The US National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS‐R): design and field procedures

The National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) is a survey of the prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in the US that was carried out between February 2001 and April 2003. Interviews were administered face-to-face in the homes of respondents, who were selected from a nationally representative multi-stage clustered area probability sample of households. A total of 9,282 interviews were completed in the main survey and an additional 554 short non-response interviews were completed with initial non-respondents. This paper describes the main features of the NCS-R design and field procedures, including information on fieldwork organization and procedures, sample design, weighting and considerations in…

• RW
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Awards: 044708, Grant 044708
• HU
  Harvard University
• MS
  Michigan State University
• JH
  Johns Hopkins University
• UO
  University of Pittsburgh
• SA
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• CO
  College of Engineering, Michigan State University
• NI
  National Institute of Mental Health

  Awards: U01-MH60220, MH60220
• NI
  National Institute on Drug Abuse