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 2013, the City of Gothenburg ordered an additional sample for Gothenburg.
The additional sample in 2013 included all individuals aged 16-84 years living in Gothenburg and consisted of 2,648 individuals. The total sample of Gothenburg, including the national sample, was 3,740 individuals. The questionnaire was answered by 1,687 individuals from Gothenburg, representing a response rate of 45,2 percent.
Including the national sample produced by Statistics Sweden (SCB), a total of 2,810 individuals participated from Västra Götaland County.
The national questionnaire 2013 consisted a total of 145 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
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
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
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Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Public Health Agency of Sweden
Time period(s) investigated
2013-05-15–2013-08-13
Number of individuals/objects
1687
Response rate/participation rate
ca 45 %