Researchers may request Texas PRAMS dataset(s) by submitting a data request application.

How to request Texas PRAMS data:

1. Complete and submit the Texas PRAMS Data Request Application. List all requested variables in the application.
2. Sign the Texas PRAMS Data Sharing Agreement  form (including signatures of all authors) and upload it to the application.
3. Texas PRAMS will review your application. Follow up for more information may be needed. Please respond within ten business days. If you do not respond within ten business days, Texas PRAMS will close out the data request. Once closed out, you can re-submit the data request. 
4. If Texas PRAMS has sufficient resources to meet the request and the application includes all required elements, then Texas PRAMS will provide you guidance to submit a DSHS IRB application. 
5. It may take six months or more to fulfill a data request. 

Data Release Notes for Researchers

When completing the data request application, please note the following:

• Texas PRAMS only releases data for survey years that Texas met the minimum response rate. Texas PRAMS met the response rate in 2009, 2010, and 2016;
• Due to data collection and weighting methods, PRAMS data is usually available 18 months after the survey year;
• Texas PRAMS does not release entire datasets – only variables relevant to the research proposal;
• Texas PRAMS does not complete requests involving exploratory analyses;
• Texas PRAMS does not release continuous variables, including dates (e.g., infant date of birth), mother’s height and weight, and other variables; and
• Texas PRAMS does not release write-in survey responses.

Variable Selection:

Your data request application must list all requested variables. Refer to the Texas PRAMS Researcher File codebooks below for available variables and the Texas PRAMS questionnaires for associated questions.

Due to response rates, only data from 2009 and 2010 (Phase 6) and 2016 (Phase 8) are currently available for release.

Texas PRAMS Research File Codebooks

• Phase 6 PRAMS Codebook
• Phase 8 PRAMS Codebook

Texas PRAMS Questionnaires

• Phase 9.2 (2025 – Present) – English
• Phase 9.2 (2025 – Present) – Spanish
• Phase 9 (2023 – Present) – English
• Phase 9 (2023 – Present) – Spanish
• Phase 8 (2016 – 2022) – English
• Phase 8 (2016 – 2022) – Spanish
• Phase 7 (2012 - 2015) – English
• Phase 7 (2012 - 2015) – Spanish
• Phase 6 (2009 – 2011) – English
• Phase 6 (2009 – 2011) – Spanish
• Phase 5 (2004 – 2008) - English

Additional resources are available at: PRAMS Questionnaires

For more information contact the Texas PRAMS team at Texasprams@dshs.texas.gov.

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