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Kuwait World Health Survey 2008-2010

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General Info
Provider 
Ministry of Health (Kuwait)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Kuwait (KWT)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2008 - 12/2010
Series or system 
World Health Survey Plus
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The World Health Survey Plus (WHS+) was implemented in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in order to collect comparable data for informing strategic planning, program management, monitoring, and evaluation. The Kuwait World Health Survey 2008-2010 collected socioeconomic, demographic, and health data, particularly related to wellbeing, health care utilization, and risk factors for various diseases.

Three questionnaires were used: one for the household; one for individuals; and one for non-national individuals in labor camps, collective families, and domestic workers. A total of 4,389 households were interviewed, including 5,004 individuals in both standard and non-standard households.

Measurements included height, weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure. Biochemical measurements were obtained for fasting blood glucose and total cholesterol levels.

Keywords 
Antenatal care, Anthropometry, Assets, Asthma, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cataracts, Child health care, Cholesterol tests, Chronic respiratory diseases, Corrective lenses, Cough, Crime, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Disability, Education, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Family size, Fever, Food expenditures, Fruits and vegetables, Glucose tests, Health care access, Health care personnel, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Height, Home care, Hospitals, Household expenditures, Hypertension, Immunization, Income, Incontinence, Injuries, Ischemic heart disease, Limited mobility, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Medical tests, Mental health symptoms, Military service, Obesity, Occupations, Oral conditions, Osteoarthritis, Pain, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Physical activity, Place of delivery, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Respiratory function tests, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Stroke, Teachers, Tobacco smoking, Traditional healers, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Unintentional injuries, Unipolar depressive disorders, VCT, Vision loss, Vomiting, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 2, 2022