Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Public Health Agency of Sweden
Description
The survey Schoolchildren's Health Habits is a part of the international research project Health Behaviour in School-aged Children, created on the initiative of the World Health Organization. Sweden participated in the survey since 1985/86.
The study includes a random sample of 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds in each country. The survey covers questions about health, lifestyle, the environment at school and at home. The results are used to monitor the children's and young people's health over time and to identify areas requiring action to promote child and adolescent health. School children's health habits is a basis in the follow-up work in the public health policy goal area three, children and young people's living conditions.
The study that was conducted in 1993/94 is based on data from 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds, collected in November and December 1993. The survey was answered by 3,584 students in Sweden, representing a response rate of 85 percent.
Purpose:
The purpose with Health Behaviour in School-aged children is partly to increase the knowledge of habits and conditions that are considere
Research principal
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
School children aged 11,13 and 15 years residing in Sweden.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Research area
EDUCATION, HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Health Sciences, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
persons, activities of daily living, health surveys, exercise, population surveillance, socioeconomic factors, behavior, diet, alcohol drinking, child, family, public health, health, sex, food habits, interpersonal relations, mental health, tobacco, smokeless, cross-sectional studies, education, schools, schoolchildren, energy intake
Access to data via
Homepage
Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Public Health Agency of Sweden
Time period(s) investigated
1993-11 – 1993-12
Number of individuals/objects
3584
Response rate/participation rate
85%