Survey Research
This blog documents the expected 2025 releases of data from many federal health-related surveys and the data's current status—published (on-time or delayed); not yet published; or status remains uncertain.
As a complement to our Survey Data Finder, this blog provides very brief, one- or two-paragraph summaries of each of the surveys included, to help users of the tool to better understand the main focus and specifics that may make them particularly well-suited to certain uses in comparison to other… Read more
This blog reviews SHADAC analysis of 2024 American Community Survey (ACS) data on health insurance coverage rates, including detail by state, age group, and coverage type.
The following blog post and infographic explores newly released 2024 Current Population Survey (CPS) data, including changes in national-level health insurance coverage rates by demographic characteristics such as age, employment, race/ethnicity, immigration status, poverty status, and Medicaid… Read more
Children’s health surveys allow public health researchers to better understand the health and health-related issues facing the U.S. population, and how survey data can be effectively used to address these concerns in both the short- and long-term. Learn more in this blog.
In response to uncertainty about whether the federal government may eliminate or scale back important surveys, SHADAC has undertaken a new project called State Alternatives for Health Data Continuity, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Learn more about the project in this blog.
This issue of gaps in care for teen health and young adults was the focus of a recent research study by SHADAC Research Fellow Robert Hest and SHADAC co-founder Kathleen Call published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
In late June 2025, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released health insurance coverage estimates for 2024 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). SHADAC analysis shows that public coverage fell with private and uninsurance holding steady. Learn the details in this blog.
This Basics Blog explores health care costs and affordability by defining key terms and summarizing how some of the most recent state-level household surveys are asking health care consumers about these topics.
Discrimination in health care settings is an understudied factor in health care access and health outcomes, particularly for mental health. Even fewer studies have looked specifically at the intersections of multiple forms of unfair treatment in relation to provider discrimination, health care… Read more