Term: Health Survey

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

A research method in which questionnaires are used to gather information regarding health status and other related issues from many participants. They are often administered in-person, over the phone or via the mail. The resulting data is useful in describing, comparing, and sometimes explaining different phenomena. With the appropriate permissions, health survey data have sometimes been linked to information from the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository (Repository). Two of the major studies have been the Aging in Manitoba Study, and a project to link Manitoba and Statistics Canada data.

Related terms 

• Manitoba Population Research Data Repository (Repository)

References 

• Houle C, Berthelot J, David P, Mustard CA, Roos LL, Wolfson MC. Project on matching census 1986 database and Manitoba health care files: Private households component (Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series, No. 91). Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada; 1996.(View)
• Mustard CA, Derksen S, Berthelot J, Wolfson MC, Roos LL, Carriere KC. Socioeconomic Gradients in Mortality and the Use of Health Care Services at Different Stages in the Life Course. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1995. [Report] [Summary] (View)