Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH)

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Years Survey Included Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM)-related Questions

2013-Present

Survey Description

The Population Assessment to Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study is a collaboration between the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is a national longitudinal study of tobacco use and how it affects the health of people in the United States. More specifically, the PATH Study examines people of different genders, ethnic/racial groups, and ages for the reasons why some people use tobacco and others do not; how people quit using tobacco; reasons why some people who quit using tobacco start using it again; changes in people’s attitudes toward tobacco over time; and differences in tobacco use-related attitudes, behaviors, and health.

Survey Sample Population

The sample population of the PATH Study is the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population aged 12 and older. From 2013-2014 (Wave 1), the PATH study sampled over 150,000 mailing addresses which, using a four-staged stratified sampling design, yielded a sample of 45,971 respondents (32,320 adults / 13,651 youth) who completed a baseline interview. Tobacco users and non-users who are at least 12 years old living in a civilian, non-institutionalized setting are considered for participation during Wave 1. An additional two waves of follow-up interviews are scheduled with those completing a Wave 1 interview. Additionally, the "shadow youth", those not yet 12 at the time of the Wave 1 survey, will be asked to join the study upon turning 12.

Survey Mode

PATH is conducted annually through audio computer-assisted self-interviews (ACASI) and computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI). Interviewers meet with each person once a year for at least three years. Each year the study will invite some participants to take part in additional study activities.

SGM-Related Survey Questions

R01_YM0022 (Youth Survey) R01_AM0022 (Adult Survey)

Do you consider yourself to be:...

R01_YM0023 (Youth Survey) & R01_AM0023 (Adult Survey)

By something else, do you mean that...

R01_YM0028 (Youth Survey) & R01_AM0028 (Adult Survey)

Do you think of yourself as . . .

R01_YM0024 (Youth Survey) & R01_AM0024 (Adult Survey)

You did not enter an answer for the question. That is because:

R01_YM0025 (Youth Survey) & R01_AM0025 (Adult Survey)

What do you mean by something else? Please type in your answer:

R01_YM0021 (Youth Survey) & R01_AM0021 (Adult Survey)

The next question asks about your level of sexual attraction to BOTH males and females.

Please consider the response choices carefully, as it is important that you understand them and are as honest as you can be in your answer.

To whom have you felt sexually attracted, even if you did not take any action based on feeling attracted?

R01_YM0004 (Youth Survey) & R01_AM0004 (Adult Survey)

What is your sex?

Response Rates

The response rates for Wave 1 Adult Interview are 74.8 % (unweighted) and 74.0 % (weighted).
The response rates for Wave 1 Youth Interview are 78.2 % (unweighted) and 78.4 % (weighted).

Additional Background

A four-stage stratified area probability sample design is used in the PATH Study, with a two-phase design for sampling the adult cohort at the final stage. At the first stage, a stratified sample of geographical primary sampling units (PSUs) is selected, in which a PSU is a county or group of counties. For the second stage, within each selected PSU, smaller geographical segments are formed and then a sample of these segments was drawn. At the third stage, the sampling frame consists of the residential addresses located in these segments. The fourth stage selects adults and youth from the sampled households identified at these addresses, with varying sampling rates for adults by age, race, and tobacco use status. Adults are sampled in two phases - Phase 1 sampling uses information provided in the household screener and Phase 2 sampling uses information provided by the adult in the Phase 2 screener at the beginning of the adult instrument.

Questionnaires

The survey questionnaires for Wave 1 can be accessed on the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program’s page for the PATH study. Use the following link to access the most recent questionnaires:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NAHDAP/studies/36498

Data

Data for Wave 1 can be accessed on the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program’s page for the PATH study. Use the following link to access the most recent data: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NAHDAP/studies/36498

References

National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program. Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study [United States] Public-Use Files (ICPSR 36498). (2016). http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NAHDAP/studies/36498

Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health. Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. (2016). https://pathstudyinfo.nih.gov/

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA and NIH Study: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health. (2016). https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/research/fda-and-nih-study-population-assessment-tobacco-and-health

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