NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider WHO NCD Microdata RepositoryMicrodata access: Request Geography Kuwait (KWT) Coverage type Country Time period covered 03/2014 - 09/2014 Series or system STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalIndividualInterviewNationally representative Summary The STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey uses a survey methodology developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help countries establish noncommunicable disease surveillance systems. Some surveys are conducted at the country level and others at the subnational level. The methodology prescribes three steps—questionnaire, physical measurements, and biochemical measurements. Core topics covered by most surveys are demographics, health status, and health behaviors. These provide data on socioeconomic risk factors and metabolic, nutritional, and lifestyle risk factors. Details may differ from country to country and from year to year. In Kuwait, a simple random sample design was used to produce representative data for adults ages 18-69. The overall response rate was 89% with a total of 4,391 adults participating in the survey. Keywords Alcohol use, Anthropometry, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Diabetes, Secondhand smoke, Fruits, GPAQ, Glucose tests, Obesity, Physical activity, Screening, Smokeless tobacco use, Tobacco smoking, Vegetables Citation Contributors World Health Organization (WHO) Ministry of Health (Kuwait) Suggested citation Ministry of Health (Kuwait), World Health Organization (WHO). Kuwait STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2014. GHDx Entry last modified on: Nov 27, 2024