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Department of Cancer Control and Population Health, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
©2017, Korean Society of Epidemiology
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Surveys | Physical health |
Health-related lifestyle factors |
Exposure to harmful environmental factors |
Social background |
Individual development |
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Medical check-up | Medical history | Sexual maturity rating | Genetic testing | Follow-up of infants | Use of substances | Sexuality | Diet | Physical activity | Weight control | Hygiene | Psychological status | Sleeping habits | Health aids | Records of immunization | Medicines | Allergy-related | Media/Internet/Mobile | Nightlife establishment | Indoor/Outdoor environment | Safety/Violence | Radiation | Domestic life | School life | Extracurricular life | Physical growth | Intelligence | Social/Cultural/Emotional | Career planning | |
Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Panel Study on Korean Children | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean Youth Panel Survey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student Health Examination | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Health Examination of Korean Youth Outside of School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean Children and Adolescents Obesity Cohort Study | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean Children’s Environmental Health Study | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korea Youth Media Use and Harmful Environment Survey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive Survey of Korean Youth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study |
Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey | Panel Study on Korean Children | Korean Youth Panel Survey | Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey | Student Health Examination | Health Examination of Korean Youth Outside of School | |
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Purpose | To investigate health-risk behaviors of Korean youth and to monitor their behaviors to help them build healthy habits | To provide data about the development of Korean children and to contribute to childcare and education policies for their wellbeing | To identify changes in behaviors and perceptions in adolescence, and the causes of these changes by observing the same panels during their growth | To investigate comprehensive aspects of physical and psychological changes in children and youth, and the causes of these changes by observing the same panels during their growth | To analyze student health, including physical development and disease status, and to develop a credible index of student health | To support youths outside of school by monitoring their health status for the prevention and early detection of diseases during their development |
Survey period | Since 2005 | From 2008 to 2027 | From 2004 to 2008 for grade 4 of elementary school | From 2010 to 2016 | Since 2006 | Since 2016 |
Annually | Annually | From 2003 to 2008 for grade 2 of middle school | Annually | Annually | Once every 3 yr (if the status of a subject remains an out-of-school juvenile) | |
Annually | ||||||
Geographic areas | Nationwide, 17 cities and provinces | Nationwide, 6 zones across the country | Nationwide, 12 cities and provinces | Nationwide, 16 cities and provinces | 17 cities and provinces across the country | Nationally, 514 designated detection centers |
Population sampled | Students in middle and high school | Newborn babies in 2008 | Fourth-graders in elementary school and their parents | First-graders and fourth-graders in elementary school and their parents | Students in all grades in elementary, middle, and high schools | Out-of-school juveniles who register and sign up for the health examination and screening program |
Children in the second grade of middle school and their parents | Children in the first grade of middle school and their parents | |||||
Sample size range | As of 2016,798 schools 65,528 students | 2,150 newborn babies across the country | As of 2004,2,844 people (elementary school grade4 panel) | As of 2010, elementary school grade 1 panel: 2,342 people; elementary school grade 4 panel: | 765 schools across the country (2016) 82,883 students (survey and physical development) | As of 2016,6,986 non-institutionalized juveniles outside the school system |
As of 2003,3,449 people (middle school grade 2 panel) | 2,378 people; middle school grade 1 panel: 2,351 people | 27,671 students (health check-up, grades 1 and 4 of elementary school, grade 1 of middle and high schools) | ||||
Representative | Weighted to be representative of the population of Korean youth | Stratified multi-stage sampling | Weighted to be representative of Korean youth of each panel grade, with a lapse in time from the base grade in the first year | Weighted to be representative of Korean children and youth of each panel grade, with a lapse in time from the base grade in the first year | Stratified cluster sampling across 17 cities and provinces | Not representative |
Methods | Survey managed by trained teachers | Questionnaire | Repeatedly investigating the survey for the same panels | Repeatedly investigating the survey for the same panels | Physical development | Self-administered questionnaire before health check-up |
Anonymously completion of self-administered questionnaires | Computer-assisted personal interview through a home visit | For youth: group interview in school, individual interview by following up with each person | For youth: group interview in school, individual interview by following up with each person | Survey | Blood, hepatitis testing, tuberculosis testing, and dental condition | |
Observation, interview, and testing (in-depth study) | For parents: telephone interview | For parents: telephone interview | Health check-up | |||
Survey contents (topics) | Analysis of behaviors regarding health-related status, attitudes, and perceptions in Korean youth | Characteristics of children, parents, and family | Changes of lifestyle and attitudes toward occupational choice, career planning, deviance and so on, which are developing in youth (longitudinal survey) | Individual developments, including physical and emotional changes and development, environment at home, among peers, and in the community observed in childhood and adolescence (longitudinal survey) | Current status regarding physical development, including body mass index and degree of obesity | Health check-ups suitable for life transitions at a young age |
Characteristics of childcare and education services | Health behaviors such as diet, physical activity, and safety awareness | Current status regarding physical development and basic medical condition | ||||
