Health Survey for England, 1991-1992 : Combined Data File

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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Health Survey for England (HSE) is a series of surveys designed to monitor trends in the nation's health.  It was commissioned by NHS Digital and carried out by the Joint Health Surveys Unit of the National Centre for Social Research and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London.The aims of the HSE series are:to provide annual data about the nation’s health;to estimate the proportion of people in England with specified health conditions;to estimate the prevalence of certain risk factors associated with these conditions;to examine differences between population subgroups in their likelihood of having specific conditions or risk factors;to assess the frequency with which particular combinations of risk factors are found, and which groups these combinations most commonly occur;to monitor progress towards selected health targetssince 1995, to measure the height of children at different ages, replacing the National Study of Health and Growth;since 1995, monitor the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children.The survey includes a number of core questions every year but also focuses on different health issues at each wave. Topics are revisited at appropriate intervals in order to monitor change. Further information about the series may be found on the NHS Digital Health Survey for England; health, social care and lifestyles webpage, the NatCen Social Research NatCen Health Survey for England webpage and the University College London Health and Social Surveys Research Group UCL Health Survey for England webpage. Changes to the HSE from 2015:Users should note that from 2015 survey onwards, only the individual data file is available under standard End User Licence (EUL). The household data file is now only included in the Special Licence (SL) version, released from 2015 onwards. In addition, the SL individual file contains all the variables included in the HSE EUL dataset, plus others, including variables removed from the EUL version after the NHS Digital disclosure review. The SL HSE is subject to more restrictive access conditions than the EUL version (see Access information). Users are advised to obtain the EUL version to see if it meets their needs before considering an application for the SL version.

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General health and long-standing illness or disability; symptoms of cardiovascular disease (cvd); brief history of cvd related conditions, diagnoses and treatment; use of health services; physical activity and exercise; smoking; drinking; blood pressure; psychosocial factors; socio-economic details; family history of cvd; anthropometric measures (body mass index, waist/hip ratio, demi-span, height, weight); blood sample analysis (glycosylated haemoglobin, ferritin, gamma GT, cholesterol, fibrinogen, haemoglobin). Standard measures: World Health Organisation Rose-Angina questionnaire used to measure presence of angina. Medical Research Council respiratory questionnaire used to measure presence of common respiratory symptoms: cough, breathlessness, wheeze and phlegm. General health questionnaire used to detect psychiatric disorders.

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Face-to-face interview

Clinical measurements

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Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=47485bdf9119d353652e2d54aaad8d37ea3fac097bfd3351cb4e95f0de53a9e4
Provenance
Creator Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Social Survey Division
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 1994
Funding Reference Department of Health
Rights <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply.; <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the&nbsp;<a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Access is limited to users based in the UK or in countries deemed by the UK to have an adequate level of data protection as follows: European Economic Area (EEA) countries or Andorra, Argentina, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Israel, Isle of Man, Japan, Jersey, New Zealand, Switzerland and Uruguay.</p><p>Access is limited to users based in Higher Education/Further Education institutions, central and local government, the NHS, research companies and charities only for not-for-profit education and research purposes.</p>
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Discipline Economics; History; Humanities; Life Sciences; Medicine; Medicine and Health; Medieval History; Physiology; Social and Behavioural Sciences
Spatial Coverage England