The New York City KIDS Survey (NYC KIDS) collects data on the health of children and gives New Yorkers a voice when it comes to improving the health of children in their neighborhood. It is conducted by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The survey helps the Health Department:
NYC KIDS gives the Health Department a better idea of the range of child risk factors, including COVID-19, that occur at the borough and city level. For many of the issues, we have no other way of knowing there is a problem without asking about it.
New York City households are randomly selected for the survey from birth certificate or public school records.
If you were selected to be part of the New York City KIDS Survey and agree to participate, you will play a big role in representing your borough and New York City as a whole. Your participation is voluntary and all your answers will be confidential.
Abt Associates, a national research organization, is currently collecting the New York City KIDS Survey data for the Health Department.
The NYC KIDS survey asks about the health, diet, behaviors, impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and access to health care of a child who lives or stays with you. Participation is voluntary; you may skip any question or stop the survey at any time. However, answering all of the questions will help the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Health Department) improve the health of children in NYC.
If you prefer to complete the survey over the phone, you can call 833-866-7945 and complete the survey with a trained interviewer from Abt Associates.
The survey is also available in Spanish and Chinese. Use the dropdown at the top of this page for information about the survey in these languages.
Many of the questions are about the child's personal health. Although some people find that some answers may be difficult to share, we have no other way of knowing if a problem exists without asking about it. Your confidential answers help the NYC Health Department understand and address the health care needs of NYC children.
Your address was randomly chosen from either NYC birth certificates or New York City public school records. We do not have access to your child or children’s name, or other personal information.
You can visit nyc.gov/health/nycsurveys for information about the survey. You can also contact our contracted vendor, Abt Associates, at 646-486-8420 or nyckids@abtassoc.com to make sure the survey is official. If you have any questions about this survey or survey results, you can call the NYC Health Department’s Project Manager at 347-396-2821. We are not selling anything or asking for money.
Your information is handled in a secure and confidential manner. If you don’t want to take the survey, it will not affect benefits that you or your family get from any government agency. We do not ask about your citizenship or legal status.
Your survey answers are confidential. We will protect your privacy to the fullest extent of the law. Your answers cannot be used in federal, state, or local legal proceedings without your consent. Your answers cannot be given to anyone not involved in the survey without your permission unless allowed by law.
This survey has also been approved by the NYC Health Department’s Institutional Review Board, which protects the rights of survey participants. To contact the Institutional Review Board, call 347-396-6118.
The survey takes about 30 to 40 minutes to complete.
Abt Associates, the research organization contracted to collect the survey data for the NYC Health Department, processes all mail for the project out of its Cambridge, Massachusetts office.
The first step is answering a few short questions to see if you’re eligible for the survey. After completing the survey, you will be offered an electronic Visa gift card for $30 that will be sent to the email address you give us within one or two business days. You can also have the gift card mailed to you within two to four weeks by giving us your mailing address.
Study helpline: 833-866-7945
Study email: nyckids@abtassoc.com
Department of Health website: nyc.gov/health/nycsurveys
