NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Encuesta Nacional de Calidad de Vida y Salud (ENCAVI) Provider Ministry of Health (Chile)Microdata access: Request Geography Chile (CHL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 03/2006 - 04/2006 Series or system Chile National Quality of Life and Health Survey Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The 2006 National Survey of Quality of Life and Health was the second survey of its kind. This survey series was created to provide data that could guide the government's health objectives, plans, and policies in the 2000s. The 2006 sample was designed to be representative at the national, subnational, and urban and rural levels. Information was gathered through household, individual (those 15 and older), and children questionnaires (those under age 15). The survey was performed in 6,168 households, 6,210 individuals over age 15 were interviewed, and information on 4,997 children under the age of 15 was gathered from 3,029 households. Those surveyed answered questions about health status, chronic diseases and pain, injuries, disability, risk behaviors, satisfaction with life, child development and health, and living conditions and environment. Keywords Age at first sex, Alcohol use disorders, Assets, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Back pain, Birth control pills, Burns, Child development, Chronic respiratory diseases, Condoms, Congenital anomalies, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Diabetes, Diet, Digestive diseases, Education, Electricity, Employment, Epilepsy, Ethnicity, FFQ, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Gynecological diseases, Health status, Hearing loss, Hours worked, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypertension, IUDs, Incontinence, Infectious diseases, Injectable contraceptives, Injuries, Internet, Limited mobility, Literacy, Living conditions, Male infertility, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal conditions, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neurological conditions, Noncommunicable diseases, Occupational injuries, Occupational risk factors, Occupations, Oral conditions, Pain, Postpartum amenorrhea, Preterm birth, Refrigeration, Respiratory infections, Road traffic injuries, SF-12, Sanitation, Secondhand smoke, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skin diseases, Sleep disorders, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Transportation, Vision loss, Water supply, Working conditions Citation Contributors Ministry of Health (Chile) National Institute of Statistics (Chile) Publisher Ministry of Health (Chile) Suggested citation Ministry of Health (Chile), National Institute of Statistics (Chile). Chile National Quality of Life and Health Survey 2006. Santiago, Chile: Ministry of Health (Chile). GHDx Entry last modified on: Nov 12, 2021