Demography/Sociology

FSRDC data are becoming widely used in cutting edge research in demography and sociology. The FSRDC provides access to restricted data from key surveys used by demographers and sociologists, including the National Health Interview Surveys, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, National Survey of Family Growth, American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, National Longitudinal Mortality Study, and several data sets that link survey data with administrative records such as the National Death Index, Medicare enrollment and Claims data, and Social Security Administration Data. For further detail, see the list of the datasets available at the FSRDC. Some of the key advantages of the restricted data are information on geographic identifiers, detailed dates of interview, death and birth, detailed causes of death, greater detail on race, ethnicity and country of birth, income and employment data, and the ability to link data across surveys and administrative records. Below are some examples of published papers that are based on research utilizing restricted data available in FSRDC, grouped into those based on Restricted Demographic Data and those utilizing Restricted Data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Some of the examples below were prepared at the Texas FSRDC.

 

Examples of Projects Using Restricted Demographic Data

How Low Income Neighborhoods Change: Entry, Exit and Enhancement
  • Researchers: Ingrid Gould Ellen and Katherine O’Regan
  • Datasets: American Housing Survey, Decennial Census
  • Publication: Regional Science and Urban Economics, March 2011, pages 89-97
  • Reason for Using Restricted Data: Tract IDs
The Location of New Orleans Residents in the Year After Hurricane Katrina
  • Researchers: Narayan Sastry and Jesse Gregory
  • Datasets: American Community Survey
  • Publication: Demography, June 2015, pages 753-775
  • Reason for Using Restricted Data: Location of previous residence one year ago
More than One Million New American Indians in 2000: Who are They?
  • Researchers: Liebler, Carolyn A. and Timothy Ortyl
  • Datasets: The 1990 and 2000 full-count nonpublic decennial census microdata.
  • Publication: Demography, June 2014, pages 1101-30
  • Reason for Using Restricted Data: Full-count census data required

Other FSRDC Research Examples using US Census Bureau Data

 

Examples of Projects Using Restricted National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Data

Rethinking the Hispanic Paradox: The Mortality Experience of Mexican Immigrants in Traditional Gateways and New Destinations
  • Researcher: Andrew Fenelon
  • Dataset: Restricted-use National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)-Linked Mortality Files (LMF)
  • Publication: International Migration Review, Fall 2016, pages 1-33
  • Reason for Using Restricted Data: Required geographic data available only in the restricted-use file
Black-White Disparities in Adult Mortality: Implications for Differential Record Linkage for Understanding the Mortality Crossover
  • Researcher: Joseph T. Lariscy
  • Dataset: The 1986–2009 Restricted-use National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)-Linked Mortality Files (LMF)
  • Publication: Population Research and Policy Review, October 2016, pages 1-20
  • Reason for Using Restricted Data: Variables match class and match score are available only in restricted-use NHIS-LMF data
Disparities in Diabetes: The Nexus of Race, Poverty, and Place
  • Researchers: Darrell Gaskin, Roland Thorpe, Emma McGinty, Kelly Bower, Charles Rohde, J Hunter Young, Thomas LaVaist and List Dubay
  • Datasets: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Decennial Census
  • Publication: American Journal of Public Health, November 2014, pages 2147-55
  • Reason for Using Restricted Data: Individual health data not publicly available
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care among U.S. Adolescents
  • Researchers: May Lau, Hua Lin and Glenn Flores
  • Datasets: National Survey of Children’s Health
  • Publication: Health Services Research, October 2012, pages 2031-2059
  • Reason for Using Restricted Data: Individual health data not publicly available
Health Disparities and Infertility: Impacts of State-level Insurance Mandates
  • Researchers: Marianne Bitler, and Lucie Schmidt
  • Datasets: National Survey of Family Growth
  • Publication: Fertility and Sterility, April 2006, pages 858-865
  • Reason for Using Restricted Data: Individual health data not publicly available
Exposures to Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Respiratory Outcomes in Adults Using Two National Datasets: A Cross-sectional Study
  • Researchers: Keeve Nachman and Jennifer Parker
  • Datasets: National Health Interview Survey, EPA Air Data System (External- Linked using geocode)
  • Publication: Environmental Health, April 2012, pages 11:25
  • Reason for Using Restricted Data: Individual health data not publicly available

Other FSRDC Research Examples using Health Data