Health Survey

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 1981 until 1996. The sample size used was 10,000 individuals.

First year of collection
1981

Stratification if applicable
Post-stratification: weighting model, on strata based on the following variables: sex, age, marital status, urbanity, province.

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 anonymised 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 POLIS-Health, but there have been different methodological changes.

Governance

Contact information
Department of Labour, Income and Living conditions
Statistics Netherlands
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.