Health Profile 2010

Summary

This database is based on a large sample of 298,550 individuals, of whom 177,639 participated, and hence the study has a relatively low response rate (60 per cent).

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional

Data gathering method
Other: Pencil or internet survey

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata

Formats available
SAS, SPSS

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was first collected in 2010.

First year of collection
2010

Stratification if applicable
Samples for each region and a national sample

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Covers all Danish regions

Age range
16 and above

Statistical representativeness
Other, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Covers the following indicators: Health behaviour, sickliness, contact to general practitioner, social relations. Health behaviours include smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption, diet, over- and underweight. Sickliness includes long illness, specific diseases and illnesses, pain and discomfort, and absense due to illness. Contact to general practitioner. Social relations includes family, friends and loneliness.

Linkage

Standardisation
N.A.

Possibility of linkage among databases
Data can be linked to register data available at Statistics Denmark through an encrypted identification key.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
N.A.

Breaks
N.A.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
N.A.

Governance

Contact information
Ola Ekholm, National Institute for Public Health
University of Southern Denmark
Øster Farimagsgade 5 A,
1353 Copenhagen Denmark Phone: (+45)6550 7777
Email: oek(at)si-folkesundhed.dk
Url: http://www.sundhedsprofil2010.dk/Pages/Home.aspx

Timeliness, transparency
N.A.