Welsh Health Survey: Content

1. Face-to-face household interview with a responsible adult in the household. Used to enumerate the household and record the following information:

• Age & sex.
• Broad assessment of general health.
• Housing information (including number of years at address, tenure).
• Employment status and socio-economic classification (only collected for household reference person (the person in whose name the accommodation is owned or rented)).

2. Self-completion questionnaire for adults with the following sections:

• Health service use
• Medicines
• Illnesses
• General health and well-being
• Smoking
• Alcohol
• Fruit and vegetables
• Exercise
• Carers
• Questions about you (age, sex, height, weight, qualifications etc)

3. For children under 16, a questionnaire, with the following core sections:

• Questions about the child (age, sex, ethnic group)
• General health and well-being
• Health service use
• Accidents requiring hospital treatment
• Illnesses and health problems

In addition, the questionnaire for 0-3 year olds includes questions on infant feeding. The questionnaires for 4-12 year olds and 13-15 year olds include sections on eating habits, physical activity and the Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire.