Vital and Health Statistics; Series 11, No. 37 (8/70)

NATIONAL

CENTER

For HEALTH

STATISTICS

a,nd

VITAL

DATA

FROM

THE

HEALTH

Series.11

I Number

STATXSTICS

NATIONAL

HEALTH

SURVEY

PROPERWOFTHE

PUBLICATIONS

BRANCh

EDITORIAL

LIBRARY

SelectedSymptomso f

Distress

Psychological

UnitedStates

Frequencies of specified complaints, and an analysis of differentials

by sex, race, and age, and by other demographic characteristics.

U.S.

DEPARTMENT

OF

HEALTH,

Public

Health

Rockvil

Services

le,

Md.

Health

and Mental

EDUCATION,

AND

WELFARE

Service

Health

Administration

August

1970

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR H,EALTHSTATISTICS

THEODORE D. WOOLSEY, Director

PHILIP

OSWALD

WALT

K. SAGEN,

R. SIMMONS,

S. LAWRENCE,

Ph.?.,,

MA.,

Assistant

Assistant

Sc.D.,, Associate

Director

Director

JAMES

Ifedical

E. KELLY,

EDWARD

MARGERY

/or Health

for Research

,

Director

D.D.S.,,

E. MINTY,

Statistics

and Scientific

Development

Consultant

Dental

Executive

R. CUNNINGHAM,

Development

Advisor

O//icer

Information

O//icer

DIVISIONOF HEALTHEXAMlNATlONSTATISTICS

ARTHUR

PAUL

HENRY

PETER

T. BRUYERE,

W. MILLER,

JAMES

Chief,

T. BAIRD,

V. V. HAMILL,

ARNOLD

JAMES

M.D.,

M.D.,

Director

Assistant

Operations

Jr., Chief,

ENGEL,

HAROLD

J. MCDOWELL,

M.D.,

E. KELLY,

J. DUPUY,

COOPERATION

and Qu.aIity

Analysis

Medical

D.D.S.,

Ph.D.,

OF THE

Control

and Reports

Advisor,

Medical

Director

Children

Adult

Dental

Advisor

BUREAU

Branch

G Youth Program

Advisor,

Psychological

Branch

Program

Advisor

OF THE CENSUS

In accordance with specifications

established by the

sation¡¯al Health Survey, the Bureau of the Census, under a

contractual agreement, participated in the design and selcc?

tion of the sample, and carried out the first stage of the field

interviewing and certain parts of the statistical processing.

Public

Health

Library

Service

o/ Congress

Publication

Catalog

No.

1000~Series

Card Number

11-No.

72-605826

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CONTENTS

Page

Introduction

________________________________________------------------

The

History

Medical

Questio~aire----

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1

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___--________

-_ ____

The Symptoms of Psychological Distress-----------------------------Findings

___________-____________________________--------------------Sex, Race, andAge------------------------------------------------Other

Demographic

Variables

_______--

-- ________

- ____________________

Education---------------------------------------------------------Income-----------------------------------------------------------a-&al

Usual

Status-----------------------------------------------------Activity

Status

-____

___ ___ __ _ _- __ -- ____

__ --___---_

____-

______

Occupation--------------------------------------------------------Industry----------------------------------------------------------Geographic

Population

place

Region-------------------------------------------------Size----------------------------------------------------Description--------------------------------------------------

Demographic Characteristics

Reported

Nervous

of Each Symptom--------------------------

Breakdown----------------------------------------

Feelings of an Impending Nervous Br$akdown------------------------Nervousness------------------------------------------------------Psychological Inertia----------------------------------------------Insomnia _________________3______________________-----------------Hand Trembling---------------------------------------------------Nightmares--------------------------------------------------------

Perspiring Hands--------------------------------------------------Fainting-----------------------------------------------------------

Headaches--------------------------------------------------------Dizziness--------------------------------------------------------Heart Palpitations--------------------------------------------------

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Symptom Differences by Race Within Sex and Demographic

Variables-----------------------------------------------------------

14

Nervous Breakdown by Sex, Age, and Education ---------------------------

14

Summary

ad Discussion-----------------------------------------------

15

References-----------------------------------------------------------

18

Detailed Tables-------------------------------------------------------

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CONTENTS-Con.

Page

iv

1. Statistical Notes ________________________________________Appendix

The Survey Design----------------------------------~--------------Reliability--------------------------------------------------------Sampling and Measurement Error _-___________-______________________

Expected Values---------------------------------------------------Small Numbers----------------------------------------------------Tests of Significance __________-_____________________________--------

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4.2

Appendix

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11. Demographic

Terms _____________________________________

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