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Health on equal terms? - Västra Götaland, 2016

The survey "Health on equal terms?" is a national survey, conducted every year since 2004. The Public Health Agency is responsible for the survey and Statistics Sweden (SCB) is responsible for the distribution, collection and registration. During the data collection in 2016, Göteborgs Stad ordered an additional sample. The population consisted of all people in the municipality of Gothenburg aged 16-84 and the additional sample ordered by Göteborgs Stad consisted of 4984 persons. The total sample, i.e. the additional sample and the individuals from Gothenburg in the national sample was 6200 people. A total of 2693 individuals answered the questionnaire, representing a response rate of 43,5 percent. The number of webb responses was 753 or 28,0 percent of the respondents. The Public Health Agency designed the questions in the questionnaire which consisted of 62 numbered questions. Several questions had sub-questions, which resulted in a total of 93 questions. The questions in the questionnaire dealt with subjects such as health, lifestyle, economical conditions, work and employment as well as security and social relations. In addition to the variables collected through the questionnaire a number of variables were retrieved from registers. Purpose: The aim of the national survey is to investigate the health in the population and to show changes in the population's health over time as a follow up of the national health politics. The aim of the additional sample in Göteborgs Stad is to investigate the health in the population in Gothenburg.

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Public Health Agency of Sweden