The 2008 Ohio Family Health Survey was jointly sponsored by the Ohio Departments of Job and Family Services, Insurance, Health and Mental Health, the Health Policy Institute of Ohio (HPIO), Cleveland State University, The Ohio State University and the Ohio Board of Regents. Managed by GRC and HPIO, the survey contained responses from 51,000 adults and proxy responses for over 13,000 children. For the first time, the 2008 survey included both land-line phone interviews and cell-phone interviews.
The 2008 OFHS provided the major data set for planning healthcare reform and for establishing Ohio healthcare budgets. The primary purpose of the OFHS was to provide Ohio policymakers with information about the health status, health care utilization, health insurance coverage and health care access of Ohioans at a state and county level for all Ohioans, with special emphasis on those enrolled in Medicaid and those who are uninsured. Click here to view additional background information.
Survey Data
Public use datasets for the 2008 OFHS are available for download in a number of formats. These datasets include all of the variables collected in the survey except zip code and census tract. Researchers interested in obtaining a dataset with these geographic identifiers should contact GRC to learn more about the process for acquiring the restricted access research dataset. Tutorials for analyzing the data and the codebook is also available for download.
2008 OFHS Public Use Datasets
Tutorials
2008 OFHS Analytical Codebook Files
Design and Methods
The 2008 OFHS utilizes a complex design requiring special statistical techniques and software for analysis. Survey design allows for some county-level analysis. However, the ability to obtain reliable estimates at the county level depends on the sample size of the county and the subpopulation of interest. Minority populations were over-sampled to enable valid comparisons of measured characteristics among those groups. Specific effort was made to include African Americans in Ohio’s six largest counties so accurate information could be obtained for communities and neighborhoods within each county, with improved coverage of racial and ethnic minorities in each county. Due to changes in telephone usage by some segments of the population, a cell phone sample was conducted to assure adequate representation of adults 18 to 44 years old and their families. Download the full methods report to learn more about the design and data collection process.
Research and Reports
Below is a list of briefs and reports that address key findings from the 2010 OFHS. In addition to these documents, two sets of descriptive tables are also available for download. The first set has information on the distribution of key variables for all of Ohio, the four county clusters (Metropolitan, Suburban, Rural, and Appalachian), and each of Ohio’s 88 counties. Data on the adult variables are available for three populations: non-senior adults (ages 18-64), seniors (ages 65 and older), and all adults (ages 18 and older). Data on the child variables are provided for the population of all children (ages 0-17). The second set of tables presents additional measures for certain state and regional subpopulations.
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Obesity in Children and Families Across Ohio Leona Cuttler, MDMendel Singer, PhD Lisa Simpson, MB, MPH Andrew Gallan, PhD Ann Nevar, MPA JB Silvers, PhD |
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Potentially Eligible Medicaid Population without Medicaid Coverage Gerry Fairbrother, PhDJoseph Schuchter, MPH |
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Informal Caregiver Assistance among Adults with Cardiovascular Disease in Ohio Deborah A. Levine, MD, MPHSudeep Karve, PhD Eric Seiber, PhD Al Dembe, ScD Andrew Slivka, MD Bo Lu, PhD |
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Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Health Care Access and Quality in Ohio Jennifer Malat, PhDJeffrey Timberlake, PhD |
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Profile of Children with Special Health Care Needs in Ohio Anthony Goudie, PhDGerry Fairbrother, PhD Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP Keith Mandel, MD |
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Mental Health Status, Access to Care, and Service Utilization in Ohio: Trends Related to Insurance, Income, Demographic Characteristics and Physical Health Monica Mitchell, PhDSarah Theodore, BS Miranda Holloway, BS Lori Crosby, PsyD Alisha Johnson, MPA |
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Impact of Ohio Medicaid Eric Seiber, PhD |
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Ohio Chartbook, 2008: Child Health and Health Care across Ohio Kate Jones, MAGerry Fairbrother, PhD Leona Cuttler, MD Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP |
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Access to and Utilization of Health Services by Rural-Dwelling Ohio Children: Are There Unique Challenges for Those in the Appalachia Region? Laureen H. Smith, PhD, RNPamela Salsberry, PhD, RN Jodi Nearns, PhD, RN Christopher Holloman, PhD |
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Intimate Partner Violence Among Medicaid and Uninsured Populations in Ohio: Associations with Health Outcomes and Care Utilization Kenneth J. Steinman, PhD, MPHAmy E. Bonomi, PhD, MPH |
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Using Small-Area Estimation Techniques for County-level Estimates of Select Indicators from the Ohio Family Health Survey Anirudh V.S. RuhilHolly Raffle Sara Boyd Nicole R. Yandell |
Report | Brief | PowerPoint |
County Maps
Below are maps that have been created from the county level data in the 2008 OFHS Regional Demographic File.