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Statistics Commission

Office for National Statistics resources
Department of Health website

National Centre for Social Research website
Welsh Government website

National Assembly for Wales website

Scottish Executive website

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency website

Other data sources

Research stories

JISCmail list

Our resources

• Health Survey for England (HSE) web pages
• Welsh Health Survey (WHS) web pages
• Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) web pages

• General Lifestyle Survey (GLF) web pages
• Opinionss and Lifestyle Survey web pages

• Thematic guide: Health introductory guide (PDF)

• Teaching datasets: HSE 2002

• Events:

  o Health Surveys User Group Meetings - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  o Introductory workshop 2004

• Publications citing the HSE, WHS or SHeS: search our index of publications

• HSE FAQ

  • Six new frequently asked questions have been added to the HSE FAQs web page:

    • Does analysis of the HSE require the use of weights?

    • How do I use the weights in the 2004 ethnic boost dataset if combining the general population and ethnic boost files?
    • How do I use the Health Survey for England individual weights if I’m pooling the data from the 1999 and 2004 datasets (ethnic boost years)?
    • Can I use multiple imputation to deal with missing data in the Health Survey for England?

    • What population is covered by the HSE?

    • Are health surveys available for other UK countries?

• WHS FAQ

• SHeS FAQ

• GLF FAQ
• Opinions and Lifestyle Survey FAQ

• HSE starting analysis

• WHS starting analysis
• SHeS starting analysis

• GLF starting analysis
• Opinions and Lifestyle Survey starting analysis

• Mail list: JISCmail list

• Vital Statistics for England and Wales
  

• Health theme page

• HSE data and documentation
• WHS data and documentation
• SHeS data and documentation

• GLF data and documentation
• Opinions and Lifestyle Survey data and documentation

• Northern Ireland Health and Social Wellbeing Survey

• Other health-related surveys

Statistics Commission

• Report on Health Statistics

Office for National Statistics resources

• Health Statistics Quarterly

• GLF web page

• Opinions and Lifestyle Survey web page

• Harmonisation web page

• ONS Longitudinal Study

Department of Health website

• Home page
• HSE web pages
• HSE online reports and results
• Other health-related surveys
• Comparative Review and Assessment of Key Health State Measures of the General Population

National Centre for Social Research website

• HSE online reports and results
• SHeS web page

Welsh Government website

• WHS web pages

National Assembly for Wales website

• 1998 Welsh Health Survey online publication (PDF)

Scottish Government website

• SHeS online reports

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency website

• Health and Social Wellbeing Survey

Other data sources

• Samples of Anonymised Records (SARs)

• English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
• British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
• 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)
• ESDS International surveys

Research stories

• Using the Health Survey for England to carry out research on smoking (Word or PDF)

JISCmail list

• Health Statistics User Group JISCmail list