Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Description
The questionnaire concerned the health and environments of children in three age groups: 8 months, 4 years, and the 12 years. The questionnaire in the Children's environmental health survey 2003 was sent to 40,000 children's parents. The response rate was about 70%.
The questions were in most cases answered by the children’s parents, but some of the questions were directly asked of children in 12-year-old group.
In addition to the study in 2003, a second study was carried out in 2011, where some of the children from 2003 were invited to participate.
Purpose:
The aim was to chart how environmental factors like air pollution, noise and indoor environment effects the health of children and adolescents.
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Institute of Environmental Medicine
Unit of analysis
Population
Children, aged 8 months, 4 years and 12 years, born in Sweden or have been resident in Sweden for at least five years.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2003-02 – 2004-04
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS3)
Highest geographic unit
Country
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Environmental Health
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
housing, family environment, smoking, physical activities, television viewing, obesity, public health, mental health, natural environment, demography, passive smoking, epidemiologic studies, respiratory tract diseases, exercise, population surveillance, hearing loss, socioeconomic factors, risk factors, overweight, diet, asthma, noise, surveys and questionnaires, air pollution, tobacco, hypersensitivity, parks, schools, housing conditions, sun protection, socio-economic status, green belt areas, epihealth_skåne, epihealth, scania
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Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Time period(s) investigated
2003-02 – 2004-04
Response rate/participation rate
75%
Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Time period(s) investigated
2003-02 – 2004-04
Response rate/participation rate
70%
Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Time period(s) investigated
2003-02 – 2004-04
Response rate/participation rate
68%