This data set was preserved and included in the archives of the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (AMRL) by Charles Clauser and John McConville. The archive was called the AMRL Data Bank Library and the data were originally stored on 9 mm magnetic tapes and in a standardized format in Fortran Code.
NHANES II WAS CONDUCTED ON A NATIONWIDE PROBABILITY SAMPLE OF APPROX. 6598 WOMEN,AGES 18-74 YEARS,FROM THE CIVILIAN,NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SURVEY STARTED IN FEBRUARY 1976 AND WAS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY 1980. THE NHANES II SAMPLE WAS SELECTED SO THAT CERTAIN POPULATION GROUPS THOUGHT TO BE AT HIGH RISK OF MALNUTRITION (PERSONS WITH LOW INCOMES AND THE ELDERLY) WERE OVERSAMPLED. ADJUSTED SAMPLING WEIGHTS WERE THEN COMPUTED FOR 76 AGE, SEX, AND RACE CATEGORIES IN ORDER TO INFLATE THE SAMPLE IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO CLOSELY REFLECT THE ESTIMATED CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED U.S. POPULATION AGES 18-74 YEARS AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE SURVEY (MARCH 1,1978). A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DESIGN, CONTENT, QUESTIONNAIRES, AND OPERATION OF NHANES II IS PROVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING REPORT: PLAN AND OPERATION OF THE SECOND HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY, 1976-1980, DHHS PUB. NO. (PHS) 81-1317, SERIES 1, NO. 15, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402. THE STOCK NUMBER IS 017-022-00752-5.
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BITROCHANTERIC BR
ELBOW BR RIGHT
ELBOW BR LEFT
UPPER ARM GIRTH R
UPPER ARM GIRTH L
TRICEPS SKINFOLD R
TRICEPS SKINFOLD L
SUBSCAP SKINFOLD R
SUBSCAP SKINFOLD L
SITTING HEIGHT
WEIGHT IN LBS
HEIGHT IN CM
AGE IN YEARS
RACE
NATURAL ORIGIN
EDUCATION LEVEL
HANDEDNESS