National Environmental Health Survey 1999

SND-ID: ext0065-1.

Is part of collection at SND: Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)

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Contact

Antonios Georgelis

antonios.georgelis@sll.se

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 rorId

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

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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 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..
Method and outcome

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

Well

Data collection
  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1999-03 – 1999-08
  • Data collector: Statistics Sweden
  • Source of the data: Population group
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

County (NUTS3)

Highest geographic unit

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Institute of Environmental Medicine

Publications