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Sri Lanka STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2021

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General Info
Provider 
WHO NCD Microdata Repository
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Geography 
Sri Lanka (LKA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2021 - 12/2021
Series or system 
STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey
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
GHDx Entry last modified on: May 14, 2024