Occasional paper : health risk factors, a guide to time series comparability from the National Health Survey
This paper is intended as an indicative guide for users undertaking comparisons of selected health risk factors across the National Health Surveys (NHS) of 1989-90, 1995 and 2001. To enable users to check against their own analysis, crude rates are presented from each survey for alcohol consumption, body mass index (BMI), exercise level, and smoking status. In some instances, there has been a change over time in the wording of questions or associated inclusions, exclusions and prompts. To assist in understanding whether these factors may influence the level of response, questions and other notes on the questionnaire are included. A provisional assessment of the reliability of the NHS time series is given for each selected risk factor from both the trend in risk factor prevalence and the questionnaire differences. This information may help inform decisions on the suitability of using data for particular risk factors for analysis over time
eBook, English, 2004
[Bureau], [Canberra], 2004
ABS web site
1 volume
224031938
Catalogue no. 4826.0.55.001
Includes tables
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