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Healthy Ireland Survey, 2019

Study Number (SN): 0021-05

ABOUT THE STUDY 

The annual Healthy Ireland Survey provides an up-to-date picture of the nation’s healthbalong with a robust and credible baseline set of data on a range of health behaviours which have significant impact on individual health outcomes. These data are being used by the Department of Health to inform current and future policy direction and programme development and implementation.

The Survey reports on many lifestyle behaviours such as smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, active travel, weight management, diet and nutrition, health service utilization patterns, dental health, chronic disease incidence, mental health, sleep patterns, dementia awareness, caring responsibilities, women’s health and sexual health.

Since 2014, the Healthy Ireland Survey has been administered on an annual basis by Ipsos- MRBI on behalf of the Department of Health. The 2019 Survey was conducted via CAPI. 

MAIN TOPICS 

• Health
• Health promotion
• Health status
• Men’s health
• Public health
• Public health risks
• Women’s health

COVERAGE, UNIVERSE, METHODOLOGY 

Population 

Approximately 7,500 people aged 15 and over, living at randomly sampled private addresses in locations across Ireland, were surveyed annually by computer aided personal interview (CAPI), taking no more than 45 minutes. Private addresses were selected from electoral divisions across the country using GeoDirectory.

In other words, a representative sample of the adult population of Ireland is surveyed each year. Some modules are repeated every year (e.g. smoking, demographics, chronic conditions), however, the majority of modules are being repeated on a 2-4 year cycle, allowing the Survey to ask a wider variety of questions. The Questionnaire for each year therefore varies substantially (but not completely) from the year before; researchers should be aware of that.

Observation units 

• Individual
• Families / Households

Temporal coverage 

From 10/ 2018 to 07/2019

Time dimension  

Cross-sectional study, repeated yearly

Geographical coverage 

Country: Ireland

Methods of data collection 

• CAPI (Computer Aided Personal Interviewing)

Sampling procedures 

Detailed methods are published in the Summary Report, below.  

DATA AND DOCUMENTATION: FILES’ DESCRIPTION  

Data (available through ISSDA application process) 

Documentation (available for download) 

LINKS 

https://www.gov.ie/en/policy-information/706608-healthy-ireland-policies/#the-healthy-ireland-survey

ACCESS INFORMATION 

Accessing the data

To access the data, please complete the ISSDA Data Request Form for Research Purposes, sign it, and send it to ISSDA by email.

Data will be disseminated on receipt of a fully completed, signed form. Incomplete or unsigned forms will be returned to the data requester for completion.

Copyright 

Copyright belongs to the Department of Health, Government of Ireland. Ipsos MRBI are contracted to undertake the Healthy Ireland Survey on behalf of the Department and are responsible for primary management, processing and storage of the data.

Acknowledgements

Any work based in whole or part on resources provided by the ISSDA, should  acknowledge: “Healthy Ireland Survey, 2019" and also ISSDA, in the following way: “Accessed via the Irish Social Science Data Archive - www.ucd.ie/issda”.

Citation requirement 

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical citation 

Department of Health (2023). Healthy Ireland Survey, 2019 [dataset]. Version 1. Irish Social Science Data Archive. SN: 0021-05. URL www.ucd.ie/issda/data/healthyireland/

Notification 

The user shall notify the Irish Social Science Data Archive of all publications where she or he has used the data.