Misclassification of Rental Assistance in the National Health Interview Survey: Evidence and Implications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Federal surveys could play a role in measuring the association of rental assistance and health and in identifying the health needs of the assisted population. However, self-reports of rental assistance could be biased. Our objective was to assess the accuracy of reported rental assistance in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

Methods

We conducted a record-check study of reports of US Department of Housing and Urban Development rental assistance in the 2004-2012 NHIS, using survey responses linked to administrative records. Misclassification measures were limited to the false-negative rate because the survey ascertained participation in all rental assistance programs, but the administrative data pertained only to US Department of Housing and Urban Develop

SUBMITTER: Boudreaux M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657342 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature