Sri Lanka STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2021
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2021 - December, 2021
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - Household - Interview - Nationally representative
Summary
The Sri Lanka STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2021 collected data on the prevalence of behavioral and biological risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in Sri Lanka for 2021. The survey also aimed to assess the population's knowledge of selected tobacco control policies. A total of 6,267 respondents ages 18 to 69 living on a particular address for more than 6 months at the moment of the sampling participated.
Keywords
Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Analgesics, Anthropometry, Antihypertensive drugs, Assets, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Clinical breast exams, Cooking fuels, Dairy products, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary sodium, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family size, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, GPAQ, Glucose tests, Health care use, Health insurance, Heart disease, Height, Hospitals, Housing materials, Hypertension, Income, Insulin, Land ownership, Leisure activities, Lighting, Livestock, Marital status, Mass media, Medicines, Obesity, Pap smears, Personal health expenditures, Physical activity, Prevalence, Processed foods, Refrigeration, Sanitation, Screening, Secondhand smoke, Smokeless tobacco use, Stroke, Telephones, Tobacco, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Urine tests, Vegetables, Water supply, Weight, Working conditions
Citation
Contributors
Publisher
Publication year
2021
Suggested citation
Department of Census and Statistics (Sri Lanka), Ministry of Health (Sri Lanka), World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO). Sri Lanka STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2021. WHO NCD Microdata Repository, 2021.
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ISBN
Other ID
978-624-5719-78-5