National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of Methodological Studies, 1971–2014 [Internet]

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Background: This report provides a comprehensive summary of methodological research conducted on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Studies have addressed sampling, counting and listing operations, questionnaire design, data collection procedures, editing and imputation procedures, nonresponse, and statistical analysis techniques associated with the survey.

Method: The publications summarized in this report were compiled through an extensive search of archives and databases. The report is organized into chapters based on year of publication from 1975 to 2014. In each chapter, publication summaries are sorted alphabetically by the last name of the first author.

Results: Methodological research has been critical to the NSDUH project, providing information to identify and quantify survey errors, to guide redesign efforts, and to develop more efficient survey processes.

Conclusion: This research is of great value to users of NSDUH data who need to understand the impact of method effects on their own studies. The NSDUH body of methodological research also will be useful to those responsible for managing large-scale surveys or designing new surveys, particularly if they will collect substance use data.