NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Tonga STEPS 2017 Provider WHO NCD Microdata RepositoryMicrodata access: Register Geography Tonga (TON) Coverage type Country Time period covered 03/2017 - 05/2017 Series or system STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey Data type Survey: IndividualInterviewNationally 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. 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. Keywords Alcohol use, Anthropometry, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Diet, Education, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, GPAQ, Glucose tests, Height, Income, Leisure activities, Marital status, Medical tests, Obesity, Occupations, Physical activity, Pregnancy, Secondhand smoke, Tobacco smoking, Traditional healers, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Vegetables, Weight Citation Contributors World Health Organization (WHO) Ministry of Health (Tonga) Publisher World Health Organization (WHO) Publication year 2020 Suggested citation Ministry of Health (Tonga), World Health Organization (WHO). Tonga STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2017. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization (WHO), 2020. GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 18, 2024