Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Description
The national environment health survey 2015 was sent to 88,091 randomly selected persons in the hole country. The target population were everyone aged 18-84 living in Sweden during the last five years. More than 37,000 people responded to the questionnaire, which represents a response rate of 42 percent.
The questionnaire contains questions about exposure, annoyance, symptoms and diseases related to environmental factors. SCB completed answered questionnaires with register data.
In most cases, the questions are the same as in previous environmental health surveys (2007 and 1999).
Purpose:
The aim was to chart environmental exposure and environmental illness in the adult population.
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Institute of Environmental Medicine
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
All individuals aged between 18-84, who have been resident in Sweden for the last five years.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS3)
Highest geographic unit
Country
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Environmental Health
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
housing, medicinal drugs, smoking, cardiovascular diseases, public health, mental health, tinnitus, coughing, transport, passive smoking, environment and public health, epidemiologic studies, respiratory tract diseases, signs and symptoms, population surveillance, hearing loss, risk factors, diet, asthma, noise, eczema, emphysema, surveys and questionnaires, hypertension, air pollution, drug utilization, nasal obstruction, smoke, hypersensitivity, parks, housing conditions, green belt areas, traffic noise, bronchitis, smell, water infrastructure, walking ability
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Contact
Antonios Georgelis
Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Number of individuals/objects
37133
Response rate/participation rate
42%