The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study-Methodology.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the methodology of the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS): a province-wide, cross-sectional, epidemiologic study of child health and mental disorder among 4- to 17-year-olds living in household dwellings.

Method

Implemented by Statistics Canada, the 2014 OCHS was led by academic researchers at the Offord Centre for Child Studies (McMaster University). Eligible households included families with children aged 4 to 17 years, who were listed on the 2014 Canadian Child Tax Benefit File. The survey design included area and household stratification by income and 3-stage cluster sampling of areas and households to yield a probability sample of families.

Results

The 2014 OCHS included 6,537 responding households (50.8%) with 10,802 children aged 4 to

SUBMITTER: Boyle MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6463362 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature