Survey on Health and Lifestyle of Young Adults in Utrecht, 2021

Utrecht survey data from 2021 on health, lifestyle, and social environment for young adults aged 16 to 25. The data was self-collected via a pilot method using network outreach and social media campaigns during March to June, a period covering the second COVID-19 lockdown. The dataset is provided by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties under the Public Health Act.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between social restrictions and reported loneliness based on the social environment survey questions.
• Monitoring substance use trends among young adults based on lifestyle questions about alcohol and drugs.
• Assessing the impact of remote education on physical activity levels based on sports participation data.
• Identifying demographic representation gaps in public health surveys based on the noted underrepresentation of groups with a migration background and MBO students.

Strengths

• Survey was conducted with enough participants to present reliable figures for the municipality of Utrecht.
• Data collection period is precisely defined as March to June 2021, covering a specific societal context.
• Dataset is published under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing broad reuse.

Limitations

• Young adults with a migration background and MBO students are less well represented in the results.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Self-collected survey data via a pilot method using network outreach and a social media campaign.

Time Range

March to June 2021

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified. A second measurement was planned for spring 2022.

Geography

Utrecht, Netherlands