2014 NSDUH MRB Sample Design Report

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 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.

Use this summary report to properly interpret 2021 NSDUH estimates of substance use and mental health issues. The report accompanies theannual detailed tablesand covers overall methodology, key definitions for measures and terms used in 2021 NSDUH reports and tables, and selected analyses of the measures and how they should be interpreted.The report is organized into six chapters:Introduction.Description of the survey, including information about the sample design, data collection procedures, and key aspects of data processing such as development of the analysis weights. The report also includes methodological changes and related issues in the 2021 NSDUH due to COVID-19.Technical details on the statistical methods and measurement, such as suppression criteria for unreliable estimates, statistical testing procedures, issues around selected substance use and mental health measures, and the impact of methodological changes on response rates.Special topics related to prescription psychotherapeutic drugs.A comparison between NSDUH and other sources of data on substance use and mental health issues, including data sources for populations outside the NSDUH target population.A more in-depth view of special methodological issues for the 2021 NSDUH, including the results of special analyses that led SAMHSA to not compare estimates from 2021 to estimates from previous years.An appendix covers key definitions used in NSDUH reports and tables.

The impact of the 2015 questionnaire changes on relevant key variables are assessed in this report.

Use this summary report to properly interpret 2019 NSDUH estimates of substance use and mental health issues. The report accompanies theannual detailed tablesand covers overall methodology, key definitions for measures and terms used in 2019 NSDUH reports and tables, and selected analyses of the measures and how they should be interpreted.The report is organized into five chapters:Introduction.Description of the survey, including information about the sample design, data collection procedures, and key aspects of data processing such as development of the analysis weights.Technical details on the statistical methods and measurement, such as suppression criteria for unreliable estimates, statistical testing procedures, issues around data accuracy, and measurement issues for selected substance use and mental health measures.Special topics related to prescription psychotherapeutic drugs.A comparison between NSDUH and other sources of data on substance use and mental health issues, including data sources for populations outside the NSDUH target population.An appendix covers key definitions used in NSDUH reports and tables.

These are the household screening specifications to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).

2015-2016 NSDUH: Other Sources of State-Level Data

2018 NSDUH Screening specifications

Publications Using SAMHSA DataMaine: 2010-2012 NSDUH substate estimates