Health Behaviour In School-Aged Children, 1997-1998 [Canada]: A World Health Organization Cross-National Study

The study also aims at increasing the understanding of how young people perceive health itself. The "dependent" variables of the study are lifestyle, health behaviour, subjective health and young people's perception of health.

The "predictors" are primarily characteristics of the children themselves, of their environment (usually perceived environment) and of the larger society. The project is based on surveys among school-aged children carried out every four years since the 1985/86 survey in a growing number of mainly European countries. A key aim of the study is to develop national information systems on health and lifestyles among young people.