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Study title

University Student Health Survey 2016

Creator

Kunttu, Kristina (Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS))
Pesonen, Tommi (Oy 4Pharma Ltd)
Saari, Juhani (Research Foundation for Studies and Education (Otus))

Study number / PID

FSD3224 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3224 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd3224 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

University Student Health Surveys

The survey series charts the physical, mental and social health of undergraduate students of higher education institutions in Finland. Other main themes include health-related behaviour and associated attitudes, social relationships, studies and financing studies, opinions on and the use of student health services. In addition to core questions, each survey contains questions on particular themes. The surveys were conducted by the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) at four-year intervals between 2000 and 2016. The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and the Social Insurance...

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Abstract

This national survey examined the health and health-related behaviour of university and university of applied sciences (polytechnic) students in Finland. Questions covered, among other topics, physical, mental and dental health, health-related behaviour, social interaction, and eating habits. General state of health was charted with a number of questions relating to long-term illnesses, disabilities or disorders, and current well-being in general. The respondents were asked if they had suffered from a variety of symptoms in the previous month. Birth control methods used by the respondent and her/his partner within the previous month were surveyed. Some questions covered the respondents' weight, height, and attitude toward food. Psychological or social symptoms causing problems were investigated. Psychosocial health was further studied using items of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Use of healthcare services by different types of service providers and satisfaction with the services of the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) were surveyed, along with reasons for using the services of other healthcare service providers. The respondents were also asked if they had used smartphone applications related to health and well-being, and what type of guidance they would have liked in certain issues (e.g. stress or weight management, study skills, alcohol use, smoking cessation). Time spent sitting during the day as well as engagement in sporting activities and less vigorous physical activities were surveyed. Eating habits were investigated with a number of questions based on the Index of Diet Quality (IDQ), for instance, asking where the respondents ate their main meals, if they skipped meals, and the consumption of dairy products, fish, bread, fruit, vegetables, etc. The respondents were also asked how often they brushed or flossed their teeth and used toothpaste or xylitol products, and whether they had problems with teeth grinding (or used a bite guard),...
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Topics

Social sciencesMedical and health sciencesYouthPsychologyHealth care services and policiesSigns and symptoms; pathological conditionsGeneral health and well-beingGender and gender roles

Keywords

Access to health servicesAlcohol useDental healthDiet and exerciseDietary habitsExercise (physical activity)Health servicesHealth statusMental disordersSexual behaviourSexual healthSmoking
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Methodology

Data collection period

16/02/2016 - 11/05/2016

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Undergraduates under the age of 35 in Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences

Excludes: students studying a postgraduate polytechnic degree (YAMK) and vocational teacher students

Sampling procedure

Probability: Stratified

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2018

Terms of data access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

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