Key results from the East of England Lifestyle Survey 2008 and 2009
The first of two East of England lifestyle surveys was conducted in October--December 2008. 26,290 people aged 16+ were interviewed by telephone. The sample was sufficiently large to provide prevalence estimates for key lifestyle variables at PCT level and was designed to enable comparisons to be made between the most deprived fifth of MSOAs in each PCT with the rest of the PCT population.
A second survey was conducted in October--December 2009; 17,637 people aged 16+ were interviewed by telephone.
The questionnaire included questions about:
- Age, sex, ethnicity and socioeconomic status
- General health and long term limiting illness/disability
- Smoking status
- Smoking quit attempts
- Alcohol consumption
- Self-reported height and weight
- Physical activity
- Diet
Adapted versions of the survey were carries out in the gypsies and travellers community and amongst people in the criminal justice system.
Report on gypsies and travellers survey (2008)
Report on criminal justice survey (2008)
2008 and 2009 (Waves 1 and 2) Combined Results
2008 Lifestyle Survey (Wave 1)
Key findings of Wave 1 of the survey.
Technical documentation to accompany the PCT summaries of survey results.
Download data for all PCTs used in 2008 Lifestyle Survey summaries.
2008 Lifestyle Survey summaries by PCT (revised)
After initial publication, the Wave 1 dataset was revised. Download PCT summary data comparing the version used in the lifestyle survey profiles and the corrected version of the dataset.