Praxis Data Lab · Study Builder

Build your NHANES study with harmonization intelligence.

Combine variables from the indexed Continuous NHANES catalog, choose the cycles you need, and see how Praxis connects source history, methods, cycle boundaries, and cross-code lineage into a study-specific harmonization view.

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Praxis harmonization guidance available

Praxis found harmonization conditions for this study and has surfaced them below with the supporting source evidence.

4 variable assessments

ACD080
Compatible with harmonizationmoderate confidence

Questionnaire

In what country was {your/SP's} mother born?

Source releases
3
Available cycles
1999-2000 · 2001-2002 · 2003-2004
Dataset
Acculturation

No blocking method discontinuity is identified inside the selected cycle span, but one or more longitudinal changes require explicit harmonization conditions before pooling.

Evidence provenance: Praxis automated inference from indexed CDC/NCHS evidence

Evidence signals: source-derived

Relevant boundaries: 1999-2000 → 2001-2002 · 2001-2002 → 2003-2004

Praxis harmonization actions
  • Apply cycle-specific eligibility rules and restrict the pooled analytic population to a defensible common target population.
  • Verify merge grain, companion variables, and component-specific analytic guidance for the new file context.
Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence
ALQ151
Compatible with harmonizationmoderate confidence

Questionnaire

Was there ever a time or times in {your/SP's} life when {you/he/she} drank {DISPLAY NUMBER} or more drinks of any kind of alcoholic beverage almost every day?

Source releases
6
Available cycles
2011-2012 · 2013-2014 · 2015-2016 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2020 · 2021-2023
Dataset
Alcohol Use

No blocking method discontinuity is identified inside the selected cycle span, but one or more longitudinal changes require explicit harmonization conditions before pooling.

Evidence provenance: Praxis automated inference from indexed CDC/NCHS evidence

Evidence signals: source-derived · automated-difference

Relevant boundaries: 2011-2012 → 2013-2014 · 2013-2014 → 2015-2016 · 2015-2016 → 2017-2018 · 2017-2018 → 2017-2020 · 2017-2020 → 2021-2023

Praxis harmonization actions
  • Verify merge grain, companion variables, and component-specific analytic guidance for the new file context.
  • Confirm that the construct and coding are unchanged before pooling or recoding.
Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence
ARXO2WD
Evidence developinglow confidence

Examination

OCCIPUT-TO-WALL DISTANCE IN CENTIMETERS

Source releases
1
Available cycles
2009-2010
Dataset
Arthritis Body Measures

No normalized longitudinal change evidence is available for this variable. Absence of events must not be interpreted as proof of cross-cycle equivalence.

Evidence provenance: Praxis automated inference from indexed CDC/NCHS evidence

AUQ331
Evidence developinglow confidence

Questionnaire

These next questions are about noise exposure at work. First we are going to ask about loud noise. Loud means so loud that {you/s/he} must speak in a raised voice to be heard by someone three feet away when not using hearing protection. After that we will ask about very loud noise. Very loud noise is noise that is so loud {you have/he has/she has} to shout in order to be understood by someone standing 3 feet away from {you/him/her} when not using hearing protection. {Have you/Has SP} ever had a job, or combination of jobs where {you were/s/he was} exposed to loud sounds or noise for 4 or more hours a day, several days a week? (Loud means so loud that {you/s/he} must speak in a raised voice to be heard.)

Source releases
1
Available cycles
2015-2016
Dataset
Audiometry

No normalized longitudinal change evidence is available for this variable. Absence of events must not be interpreted as proof of cross-cycle equivalence.

Evidence provenance: Praxis automated inference from indexed CDC/NCHS evidence