National Survey of Health and Development
Sweep Description
1982 (Age 36)
Professor John Colley
MRC Unit, Bristol
Data collection was carried out at home visits to cohort members by research nurses recruited by the study team. Questionnaires were used to ask about family and home circumstances, health, employment and social participation, experience of disturbing life events, smoking habits and diet. The nurses made a number of body measurements, measured pulse rate, blood pressure, respiratory function, and used the short Present State Examination, a clinically validated questionnaire that evaluated mental health. Nurses explained how to use the diet diary, and asked cohort members to post them back at the end of 5 consecutive days of completion. Cohort members self-completed questionnaires about leisure time exercise and returned them to the nurse.
Study website: https://www.nshd.mrc.ac.uk/
NSHD Overall PopulationMid-adulthood
31 - 59 years
Coverage
Funding
Medical Research CouncilData
1982 Main Questionnaire Dataset1982 Dietary Diary
nshd_82_dd
1982 Dietary Diary
1982 Dietary DiarySelf-administered questionnaire using a traditional paper questionnaire.
1982 Present State Examination
nshd_82_pse
1982 Present State Examination
Assessing specific properties (or characteristics) of beings, things, phenomena by applying pre-established standards and/or specialized instruments or techniques.
1982 Main Questionnaire
nshd_82_q
1982 Main Questionnaire
Face-to-face paper and pencil interviewing.
1982 Self-Completion Questionnaire
nshd_82_scq
1982 Self-Completion Questionnaire
Self-administered questionnaire using a traditional paper questionnaire.
nshd_82_dd resource package 01
