Study on Living conditions - Health

Summary

Strengths: The data source provides long time series and high quality data.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Survey different

Data gathering method
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access
Data cannot be downloaded directly.

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

Formats available
SPSS (default)

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected from 1997 until 2009 with a net sample of around 10,000 individuals.

First year of collection
1997

Stratification if applicable
Two-step sampling: 1) sample of municipalities 2) sample of people; monthly sampling; specific weighting models for different modules

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Dutch population

Age range
No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Health, medical consumption, medical prevention, life style.

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
Linkable to other person databases through anonymized personal number.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Survey errors

Breaks
There have been different changes in how questions are phrased and the research method.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
More or less consistent time series (1981 - 2009), combined with Health survey, but here have been different methodological changes.

Governance

Contact information
Department of Labour, Income and Living conditions
Statistics Netherland
Henri Faasdreef 312
2492 JP Den Haag Netherlands Phone: Infoservice: 003188 570 70 70
Email: info(at)cbs.nl
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Timeliness, transparency
Data is collected annually and is available 3 months after collection.