Summary information
Study title
National Heights and Weights Survey, 1980
Creator
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Social Survey Division
Study number / PID
2046 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-2046-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
This study is the first fully representative survey of heights and weights ever to be undertaken among the adult population of Great Britain. The DHSS commissioned the survey as part of their programme of nutritional surveillance both as a national benchmark against which special regional studies could be compared and as a starting point for future monitoring of height and weight in the population.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
21/07/1980 - 07/10/1980
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
National
Adults
Universe
Adults in Great Britain aged 16 to 64
Sampling procedure
Multi-stage stratified random sample
the sample was drawn from a random selection of 100 Local Authority districts stratified by type (metropolitan and non-metropolitan) within region, and by social class. In each district two wards were randomly selected and within each selected ward a random sample of households was selected from the electoral register
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Clinical measurements
Physical measurements
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1985
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
- (1984) 'The heights and weights of adults in Great Britain'