02873cam a2200505 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024010001300065020002200078027002000100035002000120037001600140040001900156043001200175050002200187100003800209245009400247264003700341300004500378336002600423337002600449337002800475338003600503338002700539490003900566500002000605504005400625520108000679530005801759588004701817650004501864650003001909650003501939650002001974650003901994650002402033650003402057650003602091650003502127650003602162700002702198710002202225710006102247856005902308rnd000000000047256RAND920212s1982    caua     b    000 0 eng d  a82016574  a0833004417 (pbk.)  aRAND/R-2937-HHS  a(Sirsi) a188295  cOnline only  aCstmoRcCstmoR  an-us--- 4aRA418b.D655 19821 aDonald, Cathy A.,d1947-eauthor.14aThe quantification of social contacts and resources /cCathy A. Donald, John E. Ware, Jr. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1982.  axxi, 228 pages :billustrations ;c28 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier1 aHealth insurance experiment series  a"October 1982."  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-228).  aThis 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.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aHealth status indicatorszUnited States. 0aHealth status indicators. 0aHealth surveyszUnited States. 0aHealth surveys. 0aSocial interactionzUnited States. 0aSocial interaction. 0aSocial medicinexMethodology. 0aSocial medicinezUnited States. 2aHealth SurveyszUnited States. 2aSocial BehaviorzUnited States.1 aWare, John E.eauthor.2 aRand Corporation.1 aUnited States.bDepartment of Health and Human Services.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2937/