02873cam a2200505 i 4500 rnd000000000047256 RAND 920212s1982 caua b 000 0 eng d 82016574 0833004417 (pbk.) RAND/R-2937-HHS (Sirsi) a188295 Online only CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- RA418 .D655 1982 Donald, Cathy A., 1947- author. The quantification of social contacts and resources / Cathy A. Donald, John E. Ware, Jr. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1982. xxi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier 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. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. 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. Ware, John E. author. Rand Corporation. United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2937/ 599471 599471