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020			_a0833004417 (pbk.)
027			_aRAND/R-2937-HHS
035			_a(Sirsi) a188295
037			_cOnline only
040			_aCstmoR _cCstmoR
043			_an-us---
050		4	_aRA418 _b.D655 1982
100	1		_aDonald, Cathy A., _d1947- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe quantification of social contacts and resources / _cCathy A. Donald, John E. Ware, Jr.
264		1	_aSanta Monica, CA : _bRAND, _c1982.
300			_axxi, 228 pages : _billustrations ; _c28 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aHealth insurance experiment series
500			_a"October 1982."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-228).
520			_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.
530			_aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aHealth status indicators _zUnited States.
650		0	_aHealth status indicators.
650		0	_aHealth surveys _zUnited States.
650		0	_aHealth surveys.
650		0	_aSocial interaction _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSocial interaction.
650		0	_aSocial medicine _xMethodology.
650		0	_aSocial medicine _zUnited States.
650		2	_aHealth Surveys _zUnited States.
650		2	_aSocial Behavior _zUnited States.
700	1		_aWare, John E. _eauthor.
710	2		_aRand Corporation.
710	1		_aUnited States. _bDepartment of Health and Human Services.
856	4	1	_yOnline Access _uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2937/
999			_c599471 _d599471