Overview of the sampling design and statistical methods used in the National Immunization Survey

Authors
Smith, PJ Battaglia, MP Huggins, VJ Hoaglin, DC Roden, AS Khare, M Ezzati-Rice, TM Wright, RA
Citation
Pj. Smith et al., Overview of the sampling design and statistical methods used in the National Immunization Survey, AM J PREV M, 20(4), 2001, pp. 17-24
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
ISSN journal
07493797 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Supplement
S
Pages
17 - 24
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-3797(200105)20:4<17:OOTSDA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The National Immunization Survey (NIS) is a large federally funded survey d esigned to estimate vaccination coverage rates for children residing in die United States aged 19 to 35 months. In 1999, over 8 million telephone call attempts were made to obtain provider-reported vaccination histories on 22 ,521 children in the age range of interest.