In the Family Health Survey, trained interviewers telephone a random sample of households and ask to speak with the household member most knowledgeable about the health of all household members. This respondent provides information for all people living in the household at the time of the interview. In 2008, the FHS interviewed respondents in 2,476 households; these households included 6,243 people. Background characteristics, such as age, race, sex, poverty status, employment status and education, are also obtained for everyone in the household. .
