NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title NZHS 2018/19 Provider Ministry of Health (New Zealand)Tabulations only Geography New Zealand (NZL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 07/2018 - 06/2019 Series or system New Zealand Health Survey Data type Survey Summary The goal of the continuous NZHS is to support the formulation and evaluation of health policy by providing timely, reliable and relevant health information. This information covers population health; health risk and protective factors; and health service utilization. The NZHS comprises a set of core questions combined with a flexible program of rotating topic modules. The questionnaire is administered (face to face and computer assisted) to adults aged 15 years and older, as well as to children aged 0–14 years, generally through their primary caregiver, who acts as a proxy respondent. Keywords Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Amphetamine use disorders, Anthropometry, Anxiety disorders, Asthma, Autism, Bipolar affective disorder, Birth place, Blood pressure, Breastfeeding, Cannabis use disorders, Child anthropometry, Childhood behavioral disorders, Dairy products, Dental caries, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary sugar, Disability, Disasters, Eczema, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Fish, Fruits and vegetables, Gout, Health care access, Health insurance, Health status, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Hospitals, Housing conditions, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Hysterectomy, Illicit drug use, Income, Insulin, Internet, Interventions, Ischemic heart disease, Languages, Mass media, Mental health symptoms, Musculoskeletal diseases, Nurses, Oral hygiene, Osteoarthritis, Pain, Personal health expenditures, Physical activity, Physicians, Pregnancy, Prescriptions, Processed foods, Processed meats, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sexual behavior, Sleep, Smokeless tobacco use, Stroke, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Thoracic surgery, Tobacco smoking, Unemployment, Unprocessed red meat, Vision loss, Weight, Weight change, Whole grains Citation Contributors Ministry of Health (New Zealand) Suggested citation Ministry of Health (New Zealand). New Zealand Health Survey 2018-2019. GHDx Entry last modified on: Jun 21, 2024