Queensland Adult Health Behavior Trends 2005-2014

2005-2014 survey data from 15,001 Australian adults in Queensland compares healthy lifestyle factors between singles and couples. The dataset supports analysis of trends in smoking, weight, physical activity, diet, and alcohol consumption. It was created by Stephanie Schoeppe from annual computer-assisted telephone interviews.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in non-smoking rates (OR = 1.82 for couples) segmented by relationship status over the 10-year period.
• Model associations between relationship status and meeting recommendations for limited fast food (OR = 1.12) or alcohol consumption (OR = 1.27).
• Investigate the declining trend in rates of normal weight (OR = 0.97 per year) for both singles and couples.
• Examine changes in rates of meeting physical activity recommendations (OR = 0.97 per year for couples) and fruit/vegetable consumption (OR = 0.95 per year for couples).

Strengths

• Contains 15,001 individual survey records with a balanced gender split (50% male).
• Provides 10 years of annual trend data (2005-2014) for longitudinal analysis.
• Includes specific odds ratios (OR) for associations between relationship status and multiple health behaviors.

Limitations

• Data is limited to Queensland, Australia, limiting geographic generalizability.
• Relies on self-reported survey data for health behaviors, which may be subject to bias.
• Cross-sectional design of annual surveys limits causal inference from the trend analysis.

Provenance

Source

Dryad

Collection Method

Annual Queensland Social Survey conducted via computer-assisted telephone interviews.

Time Range

2005 to 2014

Freshness

Data collection ended in 2014; last updated in the repository in 2020.

Geography

Queensland, Australia