NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Ministry of Health (New Zealand)Tabulations only Geography New Zealand (NZL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 07/2019 - 06/2020 Series or system New Zealand Health Survey Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdIndividualInterview Summary The goal of the continuous NZHS is to support the formulation and evaluation of health policy by providing timely, reliable and relevant health information. This information covers population health; health risk and protective factors; and health service utilization. The NZHS comprises a set of core questions combined with a flexible program of rotating topic modules. The questionnaire is administered to adults aged 15 years and older, as well as to children aged 0–14 years, generally through their primary caregiver, who acts as a proxy respondent. Keywords Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Ambulances, Amphetamine use disorders, Analgesics, Anthropometry, Anxiety disorders, Asthma, Autism, Bipolar affective disorder, Birth place, Blood pressure, Breastfeeding, Cannabis use disorders, Child anthropometry, Childhood behavioral disorders, Dairy products, Dental caries, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary sugar, Disability, Disasters, ENDS use, Eczema, Education, Emergency care, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Fish, Fruits and vegetables, General surgery, Gout, Health care access, Health care expenditures, Health insurance, Health status, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Height, Hospitals, Housing conditions, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Hysterectomy, Illicit drug use, Income, Influenza vaccines, Insulin, Internet, Interventions, Ischemic heart disease, Languages, Leisure activities, Lifestyle risk factors, Lupus, Mass media, Medicines, Mental health symptoms, Musculoskeletal diseases, Nurses, Oral hygiene, Osteoarthritis, Pain, Personal health expenditures, Physical activity, Physicians, Pregnancy, Prescriptions, Private health facilities, Processed foods, Processed meats, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sexual behavior, Sleep, Smokeless tobacco use, Stroke, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Thoracic surgery, Tobacco, Tobacco smoking, Unemployment, Unprocessed red meat, Vision loss, Weight, Weight change, Whole grains Citation Contributors Ministry of Health (New Zealand) Suggested citation Ministry of Health (New Zealand). New Zealand Health Survey 2019-2020. GHDx Entry last modified on: Jun 21, 2024