Public Use Dataset

HINTS data are available for public use. Please note that you must download the dataset using My Toolkit and that you must consent to a Terms of Use agreement.

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HINTS 2007 Dataset, updated February 2009

CATI (Phone) completes: 3,767
CATI (Phone) partial completes: 325
Total CATI (Phone): 4,092
Partial completes were defined as cases where the respondent completed the first section (Health Communications) of the interview, but did not reach the end of the survey instrument.

Mail completes: 3,473
Mail partial completes: 109
Total Mail: 3,582
A questionnaire was considered to be complete if at least 80% of sections A, B, and C were filled in.  To be considered partially complete, a questionnaire had to have between 50% and 79% of these sections filled.  

• SAS data and supporting documents:  
• STATA data and supporting documents:  
• SPSS data and supporting documents:  

 

HINTS 2005 Dataset, updated June 2006

The full dataset (n=5586) includes respondents who completed the entire interview (Completes: n=5394) plus those who completed the Health Communication and General Cancer Questions only (Partial Completes: n=192).

• SAS data and supporting documents:  
• SPSS data and supporting documents:  

HINTS 2003 Dataset, updated June 2006

The full dataset (n=6369) includes respondents who completed the entire interview (Completes: n=6149) plus those who completed the Health Communication and General Cancer Questions only (Partial Completes: n=220).

• SAS data and supporting documents:  
• SPSS data and supporting documents:  

 

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For additional information about using HINTS data contact Richard Moser, Ph.D. (HINTS Data Coordinator) moserr@mail.nih.gov