Learn about the sample design used for the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The report describes the five stages of sample selection, sample weighting and variance estimation procedures, and the Mental Illness Calibration Study sample design.Chapters:Introduces the report, describes the target population, and provides a general overview of the 2023 NSDUH sample design.Summarizes the 2014 through 2023 coordinated sample design.Discusses the first three stages of selection in greater detail.Describes the 2023 NSDUH hybrid field enumeration and address-based sampling frame.Discusses the fourth and fifth stages of selection.Describes sample weighting and variance estimation procedures for 2023.Summarizes the sample design for the Mental Illness Calibration Study.

This report describes the sampling design for the 2015 NSDUH.

This report describes the sample design for the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). It describes the target population and the five stages of sample selection, including the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It also includes information on sample weighting and variance estimation procedures for the 2021 NSDUH.Chapter 1 introduces the report, describes the target population, provides a general overview of the 2021 NSDUH sample design, and summarizes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2021 NSDUH. Chapter 2 summarizes the 2014 through 2022 coordinated design, while Chapter 3 discusses the first three stages of selection in greater detail. Chapter 4 describes the fourth and fifth stages of selection. Finally, Chapter 5 describes sample weighting and variance estimation procedures for 2021.The document is available as a PDF.

This report describes the design and estimation procedures to the supplemental Mental Health Surveillance Study (MHSS) data collection to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The report describes instruments used in measuring mental illness, sample design and selection (including the MHSS clinical sample characteristics), data collection and processing, weighting, nonresponse adjustment, and the development of the model for estimating mental illness.

This report describes the design and estimation procedures to the supplemental Mental Health Surveillance Study data collection to the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).

A coordinated sample design was developed for the 2014 through 2017 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs). The multiyear design consists of a deeply stratified, multistage area probability design. The 2014 sample design is thoroughly documented in the 2014 NSDUH sample design report (Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2015a). The goal of this report is to further document the 2014 NSDUH sample experiences, including a comparison of actual sample yields to state and quarter targets, a comparison of achieved and expected design effects (DEFFs) and relative standard errors (RSEs), and documentation of any issues encountered during sample implementation. In addition, any unforeseen issues related to the 2014 sample redesign will be documented.

This report describes the statistical inference procedures used to produce design-based estimates for the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). These design-based estimates are presented in the 2012 national findings report detailed tables, as well as the 2012 mental health findings report and detailed tables. The report covers missingness rates, sampling error, degrees of freedom, statistical significance differences, confidence intervals, incidence estimates, and suppression of estimates with low precision.

This National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) methodological report examines the feasibiilty and impacts of a variety of sample design changes on survey costs and data precision.

This report describes the supplemental Mental Health Surveillance Study data collection to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The MHSS staffing, data collection procedures and materials, data collection staff training, response rates, and quality control procedures.

This is the 2016 NSDUH Sample Design Report.