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Sri Lanka STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2021

General Info

Provider 
WHO NCD Microdata Repository
Microdata access: Request
Geography 
Sri Lanka (LKA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 2021 - December, 2021
Series or system 
STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Household - Interview - Nationally representative
Summary 

The Sri Lanka STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2021 collected data on the prevalence of behavioral and biological risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in Sri Lanka for 2021. The survey also aimed to assess the population's knowledge of selected tobacco control policies. A total of 6,267 respondents ages 18 to 69 living on a particular address for more than 6 months at the moment of the sampling participated.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Analgesics, Anthropometry, Antihypertensive drugs, Assets, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Clinical breast exams, Cooking fuels, Dairy products, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary sodium, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family size, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, GPAQ, Glucose tests, Health care use, Health insurance, Heart disease, Height, Hospitals, Housing materials, Hypertension, Income, Insulin, Land ownership, Leisure activities, Lighting, Livestock, Marital status, Mass media, Medicines, Obesity, Pap smears, Personal health expenditures, Physical activity, Prevalence, Processed foods, Refrigeration, Sanitation, Screening, Secondhand smoke, Smokeless tobacco use, Stroke, Telephones, Tobacco, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Urine tests, Vegetables, Water supply, Weight, Working conditions

Citation

Contributors 
Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO)
Department of Census and Statistics (Sri Lanka)
Publisher 
WHO NCD Microdata Repository
Publication year 
2021
Suggested citation 
Department of Census and Statistics (Sri Lanka), Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka), World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO). Sri Lanka STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2021. WHO NCD Microdata Repository, 2021.
Other ID type 
ISBN
Other ID 
978-624-5719-78-5

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