title: Overview of the sampling design and statistical methods used in the National Immunization Survey.
abstract: Abstract: The National Immunization Survey (NIS) is a large federally funded survey designed to estimate vaccination coverage rates for children residing in the United States aged 19 to 35 months. In 1999, over 8 million telephone call attempts were made to obtain provider-reported vaccination histories on 22,521 children in the age range of interest.
authors.affiliation: National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. pzs6@cdc.gov
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Huggins
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hoaglin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodén
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khare
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ezzati-Rice
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007223:Infant; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods; D013689:Telephone; D014481:United States; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data