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 2015, Region Västra Götaland ordered an additional sample for Västra Götaland County.

The additional sample in 2015 included all individuals aged 16-84 years living in Västra Götaland County, a total of 91,347 individuals. Including the national sample of Västra Götaland County the total number were 94,644 individuals. A part of the additional selection consisted a cohort of people from the survey in 2011.

A total of 52,348 individuals answered the questionnaire, representing a response rate of 55,5 percent.

The questionnaire was printed in two versions. The Public Health Agency designed the questions in the national questionnaire form. Region Västra Götaland excluded some of the questions in the national form and instead added three questions about work environment and the EQ5D-instrument. Both questionnaires covered issues of health, lifestyle, economic conditions, work and employment, and security and social relations. In addition to data collected through the questionnaires, registry data were also included.

Purpose:

The aim of the national survey was to investigate the health in the population and to show changes in the population's health over time as a follow up of the national health politics. The aim of the additional sample in Västra Götaland County was to investigate the health in the population in Västra Götaland County. Show less..

Data contains personal data

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Individual

Population

Individuals aged 16-84 years living in Västra Götaland County.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling procedure

Probability: Stratified
Probability: Simple random

Urvalsramen i undersökningen skapades med hjälp av data från Registret över totalbefolkningen (RTB), version 2014-11-30. Antalet personer i urvalsramen var 1 286 812. Det nationella urvalet drogs först genom ett obundet slumpmässigt urval. Sedan drogs ett stratifierat obundet slumpmässigt urval i Västra Götaland så att den bestämda urvalsstorleken per stratum uppnåddes. Mer information finns att läsa i Teknisk rapport.

Number of individuals/objects

38896

Response rate/participation rate

51.7%

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
Time period(s) for data collection: 2015-02-24 – 2015-05-05
Source of the data: Population group

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Geographic description: Västra Götaland County

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Administrative information

Topic and keywords

Research area

Medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Health (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Keywords

Health services, Physical examination, Dental care, Hearing, Life style, Medicine, Exercise, Population surveillance, Hearing loss, Socioeconomic factors, Tinnitus, Urinary incontinence, Anxiety, Overweight, Diet, Alcohol drinking, Work, Asthma, Diabetes mellitus, Eczema, Public health, Leisure activities, Cardiovascular diseases, Headache, Health, Health status, Hypertension, Body weight, Drug utilization, Gastrointestinal diseases, Migraine disorders, Oral health, Depression, Interpersonal relations, Mental health, Registries, Smoking, Disease, Pain, Tobacco, smokeless, Social support, Stress, psychological, Vision, ocular, Sleep, Sleep wake disorders, Fatigue, Occupations, Hypersensitivity, Feeding behavior

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