Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Public Health Agency of Sweden
Description
The survey “Health on equal terms?” is a national survey, conducted every year since 2004. The Public Health Agency is responsible for the survey and Statistics Sweden (SCB) is responsible for the distribution, collection and registration. During the data collection in 2009, the City of Gothenburg ordered an additional sample for Gothenburg.
The additional sample in 2009 included all individuals aged 16-84 years living in Gothenburg. The questionnaire were answered by 2,098 individuals from the sample in Gothenburg, representing a response rate of 50 percent.
Including the national sample produced by Statistics Sweden (SCB), a total of 3,332 individuals participated from Västra Götaland County.
The questionnaire consisted a total of 135 questions covering e.g. issues of health, lifestyle, economic conditions, work and employment, and security and social relations. In addition to data collected through the questionnaires, registry data were also included.
Purpose:
The aim of the national survey was to investigate the health in the population and to show changes in the population's health
Research principal
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
All individuals aged 16-84 years and living in Gothenburg.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Lowest geographic unit
Municipality
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
health services, physical examination, dental care, hearing, life style, medicine, exercise, population surveillance, hearing loss, socioeconomic factors, tinnitus, urinary incontinence, anxiety, overweight, diet, alcohol drinking, work, asthma, diabetes mellitus, eczema, public health, leisure activities, cardiovascular diseases, headache, health, health status, hypertension, body weight, drug utilization, gastrointestinal diseases, food habits, migraine disorders, oral health, depression, interpersonal relations, mental health, registries, smoking, disease, pain, tobacco, smokeless, social support, stress, psychological, vision, ocular, sleep, sleep wake disorders, fatigue, occupations, occupational exposure, hypersensitivity
Access to data via
Contact
Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Public Health Agency of Sweden
Time period(s) investigated
2009-03-17 – 2009-06-23
Number of individuals/objects
2098
Response rate/participation rate
50%