4727.0.55.002 - Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Users' Guide, 2012-13

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Contents >> Survey Design and Operation

SURVEY DESIGN AND OPERATION

This chapter provides information about the design and operation of the 2012-13 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (NATSINPAS) including the following:

scope
sample design and selection
data collection
measures taken to maximise response
response rates
coding and edit checks
weighting, benchmarking and estimation.

This chapter also provides general information on the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Measures Survey (NATSIHMS) (referred to as the Biomedical component) and the combined NATSIHS/NATSINPAS sample file (also known as the Core).

This section contains the following subsection :
Scope
Sample design and selection
Data collection
Measures to maximise response
Response rates
Input coding
Edit checks
Output data file
Weighting, benchmarking and estimation procedures