The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health: 1973-78 cohort ('Young') Survey 2 data, 2000

A detailed description of the background, aims, themes, methods and progress of the study is given on the project web page https://www.alswh.org.au/about/. The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health - widely known as Women's Health Australia - is a longitudinal population-based survey, which examines the health of over 40,000 Australian women over a 20 year period. It was first funded in 1995. The project was designed to explore factors that influence health among women who are broadly representative of the entire Australian population. The study goes beyond a narrow perspective that equates women's health with reproductive and sexual health, and takes a comprehensive view of all aspects of health throughout women's lifespan. The first wave was conducted in 1996, which was segregated into three groups, the 1973-1978 (Young) cohort, the 1946-1951 (Mid-age) cohort, and the 1921-1926 (Old-age) cohort. Each cohort received a different questionnaire, which varied in the types of questions asked, but in essence covered issues regarding overall physical and emotional health, use of health services, education and employment status, drug and/or alcohol use, diet, exercise, and family situation. This particular dataset refers to wave two of the 1973-1978 (Young) cohort.

项目网页https://www.alswh.org.au/about/ 中详细记载了该研究的背景、目标、主题、方法与研究进展。澳大利亚妇女健康纵向研究（Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health，常被称为澳大利亚妇女健康研究）是一项基于人群的纵向调查，旨在追踪20年间逾4万名澳大利亚女性的健康状况。该项目于1995年首次获得资助。本项目旨在探究能够代表澳大利亚全体女性群体的健康影响因素，突破了将女性健康狭隘等同于生殖与性健康的单一视角，采用全面覆盖女性全生命周期各维度健康的综合研究框架。研究的首轮调查于1996年开展，将受访对象划分为三个队列：1973-1978年出生（青年组）、1946-1951年出生（中年组）以及1921-1926年出生（老年组）。每个队列使用不同的调查问卷，问卷的问题类型各有差异，但核心均涵盖整体身心健康、医疗服务使用情况、教育与就业状况、药物及/或酒精使用情况、饮食与运动习惯以及家庭状况等议题。本特定数据集对应1973-1978年出生青年队列的第二轮调查波次。