1. Update to the design and methods of the PATH Study, Wave 4 (2016–2017)
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Jean D Opsomer, Sylvia Dohrmann, Ralph DiGaetano, Andrea Piesse, Ethel Taylor, MeLisa R Creamer, Daifeng Han, Colm Everard, Nicolette Borek, Frost Hubbard, Izabella Zandberg, Moana Kanel, Kristie Taylor, Heather L Kimmel, Antonio Paredes, Yumiko Siegfried, Yu-Ching Cheng, Jonathan Kwan, Charles Carusi, and Andrew Hyland
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Health (social science) ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health - Abstract
The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study is a nationally representative study of the US population on tobacco use and its effects on health, with four waves of data collection between 2013 and 2017. Prior work described the methods of the first three waves. In this paper, we describe the methods of Wave 4, during which a replenishment sample was added to the ongoing cohort. We describe the design and estimation methods of the continuing Wave 1 cohort (with four waves of data) and the Wave 4 cohort (the new cohort created at Wave 4). We provide survey quality metrics, including response rates for both cohorts and a panel conditioning analysis, and guidance on understanding the target populations for both cohorts.
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- 2023
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