1.1 The Health Survey for England series

1.2 The 2012 survey

1.3 Reports on the Health Survey for England 2012

1.4 Availability of further data

2.1 Overview of the sample design

2.2 Selection of primary sampling units

2.3 Sampling addresses, dwelling units and households

2.4 Sampling individuals within households

3.1 Documentation

3.2 The Stage 1 interview

3.3 The Stage 2 nurse visit

3.4 Change to longstanding illness questions

4.1 Advance letters

4.2 Making contact

4.3 Collecting data

4.4 Interviewing and measuring children

4.5 Interview length

4.6 Feedback to participants

5.1 Quality control measures

5.2 Ethical approval

6.1 Introduction to response analysis

6.2 Household response

6.3 Individual response for adults

6.4 Individual response for children aged 0-15

6.5 Variations in survey response

6.6 Age and sex profile of the sample

7.1 Background

7.2 Calculation of the weights

7.3 Selecting the appropriate weight

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8.1 Introduction

8.2 Weighted and unweighted data and bases in report tables

8.3 Reporting age variables

8.4 Age standardisation

8.5 Standard analysis breakdowns

8.6 Significance testing

8.7 Logistic regression analysis

8.8 Design effects and true standard errors

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Method

9.3 Internal quality control (IQC)

9.4 External quality assessment (EQA)