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 2016, Göteborgs Stad ordered an additional sample.
The population consisted of all people in the municipality of Gothenburg aged 16-84 and the additional sample ordered by Göteborgs Stad consisted of 4984 persons. The total sample, i.e. the additional sample and the individuals from Gothenburg in the national sample was 6200 people.
A total of 2693 individuals answered the questionnaire, representing a response rate of 43,5 percent. The number of webb responses was 753 or 28,0 percent of the respondents.
The Public Health Agency designed the questions in the questionnaire which consisted of 62 numbered questions. Several questions had sub-questions, which resulted in a total of 93 questions. The questions in the questionnaire dealt with subjects such as health, lifestyle, economical conditions, work and employment as well
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Public Health Agency of SwedenData contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
All individuals aged 16-84 years and living in Gothenburg.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
health services, body constitution, hearing, life style, pathological conditions, signs and symptoms, exercise, population surveillance, socioeconomic factors, tinnitus, urinary incontinence, anxiety, overweight, diet, alcohol drinking, occupational health, work, asthma, diabetes mellitus, eczema, public health, leisure activities, gambling, health, health status, hypertension, body weight, gastrointestinal diseases, food habits, migraine disorders, oral health, narcotics, interpersonal relations, mental health, registries, smoking, disease, pain, tobacco, smokeless, social support, stress, psychological, vision, ocular, sleep wake disorders, fatigue, education, occupations, vertigo, hypersensitivity, intellectual disability, violence, suntan, sedentary behavior
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Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Public Health Agency of Sweden
Time period(s) investigated
2016-02-25 – 2016-05-03
Number of individuals/objects
2693
Response rate/participation rate
43.5%