United Kingdom Health Survey for England 2008-2009 - UK Data Service
General Info
The Health Survey for England (HSE) 2008 was the eighteenth in the series of annual surveys conducted in private households since 1994. The primary focus of the 2008 survey was physical activity and fitness.
The questionnaire included modules on general health, alcohol consumption, smoking, and fruit and vegetable consumption, as well as questions about physical activity. The survey also provided the following objective measures of health: blood pressure, anthropometric measurements, and analysis of saliva and non-fasting blood samples. In a subsample of households, up to two participants were selected and asked to wear an accelerometer for a week.
Out of a core sample of 16,056 households and a boost sample of 19,404 children, a total of 15,102 adults and 7,521 children were interviewed. Nurse visits were conducted among 10,740 adults and 2,464 children to collect measurements and ask additional questions.
Citation
National Centre for Social Research and University College London. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Survey for England, 2008 [computer file]. 3rd Edition. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2011. SN: 6397, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6397-1