National Environmental Health Survey 1999
SND-ID: ext0065-1.
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Contact
Antonios Georgelis
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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 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 study has also been conducted in 2007 and 2015.
National Environmental Health Survey 1999 was sent to 15,750 randomly selected persons nationwide. The target population was all in the ages of 19-81 years who resided in Sweden for the past five years. To allow comparison between the counties, a random sample of 750 people from each of the 21 counties were performed.
The questionnaires were prepared, distributed and read mechanically by Survey feature at Statistics Sweden (SCB) in Örebro. Three reminders were sent out, a thank you and reminder cards to all and two reminders with new questionnaire to those who have not responded. A fourth reminder was sent to those who belong to groups that after three reminders had relatively low response rate.
The questionnaire consisted of 71 questions about housing, difficult experiences, health status, smoking and dietary habits, work and
National Environmental Health Survey 1999 was sent to 15,750 randomly selected persons nationwide. The target population was all in the ages of 19-81 years who resided in Sweden for the past five years. To allow comparison between the counties, a random sample of 750 people from each of the 21 counties were performed.
The questionnaires were prepared, distributed and read mechanically by Survey feature at Statistics Sweden (SCB) in Örebro. Three reminders were sent out, a thank you and reminder cards to all and two reminders with new questionnaire to those who have not responded. A fourth reminder was sent to those who belong to groups that after three reminders had relatively low response rate.
The questionnaire consisted of 71 questions about housing, difficult experiences, health status, smoking and dietary habits, work and education. Of the 15,496 people who received the survey 11,233 responded, giving an overall response rate of 72.5%.
Purpose:
The aim was to chart environmental exposure and environment related illness in the adult population Show less..
Unit of analysis
Population
All individuals aged between 18-80, who have been resident in Sweden for the last five years.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1999-03 – 1999-08
Number of individuals/objects
11233
Response rate/participation rate
72.5%
Data format / data structure
Type of archaeological remains
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, Smoking, Sleep, Education, Public health, Coughing, Passive smoking, Environment and public health, Epidemiologic studies, Respiratory tract diseases, Signs and symptoms, Population surveillance, Hearing loss, Risk factors, Diet, Asthma, Noise, Eczema, Surveys and questionnaires, Hypertension, Air pollution, Drug utilization, Smoke, Hypersensitivity, Food poisoning, Housing conditions, Working conditions, Traffic noise, Bronchitis, Smell, Hours of work, Water infrastructure, Scania, Epihealth, Epihealth_skåne