The childrens environment survey 2003
This study is part of the collection Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)
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.
Subject 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, Questionnaires, Air Pollution, Tobacco, Hypersensitivity, parks, schools, housing conditions, sun protection, socio-economic status, green belt areas, cross-sectional study, EpiHealth_Skåne, EpiHealth, Scania
Principal organisation
Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
Public Health Agency of Sweden, Institute of Environmental Medicine
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Identifiers
SND-ID: EXT 0064
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.
Time period(s) investigated
2003-02 — 2004-04
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS3)
Highest geographic unit
Country
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
Subject 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, Questionnaires, Air Pollution, Tobacco, Hypersensitivity, parks, schools, housing conditions, sun protection, socio-economic status, green belt areas, cross-sectional study, EpiHealth_Skåne, EpiHealth, Scania
Is part of collection at SND
Associated documentation
Dataset 1
The childrens environment survey 2003: 8 months
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 2003-02 — 2004-04
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Population group
Time period(s) investigated
2003-02 — 2004-04
Response rate/participation rate
75
Dataset 2
The childrens environment survey 2003: 4 years
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 2003-02 — 2004-04
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Population group
Time period(s) investigated
2003-02 — 2004-04
Response rate/participation rate
70
Dataset 3
The childrens environment survey 2003: 12 years
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 2003-02 — 2004-04
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Population group
Time period(s) investigated
2003-02 — 2004-04
Response rate/participation rate
68