Summary information

Study title

Northern Ireland Health and Activity Survey, 1994

Creator

MacAuley, D., Queen's University of Belfast, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Study number / PID

3469 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3469-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The Northern Ireland Health and Activity Survey was undertaken to study the determinants of physical activity and fitness in relation to health, with particular emphasis on coronary heart disease in Northern Ireland. The survey had the following specific objectives: to establish profiles of physical activity and fitness in the population of Northern Ireland; to study relationships between physical activity and physical fitness; to examine relationships between physical activity, physical fitness, lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins.
Main Topics:

Activity profiles; attitudes to health, activity and physical fitness; health; women's health; diet; social class; education; measured physical assessment; blood analysis.
Standard Measures
Physical Appraisal and Quentin Treadmill Test.
Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey (1992).
(Please refer to documentation for further details)

Health behaviourSocial conditions and indicatorsGeneral health and well-being

ACCIDENTSACHIEVEMENTADULTSAGEALCOHOL USEALCOHOLIC DRINKSALLERGIESANGERFISHING (SPORT)ANXIETYAPARTMENTSARTHRITIS

Data collection period

01/02/1992 - 01/11/1992

Country

Northern Ireland

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

National

Northern Irish adults

Universe

Persons aged 16 years and over living in Northern Ireland.

Sampling procedure

Two stage probability sampling: 1. Probability sample of 1600 addresses taken from rating and valuation lists of Northern Ireland, stratified into 3 regions to ensure proportional sampling: Belfast; east of the province; and west of the province. 2. Kish grid selection of one adult from the selected household.

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Clinical measurements

Physical measurements

Computer assisted interviewing using Blaise

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1996

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

MacAuley, D. (1994) The Northern Ireland health and activity survey [Research report], Belfast: HMSO.