Sensitive and Geo-Coded Data

An important source of confidential and geo-coded data.
The Data Access Center, based at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provides researchers with access to confidential data files in a secure, controlled environment that protects the confidentiality of respondents.

The CHIS files available in the Data Access Center contain detailed geographic identifiers and full demographic descriptions for the survey respondents. The files also include highly sensitive information (e.g., sexual behaviors) that has been specifically excluded from the freely available CHIS Public Use Data Files.

Researchers can analyze data remotely by using the programming services of the DAC staff or can write their own programming code and e-mail it to the DAC programmers. Researchers can also schedule time to work on site as guest researchers, where they have access to statistical, programming, and consulting services offered by the DAC.

If you are a researcher who would like to utilize the DAC, please submit an application for review by the CHIS Data Disclosure Review Committee and by the CHIS Principal Investigator.

Click here to view the UCLA Data Access Center Fact Sheet (PDF document)

Data Access Center
Phone: (310) 794-8319
E-mail: dacchpr@ucla.edu