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Sample Design

Overview
    The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) is a telephone survey that uses a random-digit-dial (RDD) design for a sample that is representative of the state's population.
Geographic groups
    CHIS data can be analyzed at the county level for the state's 41 most populated counties. The remaining 17 counties are combined into 3 different groups. See numbers below.
Age groups
    CHIS asks questions that are shared across age groups and also some questions that are unique to only one age group: children (0-11 years of age), adolescents (12-17 years of age), and adults (18 years and older). See numbers below.
Race/ethnicity groups
    By including disproportionately higher sampling of many ethnic groups, the CHIS data has greater ability to report on racial/ethnic differences. See numbers below.



CHIS 2005
Sample Size by County and Race/Ethnicity (PDF, 311k)
See actual sample numbers by county and by race, for each age group.

Sample Design Description (PDF, 55k)
Read the design plan for achieving this survey cycle's sampling goals.


CHIS 2003
Sample Size by County and Race/Ethnicity (PDF, 181k)
See actual sample numbers by county and by race, for each age group.

Sample Design Description (PDF, 176k)
Read the design plan for achieving this survey cycle's sampling goals.


CHIS 2001
Sample Size by County (PDF, 305k)
See actual sample numbers by county, for each age group.

Sample Size by Race/Ethnicity (PDF, 308k)
See actual sample numbers by race/ethnicity, for each age group.

Sample Design Description (PDF, 187k)
Read the design plan for achieving this survey cycle's sampling goals.






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