadow youth." Each case in an Adult data file represents a single, completed interview. Each case in a Youth data file represents one youth and his or her parent's responses about that youth. Parents who provided permission for their child to participate in a Youth Interview were asked to complete a brief interview about their child. In both waves of data collection, less than 0.5 percent of the parents did not complete an interview. Most questions are asked in reference to the child. In Wave 1, about 88 percent of the "parent" respondents were the biological mother or father. When multiple youth from the same household were selected to be in the study, the parent(s) completed separate interviews about each youth. If one parent completed two or more interviews, that parent only answered questions about himself/herself once. Those questions were then skipped in the subsequent interview(s) for the other child(ren) and the responses duplicated in that child(ren)'s data file(s).

《烟草与健康人口评估》（PATH）研究最初对45,971名成年人和青少年受访者进行了调查。该研究于2011年启动，旨在为食品药品监督管理局（FDA）根据《家庭吸烟预防与烟草控制法案》（TCA）实施的监管活动提供信息。PATH研究由国家药物滥用研究所（NIDA）、国家卫生研究院（NIH）和食品药品监督管理局（FDA）下的烟草产品中心（CTP）共同开展。研究从美国超过150,000个邮寄地址中抽取样本，以构建烟草使用者和非使用者的全国性样本。这45,971名个体构成了该纵向队列研究首次（基线）数据收集的参与者。受访者被要求在每个后续波次完成一次访谈。在当前数据收集波次中达到18岁的青少年被视为“成年化成人”，并被邀请完成成人访谈。此外，7,207名在第一波次中抽取的9至11岁“影子青少年”在12岁时，在获得父母同意后加入研究时，被视为“成年化青少年”。请参阅提供有关这些被指定为“影子青少年”的儿童进一步详细信息的《公共使用文件用户指南》。在每个后续数据收集波次中，样本青少年的父母被邀请完成一份关于其子女的简要父母访谈。数据集0001（DS0001）包含了主链接文件的数据。此文件包含4个变量和53,178个案例。该文件提供了每个受访者在每个波次中独特识别号码及其受访者类型的总清单。数据集1001（DS1001）包含了第一波次成人问卷的数据。此数据文件包含1,732个变量和32,320个案例。每个案例代表一次单独完成的访谈。数据集1002（DS1002）包含了青少年（及父母）问卷的数据。此文件包含1,228个变量和13,651个案例。这些案例中，10,081个案例也完成了第一波次的青少年问卷。其余2,091个案例是先前完成第一波次青少年问卷的“成年化青少年”。数据集2001（DS2001）包含了第二波次成人问卷的数据。此数据文件包含2,197个变量和28,362个案例。在这些案例中，26,447个案例也完成了第一波次的成人问卷。其余1,915个案例是先前完成第一波次青少年问卷的“成年化成人”。数据集2002（DS2002）包含了第二波次青少年（及父母）问卷的数据。此数据文件包含1,389个变量和12,172个案例。在这些案例中，10,081个案例也完成了第一波次的青少年问卷。其余2,091个案例是先前作为“影子青少年”抽取的“成年化青少年”。成人数据文件中的每个案例代表一次单独完成的访谈。青少年数据文件中的每个案例代表一个青少年及其父母对该青少年的回应。允许其子女参加青少年访谈的父母被要求完成一份关于其子女的简要访谈。在两个数据收集波次中，不到0.5%的父母没有完成访谈。大多数问题都是针对儿童的。在第一波次中，大约88%的“父母”受访者是生物学上的母亲或父亲。当同一家庭中有多个青少年被选中参与研究时，父母将分别对每个青少年完成访谈。如果一个父母完成了两次或更多次的访谈，则该父母只回答关于自己的一次问题。这些问题随后在后续访谈中被其他孩子跳过，并在该孩子的数据文件中重复响应。