Characteristics of local community and child care policies | Health status including eyesight, oral, and skin disease | Counseling with a professional if needed | ||||
Korean Children and Adolescents Obesity Cohort Study | Korean Children’s Environmental Health Study | Korea Youth Media Use and Harmful Environment Survey | Comprehensive Survey of Korean Youth | Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study | ||
Purpose | To follow up a pediatric obesity cohort until adolescence and to analyze risk factors for childhood obesity and accompanying metabolic diseases | To provide a basis for developing a list of hazardous environmental factors for each stage of growth and a scientific foundation for the relationship between environment-related diseases and harmful environmental factors | To investigate the harmful factors affecting Korean youth and to identify the status of harmful exposures that may interrupt their healthy growth | To investigate diverse factors related to health, everyday life, and social and cultural experiences of Korean youth | To follow the development of multicultural adolescents, to identify factors associated with changes in their behavior and thinking, and to contribute to reducing the gap between multicultural and non-multicultural adolescents | |
Survey period | Since 2005 and 2012 (morbid obesity cohort) | Since 2015 (for 22 yr) | Since 1999 | Since 2011 | From 2010 to 2017 | |
Annual follow-up | Biennially (even-numbered years) | Once every 3 yr | Annually | |||
Geographic areas | 3 regions (Gwacheon city in Gyeonggi province, Jung-gu in the city of Seoul, and the southwestern area of Gyeonggi province) | Through invitations for 5 yr starting in 2015, considering the birth rate in metropolitan cities and provinces across the country | Nationwide, all 18 cities and provinces | Nationwide, all 18 cities and provinces | Nationwide, 16 cities and provinces | |
Population sampled | Follow-up of first-graders in elementary school since 2005 | Pregnant women invited from obstetrics/gynecology clinics and public health centers | Students in school: elementary grades 4-6 and all grades of middle and high school | Samples of caregiver(s) and children aged 9-24 who are living with their caregiver(s) at registered residential address | Multicultural fourth grade adolescents in elementary school and their parents (especially mothers) | |
Non-institutionalized juveniles in crisis | ||||||
Sample size range | 4,580 students, including the morbid obesity cohort (2014) | 5,000 pregnant women for the core cohort (for 3 yr) | As of 2016,15,646 students (elementary to high school) 1,876 juveniles in crisis (ages, 12-19 yr) | As of 2014, based on 2,000 residential units: 3,000 children aged 9-24:2,000 caregivers living with the sample children | As of 2011,1,625 households by the sampling unit of schools (first) and all multicultural fourth-grade students and their mothers (second) in the selected schools | |
65,000 pregnant women for the main cohort (for 4 yr) | ||||||
Representative | Not representative | Nationwide network of recruiting offices | Weighted to be representative of the population of Korean juveniles | Weighted to be representative of the population of Korean youth living with caregiver(s) in the same residential unit | Weighted to be representative of the population of multicultural adolescents and parents who live in Korea | |
Methods | Questionnaire | Questionnaire | Survey managed by a trained investigator | Survey managed by a trained interviewer who visits the sample family | Survey investigating the same panel repeatedly, managed by a trained investigator | |
Dietary assessment (3 d) | Environmental measurement | For students: self-administered questionnaire | Separate survey for caregiver and youth (ages 9-12,13-24 yr) | Panel questionnaire survey | ||
Health check-up | Clinical tests | For juveniles in crisis: interview | Self-administered questionnaire, if needed | Focus group interview | ||
Collection of biological samples | Genetic tests | |||||
Follow-up of infants | ||||||
Survey contents (topics) | Comparison of health status, including body composition and sexual maturity, between obese and normal children | Analysis of exposure of pregnant women to hazardous environmental factors and the effect thereof on infants' health | Youth exposure to harmful media and environment that can possibly affect lifestyles and social behaviors (time-serial comparison) | Youth’s social/cultural background, health-related life behavior, and emotional status (time-serial comparison) | Multicultural variables including language and background, individual and environmental characteristics of multicultural adolescents (longitudinal survey) | |
Follow-up of children with morbid obesity |
Surveys | Administrative agency (ownership of data) | Periodic report | Open accessibility | Web address/procedure |
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Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBS) | Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) | Yes | Yes | https://yhs.cdc.go.kr |
① Go to KYRBS website → utilizing result → application for the use of primitive data | ||||
② Enter email and password → write down the requisition form | ||||
③ Check the status of application → download (maximum 3 times) | ||||
Panel Study on Korean Children | Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE) | Yes | Yes | http://panel.kicce.re.kr |
① Make research proposal | ||||
② Submit proposal to http://kicce.re.kr/panel | ||||
③ Obtain KICCE’s approval | ||||
④ Download data | ||||
Korean Youth Panel Survey (KYPS) | National Youth Policy Institute (NYPI) | Yes | Yes | http://archive.nypi.re.kr |
① Go to NYPI website → Data Archive | ||||
② NYPI Panel Survey → KYPS → Questionnaire/Code book/Data | ||||
Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS) | NYPI | Yes | Yes | http://archive.nypi.re.kr |
① Go to NYPI website → Data Archive | ||||
② NYPI Panel Survey → KCYPS → Questionnaire/Code book/Data | ||||
Student Health Examination | Ministry of Education | Yes | Yes | http://www.open.go.kr |
① Go to “Open a request” | ||||
② Go to “Apply for a request” | ||||
③ Log in by creating an account | ||||
④ Fill out the request form, designate the receiving institution as the Ministry of Education, and submit it → reply by e-mail | ||||
Health Examination of Korean Youth Outside of School | Ministry of Gender Equality and Family | Yes | No | — |
Korean Children and Adolescents Obesity Cohort Study | KCDC | Yes | No | — |
Korean Children's Environmental Health Study | Ministry of Environment | Yes | No | — |
Korea Youth Media Use and Harmful Environment Survey | Ministry of Gender Equality and Family | Yes | No | — |
Comprehensive Survey of Korean Youth | Ministry of Gender Equality and Family | Yes | No | — |
Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study | NYPI | Yes | No | — |