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 2012, the City of Gothenburg ordered an additional sample for Gothenburg.
The additional sample in 2012 included all individuals aged 16-84 years living in Gothenburg and consisted of 3,050 individuals. The total sample of Gothenburg, including the national sample, was 4,149 individuals. The questionnaire was answered by 1,801 individuals from Gothenburg, representing a response rate of 43,5 percent.
Including the national sample produced by Statistics Sweden (SCB), a total of 2,971 individuals participated from Västra Götaland County.
The questionnaire was printed in two versions. Addition to the national public health questionnaire, a similar questionnaire was conducted for the sample in Gothenburg including some extra questions. The national questionnaire consisted a total of 144 questions and the questionnaire for the sa
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
City of GothenburgData 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
Country
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
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Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Public Health Agency of Sweden
Time period(s) investigated
2012-04-20 – 2012-06-27
Number of individuals/objects
1801
Response rate/participation rate
43.5%