National Household Survey, FEMA

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Name File Type Size Last Modified
fema_national-household-survey-data_2017.zip application/zip 5.3 MB 02/09/2025 08:40:AM
fema_national-household-survey_2018.zip application/zip 3.7 MB 02/09/2025 08:40:AM
fema_national-household-survey_2019.zip application/zip 4.4 MB 02/09/2025 08:40:AM
fema_national-household-survey_2020_0.zip application/zip 9.6 MB 02/09/2025 08:40:AM
fema_national_household_survey_2022.zip application/zip 17.7 MB 02/09/2025 08:41:AM
fema_national_household_survey_2023.zip application/zip 16.7 MB 02/09/2025 08:40:AM
fema_national_household_survey_data_and_codebook_2021.zip application/zip 9.2 MB 02/09/2025 08:40:AM

Project Citation: 

FEMA, and National Household Survey. National Household Survey, FEMA. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-02-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/E218642V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title National Household Survey, FEMA
Summary:  View help for Summary The National Household Survey (NHS) tracks progress in personal disaster preparedness through investigation of the American public's preparedness actions, attitudes, and motivations. FEMA administers the survey in English and Spanish via landline and mobile telephone to a random sampling of approximately 5,000 adult respondents. The survey includes a nationally representative sample as well as hazard-specific oversamples which may include earthquake, flood, wildfire, hurricane, winter storm, extreme heat, tornado, and urban event. FEMA delays publishing the data until approximately the release of the summary results for the subsequent NHS iteration. For example, FEMA published the 2017 data package at approximately the same time as the publication of the 2018 NHS Summary.

Each zip file may include an analysis summary, the survey instrument, raw weighted and unweighted data, aggregated data analysis, and a codebook with weighting overviews.

Raw Data: Datasets may include unedited raw data. As such, users should plan to clean the data as needed prior to analysis.

Citation: Users should cite the date the data was accessed or retrieved from fema.gov. In addition, users must clearly state that "FEMA and the Federal Government cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website.”
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/data-sets/national-household-survey



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