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.

2variables selected
Praxis harmonization guidance available

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

2 variable assessments

ACD070
Compatible with harmonizationmoderate confidence

Questionnaire

In what country was {your/SP's} father 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
DR1DAY
Compatible with harmonizationmoderate confidence

Dietary

Intake day of the week

Source releases
34
Available cycles
2003-2004 · 2003-2004 · 2005-2006 · 2005-2006 · 2007-2008 · 2007-2008 · 2007-2008 · 2007-2008 · 2009-2010 · 2009-2010 · 2009-2010 · 2009-2010 · 2011-2012 · 2011-2012 · 2011-2012 · 2011-2012 · 2013-2014 · 2013-2014 · 2013-2014 · 2013-2014 · 2015-2016 · 2015-2016 · 2015-2016 · 2015-2016 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2020 · 2017-2020 · 2017-2020 · 2017-2020 · 2021-2023 · 2021-2023
Dataset
Dietary Interview - Total Nutrient Intakes, First Day

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: automated-difference · source-derived

Relevant boundaries: 2003-2004 → 2005-2006 · 2005-2006 → 2007-2008 · 2007-2008 → 2009-2010 · 2009-2010 → 2011-2012 · 2011-2012 → 2013-2014 · 2013-2014 → 2015-2016 · 2015-2016 → 2017-2018 · 2017-2018 → 2017-2020 · 2017-2020 → 2021-2023

Praxis harmonization actions
  • Confirm that the construct and coding are unchanged before pooling or recoding.
  • Verify merge grain, companion variables, and component-specific analytic guidance for the new file context.
  • Review the adjacent codebooks/methods. Keep this boundary as documentation variation unless source evidence confirms a substantive method or instrument change.
  • Select the weight appropriate to each cycle and subsample; when pooling cycles, construct the combined weight according to NHANES guidance rather than reusing a single-cycle weight unchanged.
Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence