Reweighting national survey data for small area behaviour estimates: modelling alcohol consumption in Local Authorities in England.
Alcohol
Reweighting
Small area estimation
Journal
Population health metrics
ISSN: 1478-7954
Titre abrégé: Popul Health Metr
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101178411
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 01 2020
02 01 2020
Historique:
received:
07
12
2017
accepted:
18
12
2019
entrez:
4
1
2020
pubmed:
4
1
2020
medline:
18
9
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
There are likely to be differences in alcohol consumption levels and patterns across local areas within a country, yet survey data is often collected at the national or sub-national/regional level and is not representative for small geographic areas. This paper presents a method for reweighting national survey data-the Health Survey for England-by combining survey and routine data to produce simulated locally representative survey data and provide statistics of alcohol consumption for each Local Authority in England. We find a 2-fold difference in estimated mean alcohol consumption between the lightest and heaviest drinking Local Authorities, a 4.5-fold difference in abstention rates, and a 3.5-fold difference in harmful drinking. The method compares well to direct estimates from the data at regional level. The results have important policy implications in itself, but the reweighted data can also be used to model local policy effects. This method can also be used for other public health small area estimation where locally representative data are not available.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
There are likely to be differences in alcohol consumption levels and patterns across local areas within a country, yet survey data is often collected at the national or sub-national/regional level and is not representative for small geographic areas.
METHODS
This paper presents a method for reweighting national survey data-the Health Survey for England-by combining survey and routine data to produce simulated locally representative survey data and provide statistics of alcohol consumption for each Local Authority in England.
RESULTS
We find a 2-fold difference in estimated mean alcohol consumption between the lightest and heaviest drinking Local Authorities, a 4.5-fold difference in abstention rates, and a 3.5-fold difference in harmful drinking. The method compares well to direct estimates from the data at regional level.
CONCLUSIONS
The results have important policy implications in itself, but the reweighted data can also be used to model local policy effects. This method can also be used for other public health small area estimation where locally representative data are not available.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31898545
doi: 10.1186/s12963-019-0201-0
pii: 10.1186/s12963-019-0201-0
pmc: PMC6941256
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1Subventions
Organisme : Department of Health
ID : PHR/15/129/19
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Department of Health
ID : 15/129/19
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/K023233/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/K006525/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/K023195/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : G1000043
Pays : United Kingdom
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