Learn about all the data collection operations for the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The report details the sampling, counting, and listing operations; field staffing and training; preparation of survey materials; data collection (both in-person and web); and quality control practices. It also includes information on the results of data collection, including detailed response rates.

This is the data collection final report to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The report documents sampling operations, counting and listing operations, data collection staffing, preparation of survey materials, field staff training, data collection procedures, response rates, and quality control procedures.

This is the data collection final report to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).

This is the data collection final report to the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).

NSDUH is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency of the U.S. Public Health Service in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. SAMHSA contracted with RTI Internationalto conduct activities including sampling, counting and listing, screening, interviewing, data processing, and reporting. This report examines the preparations and procedures used in carrying out the data collection tasks and also presents the results of data collection. This report addresses the following topics relating to data collection for the 2013 NSDUH: Sampling and Counting and Listing Operations, Data Collection Staffing, Preparation of Survey Materials, Field Staff Training, Data Collection, Data Collection Results, and Quality Control.

This report summarizes the 2018 NSDUH methods and other supporting information relevant to estimates of substance use and mental health issues, and organized into five chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the report. Chapter 2 describes the survey, including information about the sample design; data collection procedures; and key aspects of data processing, such as development of analysis weights. Chapter 3 presents technical details on the statistical methods and measurement, such as suppression criteria for unreliable estimates, statistical testing procedures, and issues for selected substance use and mental health measures. Chapter 4 covers special topics related to prescription psychotherapeutic drugs. Chapter 5 describes other sources of data on substance use and mental health issues, including data sources for populations outside the NSDUH target population. Appendix A is a glossary that covers key definitions for use as a resource with the 2018 NSDUH reports and detailed tables. Appendix B provides a list of contributors to the report.

Learn how to produce basic estimates with the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The report describes the techniques that were used to make the 2021 NSDUH Detailed Tables and the 2021 NSDUH Annual National Report, but users may also find these techniques useful for their own research with NSDUH. The report describes the calculation of estimates and sampling errors, degrees of freedom, and the procedures for determining when low-precision estimates should be suppressed. It also includes sample code in several statistical languages that data users can modify to use in their own research.Chapters:Introduction to the report.Background on the survey design, including redesign and questionnaire changes.Prevalence estimates and how they were calculated, including specifics on various topics presented in the detailed tables.Discussion of how missing item responses of variables that are not imputed may lead to biased estimates.Discussion of sampling errors and how they were calculated.Description of degrees of freedom and how they were used to compare estimates.Discussion of how the statistical significance of differences between estimates was determined.Discussion of confidence interval estimation.Discussion of when estimates with low precision were suppressed.Appendix A contains code samples for various statistical procedures documented within the report.

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 short report summarizes the type of national-, State-, and substate-level publications and methodologies using National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Information on accessing the NSDUH public-use file (PUF), the restricted-use data analysis system (R-DAS), and other future NSDUH data access options are discussed.

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.