Linkage Methods and Analytic Support for NCHS-SSA Data

• Golden C, Driscoll AK, Simon AE, et al. Linkage of NCHS population health surveys to administrative records from Social Security Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 1(58). 2015. [PDF – 1.4 MB]

  Contains a brief overview of the data sources, the methods used for linkage, descriptions of the resulting linked data files, analytic guidance, and match rate tables.

Additional Resources:

• Social Security Administration (SSA) website
• Social Security Program Rules
• Online Social Security Handbook