Health Behaviour in School-aged Children microdata

• Overview
• Survey documentation
• Downloading the microdata file
• Aggregate data
• Teacher support materials
• For further information

Overview

This microdata file was created from the 1997-1998 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey in Canada. The survey was conducted by Queen's University and was funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada. These data are not Statistics Canada information.

This file contains a subset of 89 variables from the HBSC survey, which was administered to over 11,000 Canadian children in Grades 6 to 10. The Canadian survey is part of a cross-national survey headed by the World Health Organization, which studies the health behaviour of children aged 11, 13 and 15 years in more than 40 countries around the world.

The topics covered in the survey include:

• Personal feelings
• Home life
• Friends
• Risk behaviour
• School
• Healthy eating
• Bullying and fighting
• Injuries and injury prevention
• Health and illness
• Leisure time

Survey documentation

• Questionnaire (PDF)
• Full reports and executive summaries (Public Health Agency of Canada)

Downloading the microdata file

Statistics Canada has provided the microdata in three file formats:

• CSV (Comma Separated Values), which allows you to access the tables in any spreadsheet application
• XLS (Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet), which can be viewed with Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Excel Viewer
• Fathom (Fathom is a data analysis sotftware licensed by the Ontario Ministry of Education and also used by schools in some other provinces. Providing the Fathom format is in no way an endorsement or recommendation of the Fathom software by Statistics Canada.)

As a convenience to users, Statistics Canada sometimes provides files in proprietary formats. We do not, however, provide technical support for Microsoft Excel or Fathom. If you wish to download these softwares or Microsoft Excel Viewer or require assistance with them, please contact www.microsoft.com or www.keypress.com.

Users associated with postsecondary institutions that are members of the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) may contact their DLI representative to obtain the data in SPSS format.

Aggregate data

Aggregate data from the international HBSC survey conducted in 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 in over 30 countries can also be found in

• Aggregate data, lessons, and other resources.

Teacher support materials

• Student activity
• Analysis ideas for teachers

For further information

If you have questions about the HBSC survey, consult the website of the Public Health Agency of Canada on children and adolescents or contact the Agency or (613) 952-1220.

If you have questions about using the microdata, contact the Statistics Canada Learning Resources Team.