3414.0 - Guide to Migrant Statistical Sources, 2007 (Edition 1)  
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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS (ABS)


NAME OF COLLECTION

The Survey of Mental Health and Well-being (SMHWB)


OVERVIEW

The SMHWB was conducted in 1997 and is a comprehensive survey of Australian adults' mental health.

The objectives of the survey were to provide information on the prevalence of selected major mental disorders, the level of disability associated with these disorders, and the health services used and help needed as a consequence of mental health problems of Australians aged 18 years or more.

Topics covered by the SMHWB include the objectives listed above and a range of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics including education, employment and income and housing. Data items within these topics are capable of being cross classified with Data items relevant to migrants and ethnicity.

The ABS will be conducting the second national Survey of Mental Health and Well-being in the second half of 2007, with the support of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Information from the second survey will be crucial to the creation of further National Mental Health Plans, to be developed by state health departments and the Australian Government.


DATA DETAIL

Data items relevant to migrants and ethnicity

  • Country of birth
    • Australia
    • Main English-speaking Countries
    • All other
  • Year of arrival
    • Not applicable
    • 1980 or before
    • 1981–85
    • 1986–90
    • 1991–95
    • 1996 or later
  • Usual language spoken at home
    • Not applicable
    • English
    • Other language

Other data items collected

A full list of data items collected for the SMHWB is available in Information Paper: Mental Health and Well-being of Adults, Australia, Confidentialised Unit Record File (cat. no. 4329.0).

For further details on scope, geographic coverage, data availability and publications, methodology, classifications and concepts visit the Survey of Mental Health and Well-being entry in the Directory of Statistical Sources.


CONTACT DETAILS

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service.

Phone: 1300 135 070
Fax: 1300 135 211
Post: Client Services, ABS, GPO Box 796, Sydney 1041
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au and you will be contacted within two working days.