Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The purpose of the 1995 Health Education Monitoring Survey (HEMS) was to provide a baseline measure of a set of health promotion indicators relating to health-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviour (which were developed by the Health Education Authority) of a sample of adults aged 16-74. The aim of subsequent surveys is to measure any change against this baseline.
Main Topics:
Household characteristics; socio-demographic characteristics of respondents; general health; skin cancer; smoking; alcohol drinking; physical activity; nutrition; sexual health.
Multi-stage stratified random sample
Face-to-face interview
Self-completion