The quantification of social contacts and resources /
Donald, Cathy A., 1947-
The quantification of social contacts and resources / Cathy A. Donald, John E. Ware, Jr. - xxi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm - Health insurance experiment series .
"October 1982."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-228).
This report presents the results from empirical tests of strategies for scoring social well-being items fielded by RAND's Health Insurance Experiment (HIE). Section II presents background material, a conceptual framework for social well-being measurements, an outline of measurement issues and strategies involved in quantifying questionnaire responses, and a summary of how other investigators have constructed social well-being measures. Section III describes the methodology used in the HIE. Sections IV and V present results of empirical analyses, recommend a scoring rule for each of the 11 HIE social well-being items, and describe the results of scaling analyses including descriptive statistics, interrelationships among measures, the reliability of resulting scores, associations between social well-being measures and selected sociodemographic and health variables, and effects of socially desirable responding on social well-being measures. Section VI discusses the findings and offers suggestions for future research based on the experiences with HIE measures.
0833004417 (pbk.)
RAND/R-2937-HHS
Online only
82016574
Health status indicators--United States.
Health status indicators.
Health surveys--United States.
Health surveys.
Social interaction--United States.
Social interaction.
Social medicine--Methodology.
Social medicine--United States.
Health Surveys--United States.
Social Behavior--United States.
RA418 / .D655 1982
The quantification of social contacts and resources / Cathy A. Donald, John E. Ware, Jr. - xxi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm - Health insurance experiment series .
"October 1982."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-228).
This report presents the results from empirical tests of strategies for scoring social well-being items fielded by RAND's Health Insurance Experiment (HIE). Section II presents background material, a conceptual framework for social well-being measurements, an outline of measurement issues and strategies involved in quantifying questionnaire responses, and a summary of how other investigators have constructed social well-being measures. Section III describes the methodology used in the HIE. Sections IV and V present results of empirical analyses, recommend a scoring rule for each of the 11 HIE social well-being items, and describe the results of scaling analyses including descriptive statistics, interrelationships among measures, the reliability of resulting scores, associations between social well-being measures and selected sociodemographic and health variables, and effects of socially desirable responding on social well-being measures. Section VI discusses the findings and offers suggestions for future research based on the experiences with HIE measures.
0833004417 (pbk.)
RAND/R-2937-HHS
Online only
82016574
Health status indicators--United States.
Health status indicators.
Health surveys--United States.
Health surveys.
Social interaction--United States.
Social interaction.
Social medicine--Methodology.
Social medicine--United States.
Health Surveys--United States.
Social Behavior--United States.
RA418 / .D655 1982