California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Annual Data Release: October 3, 2024
Health impacts of gambling. Housing discrimination. Voter engagement. Medical debt. Mental health. Medi-Cal access among immigrants.
These are just a few of the topics that were featured during the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) annual data release on Thursday, October 3, 2024.
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) Director and CHIS Principal Investigator Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, and CHIS Director Todd Hughes shared brand new data from the 2023 survey and discussed some of the most notable findings and new topics, including a fact sheet examining gambling among Californians and some of the associated health behaviors and risks.
The 2023 CHIS features more than 50 new topics and questions, including housing discrimination, prescription painkiller use, unintended pregnancy, access to filtered air during wildfire smoke, adolescent college plans, adolescent sexual orientation, and child gender identity. The full list of topics and questionnaires are available on the CHIS Questionnaires and Survey Topics page: https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/our-wor....
For the last 23 years, UCLA CHPR has produced the California Health Interview Survey, which collects information from more than 20,000 California households on a wide range of health matters: from use of and access to health care, to health conditions and behaviors. CHIS also covers a wide range of topics that influence health: public program participation, housing, income and employment, climate change, food insecurity, fears of gun violence, hate incidents, adverse childhood experiences, and more topics and factors that influence health outcomes. CHIS data, made available to the public via AskCHIS, can be viewed across sociodemographic factors such as race and ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation and gender identity, and income level.
The largest population-based state health survey in the nation, CHIS provides policymakers, legislators, local health departments, community organizations, researchers, health experts, advocates, members of the media, and the public access to credible and comprehensive data to provide a detailed picture of the health and health care needs of California’s large and diverse population.
Learn more at: https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/our-wor....
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) is one of the nation's leading health policy research centers and the premier source of health policy information for California. UCLA CHPR is home to the California Health Interview Survey, the largest state health survey in the nation, which interviews more than 20,000 Californians each year on a broad range of health topics.
Established in 1994, UCLA CHPR is based in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and affiliated with the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research improves the public's health by advancing health policy through research, public service, community partnership, and education.