. "Appendix B: Gaps Analysis of Measures of Children's Health and Influences on Children's Health in Select National Surveys." Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2004.
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Children’s Health, The Nation’s Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health
NSFH
ECLS-K
ECLS-B
NHES
NSECH
NS-CSHCN
2001–2002
2002
2001
2003
2000
2000–2002
1987–1988
1998–1999
2001
1991
2000
2000–2002
NICHD/ NIA
NCES
NCES
NCES
CDC/AAP
MCHB
3 waves: 5 and 8 years
Fall and Spring K and 1st. Spring 3rd and 5th.
5 waves: 9 months to 6 years
Approx. every 2 years
One time
One time
L
L
L
CS
CS
CS
N = 2,500 children
N = 22,000 children
N = 10,700 children
Varies: N = 7,000–
N = 2,068 children
N = 37,500 children
22,000
<18 years
5–10 years
9 months to 6 years
Varies: but always includes <18 years
4–35 months
<18 years
Child and adult
Adult, child, school records
Adult, child, child care provider, observation, and birth certificate
Adult and adolescent
Adult
Adult
CS = Cross-sectional study design
L = Longitudinal study design
aPrior to 1996, the MEPS was conducted in 1977 and 1987.
bThe NSLY was started in 1979 with an original cohort of 12,686 children ages 14–22 that was interviewed annually until 1994. In this review, we focus only on a more recent and separate NSLY cohort study that began in 1997.
