The Pep-study 2018
https://doi.org/10.48723/6dab-fw44
The Pep-study is a nation wide survey with the purpose of investigating children and young adults health in regard to food and physical activity. The Pep-study was conducted for the first time in 2018 where 29 000 children and young adults between the ages 4-17 were invited to participate in the study. The study is financially supported by Generation Pep and the Swedish Hjärt-Lungfonden.
Sample size: 29000
Cause of non response -Respondent unable to participate: 185
Cause of non response - No contact/refusal: 1615
The dataset contains three files:
pep18.csv (ca 6.6 MB)
pep18.dta (ca 5.3 MB)
pep18.sav (ca 29.5 MB)
The survey results and documentation are in Swedish.
Documentation files
Documentation files
Citation and access
Citation and access
Data access level:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Research principal:
Data contains personal data:
Yes
Type of personal data:
Free text answers that may contain indirect identifiers. Parts of the dataset contains information about health.
Sensitive personal data:
Yes
Citation:
Language:
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Children and young adults between 4-17 years old with a permanent adress in Sweden
Study design:
- Cross-sectional study
- Observational study
Sampling procedure:
Description of sampling:
The survey was sent to a probability sample of children in Sweden who were invited to answer the survey via the web. The sample frame included all Swedish and foreign citizens who are between 4-17 years old. The total sample in the 2018 survey included 29,000 children
Time period(s) investigated:
Variables:
196
Number of individuals/objects:
12657
Response rate/participation rate:
43%
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire
Mode of collection:
Self-administered questionnaire
Time period(s) for data collection:
2018-09-06 - 2018-11-06
Data collector:
- The SOM-institutet
Source of the data:
- Research data
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic location:
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
Department of Medicine, Huddinge [H7]
Contributor(s):
- Sophie Cassel - University of Gothenburg - The SOM-institute
- Anders Carlander - University of Gothenburg - The SOM-institute
- Generation Pep
Ethical Review
Ethical Review
Reviewer:
- Stockholm Ethical Review Board
Registration number:
2018/375-31/5
Funding
Funding
Funding agency:
- Generation Pep
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
Swedish Standard Classification of Research Subjects 2025:
Relations
Relations
Homepage:
Publications
Publications
Citation:
Rosell, M., Carlander, A., Cassel, S., Henriksson, P., J-son Höök, M., Löf, M., Hook, M. J.-S., Henriksson, P., Carlander, A., Rosell, M., Hook, M., Lof, M., & Cassel, S. (2021). Generation Pep Study: A population‐based survey on diet and physical activity in 12,000 Swedish children and adolescents. In Acta Paediatrica. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15850
DOI:
SwePub:
Citation:
Generation Pep (2019). Pep-rapporten 2019.
Citation:
Cassel, Sophie & Anders Carlander (2019). Pep-rapporten 2018. SOM-rapport nr 2019:01. Göteborg: SOM-institutet vid Göteborgs universitet.
