Summary information
Study title
Health Survey for England, 2011: Teaching Dataset
Creator
University of Manchester, Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, UK Data Service
NatCen Social Research
Study number / PID
7402 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-7402-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The Health Survey for England 2011: Teaching Dataset is based on the Health Survey for England, 2011 (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 7260) and constitutes real data which are used by the government and are behind many headlines. The teaching dataset contains fewer variables and has been subjected to certain simplifications and additions for the purpose of learning and teaching.
The main differences are:
- the number of variables has been reduced
- weighting has been simplified
- a reduced codebook is provided
Main Topics:
The main topics covered are:
- socio-demographic variables
- body, weight and blood pressure measurements
- illnesses
- cigarette smoking
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/01/2011 - 01/03/2012
Country
England
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
The HSE is a repeated cross-sectional study, but this teaching dataset has been compiled using only data from the HSE 2011.
Analysis unit
Individuals
National
Universe
Adults (aged 16 and over) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2011.
Sampling procedure
Multi-stage stratified random sample
See documentation for SN 7260 for details of HSE sampling, and the documentation for this study for details of sampling used for the teaching dataset.
Kind of data
Numeric
Data collection mode
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
The HSE is collected by face-to-face interview, self-completion questionnaire, clinical measurements, diaries, physical measurements and CAPI but the teaching dataset has been created by simplifying the original data.
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2013
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Related publications
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