Kent and Medway Health & Lifestyle Survey
Synopsis:
This Survey aims to describe the health and
lifestyles of adults aged 16 and over living in Kent and
Medway in summer 2001. It is a large survey of 8071
individuals, comprising a 51% response of one in one
hundred people aged 16-74 and one in twenty five people
aged 75 and over. It provides information about general
health, risk factor behaviour and mental health
indicators, as well as how people live and work and
their access to primary care health services.
A self completion questionnaire was posted to a
random sample of one in one hundred people aged 16-74
and one in twenty five people aged 75 and over
registered with a General Practitioner in Kent and
Medway and randomly selected from the Health Authority
Support Agency database using Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS). Distribution of the
questionnaire was timed to coincide with NHS Week at the
end of June 2001; some weeks after the Census. Prepaid
envelopes were enclosed for return, with one reminder
post card sent after two weeks. Poorly responding areas
of Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley, Medway and Swale
were sent a second reminder enclosing a second copy of
the questionnaire.
15,958 people were surveyed and 8071 people
responded, giving an overall response rate of 51%.
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