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> Health Survey for England, 2008 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:6397</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> National Centre for Social Research<br>University College London. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Information Centre for Health and Social Care<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> July 2011 (3rd Edition) </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> National Centre for Social Research and University College London. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, <i> Health Survey for England, 2008</i> [computer file]. <i>3rd Edition.</i> Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2011. SN: 6397 , http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6397-1 </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'> 6397 . Health Survey for England, 2008<br> (HSE) </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>National Centre for Social Research</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>National Centre for Social Research</h5> <h5>University College London. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Information Centre for Health and Social Care<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The <i>Health Survey for England</i> (HSE) series is designed to monitor trends in the nation's health. The study provides regular information that cannot be obtained from other sources on a range of aspects concerning the public's health and many of the factors that affect health. The aims of the series are:<ul><li>to provide annual data about the nation s health</li><li>to estimate the proportion of people in England with specified health conditions</li><li>to estimate the prevalence of certain risk factors associated with these conditions</li><li>to examine differences between population subgroups in their likelihood of having specific conditions or risk factors</li><li>to assess the frequency with which particular combinations of risk factors are found, and which groups these combinations most commonly occur</li><li>to monitor progress towards selected health targets</li><li>since 1995, to measure the height of children at different ages, replacing the <i>National Study of Health and Growth</i>, and to monitor the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children</li></ul>The survey focuses on different health issues each year, although a number of core questions are included every year. Topics are revisited at appropriate intervals in order to monitor change:<ul><li>in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003 and 2006, the survey focused on cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors</li><li>in 1995 and 1996, the major focus of the survey was atopic disease (including asthma and eczema), accidents and disability</li><li>in 1997 the survey report focused on the health of young people aged 2-24 years, and combined data (in report format only) from the 1995-1997 surveys</li><li>in 1999 and again in 2004, the focus was on the health of minority ethnic groups. The boost sample was designed solely to yield additional interviews with members of the most populous minority ethnic groups: Black Caribbean, Black African (covered in 2004 only), Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese and Irish</li><li>in 2000 and 2005, the survey focused on the health of older people; the HSE 2000 included a sample of care home residents, whereas HSE 2005 included a boost sample of people aged 65 and over resident in private households</li><li>the 2001 survey included for the first time questions on fruit and vegetable consumption</li><li>the 2002 survey focused on children, young people and maternal health, and included a boost sample of young people aged 0 to 24 years and mothers of infants aged under one year</li><li>the 2007 survey focused on knowledge and attitudes towards key aspects of lifestyle, and monitoring any impact from the 2007 smokefree legislation</li><li>the 2008 survey primary focus was physical activity and fitness </li><li>the 2009 survey focused on long-term health conditions and self-assessed general health. In addition it looked at the effectiveness and use of personal care plans</li><li>the 2010 survey focused on respiratory disease and lung function, with additional questions on contraception and sexual health, well-being, kidney disease and dental health</li></ul>Further information about the series may be found on the <a href="http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles-related-surveys/health-survey-for-england" title="NHS IC Health Survey for England">Information Centre for Health and Social Care</a>, <a href="http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/PublishedSurvey/HealthSurveyForEngland/fs/en" title="DoH Health Survey for England">Department of Health</a> and <a href="http://www.natcen.ac.uk/series/health-survey-for-england" title="NatCen Social Research Health Survey for England">NatCen Social Research</a> <i>Health Survey for England</i> web pages.<br> <br> ESDS Government have prepared three teaching datasets based on the HSE, all held at the UK Data Archive: SN 5033 <i>Health Survey for England, 2002: Teaching Dataset</i>; SN 6765 <i>Health Survey for England, 2003-2005: Multilevel Modelling Teaching Dataset</i>, and SN 6792 <i>Health Survey for England, 2000-2001: Small Area Estimation Teaching Dataset</i>.<br> <br>The HSE 2008 provides data at both national and regional level about the population living in private households in England. The sample comprised two components: the core (general population) sample and a boost sample of children. The core sample was designed to be representative of the population living in private households in England.<br> <br> For the HSE core sample, all adults aged 16 years or older at each household were selected for the interview (maximum ten adults). However, a maximum of two children aged 0-15 were interviewed per household. For households with three or more children, interviewers selected two children at random. At boost addresses interviewers screened for households containing at least one child aged 2-15 years. For households which included eligible children, up to two were selected by the interviewer for inclusion in the survey. Interviewing was conducted throughout the year to take account of seasonal differences.<br> <br> For the second edition (October 2010), an updated version of the individual-level file was deposited, with amended GHQ12 variables. The code for respondents who did not answer the GHQ12 questions is now set at  -1 rather than  0 .<br> <br> For the third edition (July 2011), the GHQ12 variables were further amended to correct errors in the GHQ12 scores. See document 'Note about GHQ12 problems in HSE Data' for details.<br> <br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>The primary focus of HSE 2008 was physical activity and fitness. Adults and children were asked to recall their physical activity over recent weeks, and objective measures of physical activity and cardiovascular fitness were also obtained.<br> <br> Data collection involved an interview, followed by a visit from a specially trained nurse for all those in the core sample who agreed. Both used computer assisted interviewing. The nurse visit included measurements and collection of blood and saliva samples, as well as additional questions.<br> <br> Children aged 13-15 were interviewed themselves, and parents of children aged 0-12 were asked about their children, with the child interview including questions on physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption.<br> <br> Standard Measures: <li>Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)</li></h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> January 2008 - December 2008 <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> January 2008 - April 2009 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Government Office Regions (GORs);Health Authorities (England) <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals <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) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2008. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Repeated cross-sectional study<br> The survey is conducted annually. <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Multi-stage stratified random sample <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 22,623 cases (individual file), 31,927 cases (household file). <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> Several types of weighting variable have been used. See User Guide 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> 11 March 2010<br></h5> <h3>Date of Latest Release: </h3><h5>21 July 2011 ( 3rd Edition )</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>11 April 2012</h5> </body></html>