Works referring to the datasets or codebooks should contain a citation in the following style:
National Center for Health Statistics (Issue Year). Data File Documentations,
Birth Cohort Linked Birth/Infant Death, Data Year (machine readable data file
and documentation, CD-ROM Series Series, No. No.), National Center for Health
Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland.
where the italicized fields are filled in with the appropriate information below:
Data Issue Series No.
Year Year
1991 1997 20 9
1992 1997 20 10
1993 1997 20 11
1994 1999 20 13
1995 1999 20 16
Tables derived from the data should have a cite at the bottom like this:
Source: National Center for Health Statistics (span of years used)
The published material should also include a disclaimer that credits any
analyses, interpretations, or conclusions reached to the author (recipient of
the data file) and not to NCHS, which is responsible only for the initial
data.