Table 1.
Key National Datasets Measuring Health of Latino Children (0–18)a
| Dataset Name | Data Type | Primary Respondent | Children’s Ages | Year(s) Started | Hispanic Sample Sizeb |
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| National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) | annual cross section | parent | 0–18 | 1957 | 4,041 |
| National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)c | annual cross section | parent | 0–17 | 1999 | 852 |
| National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) | cross section every 4 years d | parent | 0–17 | 2003 | 3,622 |
| National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) | annual cross section | child | 12–17 | 1971 | 3,012 |
| Monitoring the Future Studye | annual cross section | child | 12–18 | 2006 | 9,160 |
| Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) | biennial cross section | child | 14–18 | 1991 | 3,636 |
| Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study (FFCWS)c,f,g | 15-year longitudinal | parent | Birth (0) | 1998–00 | 930 |
| Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)g | 6-year longitudinal | child | 9 months | 2001–02 | 2,200 |
| Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K)g | 9-year longitudinal | child | 4–6 | 1998–99 | 941 |
| Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K:2011)g | 6-year longitudinal | child | 4–6 | 2010–11 | 4,832 |
| National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Study (Add Health)c,f,g | 24-year longitudinal | child | 12–18 | 1994–95 | 3,525 |
| National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort (NLSY97)f,g | 20-year longitudinal | child | 12–17 | 1997 | 1,901 |
Notes:
We do not include information in the table from single cross-sections which have not been repeated or longitudinal cohorts established prior to 1990.
Child’s race/ethnicity, reported by primary respondent. Sample sizes are for children only. For longitudinal studies, the age of children and sample size reflect the sample at the start of data collection. For cross-sectional studies, the sample size is an estimated sample for the most recent cross-section.
Includes direct measures of biomarkers, e.g., height; weight; blood pressure; blood, saliva, and urine samples.
Since 2016, data have been collected annually.
Though the study began collecting data in 1975, race/ethnicity data were not collected until 2006.
ongoing longitudinal study.
Includes in-person developmental / cognitive testing.