Table 2.

Sample Design Parameters for New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2004

No. of Eligible Adults in House-hold	No. of Households in New York City	Adult Population in New York City	No. of Eligible Adults Selected in Household	Estimated No. of Households With Completed Eligibility Questionnaires	Sampling Rate Used to Designate Households for Sampled Adult Selectiona	Overall Proposed  Sampling Rate for Selecting Adults	Esti-mated No. of Selected House-holds With Sampled Adults	Esti-mated No. of Sampled Adults
1	1,170,514	1,170,514	1	1101	0.000588	0.0005	550	550
2	1,677,047	3,354,095	1	1577	0.001175	0.0005	1577	1577
3	260,158	780,473	2	245	0.000881	0.0005	183	366
4	66,613	266,451	2	63	0.001175	0.0005	63	126
≥5	20,173	100,865	2	19	0.001175	0.0004	19	38
Group quartersb	b	182,430	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3,194,505	5,854,828	—	3004	—	—	2392	2657

^aRates were inflated to account for expected screener nonresponse of 20%. During the sample design process, it was found that a reduction in screener nonresponse could be realized by reducing the rate for households with five or more eligible persons to 0.001175 (the maximum among other household sizes), with a negligible loss of statistical efficiency.

^bAdults living in certain group quarters were excluded from the survey, such as adults living in college dormitories and military or other noninstitutional group quarters.