Annual Family Income

General Details:

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Annual Family Income
Steward:
PhenX
Definition:
Question asking the respondent for his or her family’s total family income from the last calendar year.
Registration Status:
Retired

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Designation:
Annual Family Income
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Designations:

Definition:
Question asking the respondent for his or her family’s total family income from the last calendar year.
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Definition:
The interviewer asks the respondent about his or her familys total income from all sources in the last calendar year. This is an open-ended question. Respondents who do not know or refuse to answer the first annual family income question are asked a series of bracketing questions to obtain the approximate amount.
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Reference Documents:

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Language Code:
en-us
Document:
Pleis, J., & Cohen, R. (2007). Impact of income bracketing on poverty measures used in the National Health Interview Survey’s Early Release Program: Preliminary data from the 2007 NHIS. Atlanta, GA: Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Language Code:
en-us
Document:
Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G) Data Shaper.

Properties:

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Derived Variables
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Poverty Rate: The participant and their family members are classified in terms of annual family income as a percent of the poverty level (usually classified as < or > poverty level, < or > 150% of poverty level, or < or > 300% of poverty level).
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Equipment Needs
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While the source instrument was developed to be administered by computer, the PhenX Working Group acknowledges these questions can be administered in a noncomputerized format (i.e., paper-and-pencil instrument). Computer software is necessary to develop computer-assisted instruments. The interviewer will require a laptop computer or handheld computer to administer a computer-assisted questionnaire.
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Keywords
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Demographics, income, poverty, poverty rate, National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, National Health Interview Survey, NHIS
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Language
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English, Spanish
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Life Stage
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Infant, Toddler, Child, Adolescent, Adult, Senior, Pregnancy
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Mode Of Administration
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Interviewer-administered questionnaire
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Participants
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A person age 18 years or older who can provide information about family members who live in the household.
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Personnel And Training Required
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The interviewer must be trained to conduct personal interviews with individuals from the general population. The interviewer must be trained and found to be competent (i.e., tested by an expert) at the completion of personal interviews.* The interviewer should be trained to prompt respondents further if a "don’t know" response is provided.* There are multiple modes to administer this question (e.g., paper-and-pencil and computer-assisted interviews).
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Process And Review
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The Expert Review Panel #2 (ERP 2) reviewed the measures in the Demographics, Environmental Exposures, and Social Environments domains.Guidance from ERP 2 includes:• No significant changes to measureBack-compatible: no changes to Data DictionaryPrevious version in Toolkit archive (link)
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Protocol
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To ask these questions, the interviewer needs to know the current poverty levels. Poverty levels are updated each year by the U.S. Census Bureau. The current poverty levels are used in the follow-up questions to determine the threshold levels to ask participants with low income, if the bracketing questions are asked. The next questions are about your total family income in [last calendar year in 4-digit format] BEFORE TAXES. Income is important in analyzing the health information we collect. For example, with this information, we can learn whether persons in one income group use certain types of medical services more or less often than those in another group. Please be assured that, like all other information you have provided, these answers will be kept strictly confidential. When answering these questions, please remember that by "combined family income," I mean your income PLUS the income of all family members living in this household (including cohabitating partners, and armed forces members living at home). [All families] What is your best estimate of the total income of all family members from all sources, before taxes, in [last calendar year in 4-digit format]? [ENTER INCOME] ______________ Codes: 000000-999994 for $0-$999,994 999995 for $999,995+ 999997 for Refused 999999 for Don’t know [Respondents who don’t know or refuse to provide their income] Was your total family income from all sources less than $50,000 or $50,000 or more? 1[ ]Less than $50,000 2[ ]$50,000 or more 7[ ]Refused 9[ ]Don’t know [The respondent answered Less than $50,000] Was your total family income from all sources less than $35,000 or $35,000 or more? 1[ ]Less than $35,000 2[ ]$35,000 or more 7[ ]Refused 9[ ]Don’t know [The respondent answered Less than $35,000] Was your total [fill1: family] income from all sources less than [fill2: fill based on poverty threshold] or [fill2: fill based on poverty threshold] or more? 1[ ]Less than [$9,500/$12,000/$15,000/$19,000/$22,500/$25,500/$29,000]* 2[ ][$9,500/$12,000/$15,000/$19,000/$22,500/$25,500/$29,000] or more 7[ ]Refused 9[ ]Don’t know [* This question determines whether the family is above or below the poverty level that is appropriate for their family size. Consequently, the threshold selected for this question is based on the family size and the corresponding poverty level from the Census Bureau. The example poverty threshold levels shown here are based on 2006 data.] [The respondent answered More than $50,000] Was your total family income from all sources less than $100,000 or $100,000 or more? 1[ ]Less than $100,000 2[ ]$100,000 or more 7[ ]Refused 9[ ]Don’t know [The respondent answered Less than $100,000] Was your total family income from all sources less than $75,000 or $75,000 or more? 1[ ]Less than $75,000 2[ ]$75,000 or more 7[ ]Refused 9[ ]Don’t know
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Protocol Name From Source
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National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Family Questionnaire, 2007
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Purpose
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Family income is often associated with the health of those who live in a residence. For example, a family with a total income below the poverty level often does not have access to the same quality of health care; enough money for the basic necessities (food, rent, gas); or live in a safe or desirable neighborhood.
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Requirements
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Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipmentNo
Specialized trainingNo
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collectionNo
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individualNo
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Selection Rationale
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The 2007 NHIS questions on family income were vetted against several other income measures. Its initial open-ended question, followed by the bracketing approach, was found by National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) staff to reduce nonresponse rates when compared with its competitors.
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Source
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National Center for Health Statistics. (2007). National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Family Questionnaire, 2007. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Question numbers FIN.250_00.000–FIN.275_00.000. NHIS questionnaires, datasets, and related documentation, 1997–2008.
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Standards
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SourceIDNameStandard
CDE Browser2738624Household Income CategoryCommon Data Elements (CDE)
LOINC63058-2Annual family income protoLogical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC)

Identifiers:

Source:
NLM
Id:
XkkgOcGp3ix
Version:
2.2
Source:
PhenX
Id:
11101
Version:
Source:
LOINC
Id:
63058-2
Version:
2.66
Source:
NINDS
Id:
F2869
Version: