Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Mathias Grahn - Region Scania, Samhällsanalys
Juan Merlo - Region Scania, Samhällsanalys
Anna Friberg - Region Skåne, Centrum för folkhälsa och miljö
Maria Rosvall - Region Scania, Samhällsanalys
Description
A sample was drawn from the population registry among persons aged 18-18 years and living in Region Scania in 30th June 2004. The sample was stratified after geographic areas where each municipality stated a selection group, except Helsingborg which was divided into five city parts, Kristianstad divided in six municipality parts, Lund in ten municipality parts and Malmo in ten city parts. Selections of about the same size were made in each subarea. In total 27,963 persons answered the questionnaire, corresponding to 59 percent of the total sample (n= 47,621). The department of Social medicin, University Hospital MAS, Region Scania was operative responsible for the investigation. Statistics Sweden (SCB) has been contracted to perform mailing, collecting of the questionnaires and summaries. The study was approved by the regional research ethics committee and SCB:s etichal board.
Purpose:
The aim of the FHS 2008 was to get a current picture of the health, health care contacts and living conditions among the inbabitants of Scania which are also important for the future of public health in Scani
Research principal
Geographic spread
Geographic description: Scania
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
job satisfaction, unemployment, drinking behaviour, social class, alcoholism, diseases, dental health, smoking, physical activities, sleep, workloads, sick leave, education, obesity, public health, mental health, medical history, passive smoking, epidemiologic studies, cohort studies, dental care, population surveillance, socioeconomic factors, risk factors, overweight, diet, respiratory function tests, surveys and questionnaires, body weight, drug utilization, social participation, working conditions, traffic noise, assault, epihealth, scania, epihealth_skåne
Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Mathias Grahn - Region Scania, Samhällsanalys
Juan Merlo - Region Scania, Samhällsanalys
Anna Friberg - Region Skåne, Centrum för folkhälsa och miljö
Maria Rosvall - Region Scania, Samhällsanalys
Time period(s) investigated
2008-09 – 2008-10
Variables
273
Number of individuals/objects
28198
Response rate/participation rate
54.1%