ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Scottish Health Survey, 2008 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:6383</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Scottish Centre for Social Research<br>University College London. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health<br>Medical Research Council. Social and Public Health Sciences Unit<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsors</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Scottish Government<br>NHS Health Scotland<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> March 2010 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Scottish Centre for Social Research, University College London. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Medical Research Council. Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, <i> Scottish Health Survey, 2008</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], March 2010. SN: 6383, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6383-1. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 6383 . Scottish Health Survey, 2008<br> (SHeS) </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Scottish Centre for Social Research</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Scottish Centre for Social Research</h5> <h5>University College London. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health</h5> <h5>Medical Research Council. Social and Public Health Sciences Unit</h5> <H3>Sponsors:</H3><H5> Scottish Government<br>NHS Health Scotland<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The Scottish Health Survey series was established as a result of the publication in 1992 of <i>Scotland's health: a challenge to us all</i>. The first survey in the series, in 1995 (SN 3807) was commissioned by the then Scottish Office Department of Health. The second (SN 4379) and third (SN 5318) in the series were carried out in 1998 and 2003, respectively. From 2008 and until 2011, the survey will be carried out continuously, with each year s data deposited separately. The majority of the questionnaire will be the same in every year, with a smaller number of topics included in two of the four years (2008 and 2010, or 2009 and 2011). Although it was not designed to provide sub-national regional data on an annual basis, regional analysis will be possible for all Health Board areas after four years (and sooner for some of the larger Boards).<br> <br> The aims of the series are:<ul><li>to provide data about the nation's health</li><li>to estimate the prevalence of particular health conditions</li><li>to estimate the prevalence of risk factors associated with these conditions</li><li>to examine differences between population subgroups; and between Scotland and England</li><li>to contribute towards monitoring progress towards selected health targets</li><li>to monitor trends in the population's health over time</li></ul>The <i>Scottish Health Survey, 2008</i> was designed to provide data at a national level about the population living in private households in Scotland. The sample for the 2008 survey, as in previous years, was drawn from the Postcode Address File (PAF). An initial sample of 9,906 addresses were selected and grouped into 492 interviewer batches, with around 45 batches covered each month between February and December 2008. The 9,906 addresses were comprised of three sample types: <ul><li>6,945 formed the main sample, at which adults and children were eligible to be selected for interview</li><li>2,301 addresses formed an additional child boost sample at which only households containing children aged 0-15 were eligible to participate</li><li>660 addresses (220 in each of Grampian, Fife and Borders) formed the Health Board boost sample, at which only adults were eligible for interview</li></ul></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>The questionnaire covered: general health and wellbeing, cardiovascular disease and use of services, asthma, eating habits, adult (16+) and child (2-15) physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, smoking and alcohol consumption (16+), dental health (16+), economic activity, education, parental history, measurements and standard classification questions. Some participants also answered questions about their knowledge of health messages and attitudes to health and motivations to make lifestyle changes for health purposes. <br> <br> The nurse visit covered prescribed medicines; vitamin supplements; nicotine replacement therapy; stress, anxiety and self-harm; food poisoning; blood pressure; demi-span (65+); waist and hip circumference; lung function; blood sample; saliva sample and urine sample.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> January 2008 - March 2009 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> Scotland <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Health Boards; Health Authority Regions/Districts <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Families/households <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Adults aged 16 and over and children aged 0-15 years living in private households in Scotland between January 2008 and March 2009 </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Repeated cross-sectional study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Multi-stage stratified random sample <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 8,215 individual cases; 10,350 household cases <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview; Self-completion; Clinical measurements; Physical measurements; CAPI <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> Weighting used. See documentation for details </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Government, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: govsurveys@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 05 March 2010<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>31 October 2011</h5> </body></html>