RT Research Data
T1 National Health Examination Survey, Cycle I, 1959-1962: Body Measurements
LA English
PP Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar
PB [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
YR 1989
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/190280015X
AB The National Health Examination Surveys, Cycle I (NHES I), conducted during the period 1959-1962, were designed to secure statistics on the health status of the population of the United States. More specifically, their purpose was to determine the prevalence of certain chronic diseases, the status of dental health, and the distributions of auditory and visual acuity and certain anthropometric measurements. This collection contains data relating to the physical measurements of each examined person. Eighteen measurements of body size were taken including right arm girth, chest girth, waist girth, right arm skinfold, right infrascapular skinfold, height, weight, sitting normal height, sitting erect height, knee height.
K1 body height
K1 body weight
K1 chronic illnesses
K1 dental health
K1 eyesight
K1 health behavior
K1 health history
K1 health status
K1 hearing (physiology)
K1 medical evaluation
K1 physical characteristics
K1 Physical Health
K1 testing and measurement
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.3886/ICPSR09203.v1