The childrens environment survey 2003: 4 years
SND-ID: ext0064-2.
Is part of collection at SND: Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)
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Contact
Antonios Georgelis
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Research principal
Public Health Agency of Sweden
- Institute of Environmental Medicine
Description
The Children's Environmental Health Survey is carried out in collaboration between the Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institutet and the Statistics Sweden, on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Sweden.
The questionnaire concerned the health and environments of children in three age groups: 8 months, 4 years, and the 12 years. The questionnaire in the Children's environmental health survey 2003 was sent to 40,000 children's parents. The response rate was about 70%.
The questions were in most cases answered by the children’s parents, but some of the questions were directly asked of children in 12-year-old group.
In addition to the study in 2003, a second study was carried out in 2011, where some of the children from 2003 were invited to participate.
Purpose:
The questionnaire concerned the health and environments of children in three age groups: 8 months, 4 years, and the 12 years. The questionnaire in the Children's environmental health survey 2003 was sent to 40,000 children's parents. The response rate was about 70%.
The questions were in most cases answered by the children’s parents, but some of the questions were directly asked of children in 12-year-old group.
In addition to the study in 2003, a second study was carried out in 2011, where some of the children from 2003 were invited to participate.
Purpose:
The aim was to chart how environmental factors like air pollution, noise and indoor environment effects the health of children and adolescents. Show less..
Unit of analysis
Population
Children, aged 8 months, 4 years and 12 years, born in Sweden or have been resident in Sweden for at least five years.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
per åldersgrupp. Det totala urvalet utgjorde i genomsnitt ca 13 procent av målbefolkningen. Störst andel utgjorde det i Hallands län (42 procent) och lägst i Skånes län (5 procent). Barnen valdes slumpvis från registret över totalbefolkningen hos Statistiska centralbyrån (SCB).
Time period(s) investigated
2003-02 – 2004-04
Response rate/participation rate
70%
Data format / data structure
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS 3)
Highest geographic unit
Country
Responsible department/unit
Institute of Environmental Medicine
Research area
Medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Occupational health and environmental health (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Health (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Keywords
Housing, Family environment, Smoking, Physical activities, Television viewing, Obesity, Public health, Mental health, Natural environment, Demography, Passive smoking, Epidemiologic studies, Respiratory tract diseases, Exercise, Population surveillance, Hearing loss, Socioeconomic factors, Risk factors, Overweight, Diet, Asthma, Noise, Surveys and questionnaires, Air pollution, Nicotiana, Hypersensitivity, Parks, Schools, Housing conditions, Sun protection, Socio-economic status, Green belt areas, Scania, Epihealth, Epihealth_skåne