Health 2011 Survey - Methods

Abstract

This report describes the planning, design and implementation as well as the main methods and contents of the survey. The report is targeted to researchers using the Health 2011 Survey data for various health monitoring and scientific research purposes, and to those who are planning and conducting large population based health examination surveys in the future. The main aim of the Health 2011 Survey was to provide an up-to-date overview of health, functional capacity and welfare of the population as well as time trends in them. The survey design is both cross-sectional and longitudinal. The invitation to take part in the Health 2011 Survey was sent to all persons who had been included in the representative random sample of the national Health 2000 survey 11 years earlier (N=8,135). A new random sample of persons aged 18 28 years was also drawn (N=1,994). The fieldwork was carried out in 2011 2012. A wide range of information was collected by a comprehensive health examination, interviews and questionnaires. In addition, register based information was linked to the survey data.