Data Dictionary

This data dictionary provides supplementary information regarding the metrics found on the Youth Health Data Hub (YHDH) for Western Massachusetts. The Survey Info sheet provides details about the surveys used to gather data for the YHDH including the survey name, year administered, administering organization, included school districts, and the grades of students who participated. The Youth Health Metrics and Demographics sheets provide documentation for how each metric was derived from the survey questions. In each section, we provide metric definitions, the survey question(s) and response option(s) used to derive the metric, and which geographies were included.