Healthy Ireland Survey, 2016

Study number (SN): 0021-02

CITATION

Department of Health (2020). Healthy Ireland Survey, 2016 [dataset]. Version 1. Irish Social Science Data Archive. SN: 0021-02. URL www.ucd.ie/issda/data/healthyireland/

ABOUT THE STUDY

The annual Healthy Ireland Survey provides an up-to-date picture of the nation’s health along 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 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 Survey is currently in the second year of its second contract.

MAIN TOPICS

Health
Smoking
Alcohol
Diet & Nutrition
Physical activity
Weight management
Social connectedness
Wellbeing
Mental health

COVERAGE, UNIVERSE, METHODOLOGY

Population

Approximately 7,500 people aged 15 and over, living at randomly sampled private addresses in locations across Ireland, are surveyed annually by computer aided personal interview (CAPI), taking no more than 45 minutes. Private addresses are 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 09/2015 to 05/2016

Time dimension

Repeated cross-sectional study

Geographical coverage

Country: Republic of 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)

File name	File format/s	Contents of file
0021-02_healthy_ireland_2016	SPSS	Healthy Ireland 2016 survey data

Documentation (available for download)

File name	File format/s (preferably PDF)	Contents of file
0021-02_healthy_ireland_2016_data_dictionary	PDF	Healthy Ireland 2016 Data Dictionary
0021-02_healthy_ireland_2016_questionnaire	PDF	Healthy Ireland 2016 Questionnaire: The questionnaire used in 2016 for the Healthy Ireland Survey.
0021-02_healthy_ireland_2016_technical_report	PDF	Healthy Ireland 2016 Technical Report: This report consists of 7,498 interviews conducted with a representative sample of the population aged 15 and older living in Ireland
0021-02_healthy_ireland_2016_summary_report	PDF	Healthy Ireland 2016 Summary Report: This report provides an overview of results from the second wave of the Healthy Ireland Survey.

LINKS

https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/231c02-healthy-ireland-survey-wave/

ACCESS INFORMATION

Accessing the data

To access the data, please complete a 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, 2016" 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.