NHIS-D Studies

Studies on Persons with Developmental Disabilities in the 1994-1995
Disability Supplement to the National Health Interview Survey
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Book Announcement - "Using Survey Data to Study Disability: Results from the National Health Interview Survey on Disability"
Published in 2003, this volume contains 16 exciting chapters covering a variety of topics that add not only to our information about persons with disabilities, but also serve as a useful guide to using the extensive NHIS-D data set to address the numerous questions about the characteristics and needs of people with disabilities.
For more information or to order, go here.
  •Statistical Analyses Based on the National Health Interview Survey on Disability: A Bibliography and Summary of Findings (PDF) - This annotated bibliography contains a summary of research publications based on original analyses of data from the 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey on Disability. This bibliography describes 112 articles that were grouped in six categories: methods; assistive technology and personal assistance services; policy issues; populations of special interest; types of disability; and out of scope. Key findings are briefly summarized in each area. (2005); File Size: 141 KB


DD Data Brief - A series summarizing analyses of the 1994/1995 National Health Interview Survey-Disability Supplement.
  •Characteristics of Aging Caregivers in the NHIS-D (PDF) - Volume 8, Number 1 (2006); File Size: 101 KB
  •Mothers with Disabilities – Characteristics and Outcomes: An Analysis from the 1994/1995 NHIS-D (PDF) - Volume 7, Number 3 (2005); File Size: 110 KB
  •Social Activities of Non-Institutionalized Adults in the NHIS-D: Gender, Age, and Disability Differences (PDF) - Volume 7, Number 2 (2005); File Size: 83 KB
  •Problems in Defining Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability: Using the National Health Interview Survey (PDF) - Volume 7, Number 1 (2005); File Size: 62 KB
  •Response Patterns Among Adult Respondents with Mental Retardation in the National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2002 (PDF) - Volume 6, Number 2 (2004); File Size: 113 KB
  •Gender, Age and Disability Differences in Functional Limitations for Non-Institutionalized Adults in the NHIS-D (PDF) - Volume 6, Number 1 (2004); File Size: 92 KB
  •Service Use by and Needs of Adults with Functional Limitations or ID/DD in the NHIS-D; Difference by Age Gender and Disability (PDF) - Volume 5, Number 2 (2003); File Size: 117 KB
  •Health Insurance Coverage and Health Care Experiences of Persons with Developmental Disabilities in the NHIS-D (PDF) - Volume 5, Number 1 (2003); File Size: 127 KB
  •Children with Disabilities: Social Roles and Family Impacts in the NHIS-D (PDF) - Volume 4, Number 1 (2002); File Size: 80 KB
  •Functional Limitations of Adults in the U.S. Non-Institutionalized Population: NHIS-D Analysis (PDF) - Volume 3, Number 3 (2001); File Size: 106 KB
  •Demographic Characteristics of Persons with MR/DD Living in Their Own Homes or With Family Members: NHIS-D Analysis (PDF) - Volume 3, Number 2 (2001); File Size: 87 KB
  •Characteristics of and Service Use by Persons with MR/DD Living in Their Own Homes or With Family Members: NHIS-D Analysis (PDF) - Volume 3, Number 1 (2001); File Size: 75 KB
  •Prevalence of Mental Retardation and/Developmental Disabilities: Analysis of the 1994/1995 NHIS-D (PDF) - Volume 2, Number 1 (2000); File Size: 76 KB


  •NHIS-D Fact Sheets - These Fact Sheets are based on the preliminary analysis of the characteristics and needs of people with mental retardation or developmental disabilities (MR/DD) from the National Health Interview Survey-Disability Supplement (NHIS-D). They are updated regularly as additional analyses are done.
  •Poverty Status of Non-Institutionalized People with MR/DD
  •Prevalence of MR/DD in Non-Institutionalized People by Age
  •Marital Status of Non-Institutionalized People
  •Prevalence Estimates of ID/DD Among Young Children from the NHIS-D


This research is funded by The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education, through a Cooperative Agreement (No. H133A60051) with The Center on Emergent Disability, University of Illinois at Chicago; through a NIDRR Field-Initiated Grant (No. H133G80082) to The Research and Training Center on Community Living at the University of Minnesota; and through support of the RISP project provided by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (Grant No. 90DN0028/01). Funding for this publication is provided through a NIDRR Cooperative Agreement (No. H133B980047) with the Research and Training Center on Community Living, University of Minnesota.