One of the main research components of GoWell is our community health and wellbeing survey.  It will take place in four waves at two-yearly intervals over the planned ten year programme.  It involves a random sample of households across each of our study areas at each wave and also has a longitudinal element which will re-interview participants from wave to wave.  This will include respondents that stay at the same address from wave to wave and also respondents that have moved who we will try to follow-up at their new addresses.  This will help us understand more about the differences between people who stay in areas undergoing regeneration, those that move in and out and those that move out permanently.

The questions included in the survey are developed in consultation with the GoWell sponsors, other practitioners, and through a review of local and national surveys.  The survey interviews take place in people's homes by trained interviewers.  The content will be slightly different at each survey wave but the core issues that are covered are:

Households

The kinds of questions that look at household ask people about their household make-up and relationships, employment status, religion, ethnicity and citizenship.

Housing

The kinds of questions that people are asked about housing are about their house size, type, tenure, quality and satisfaction with the home.

Neighbourhood and communities

The neighbourhood and communities questions ask people about where they live, how they rate the quality of the local environment and services, and about the sense of community, reputation, and problems in their area.

Social networks

The social networks questions ask about people's social contact, social support and civic involvement.

Health and wellbeing

The health and wellbeing questions ask people about their general health and wellbeing including health behaviours, such as diet, exercise, smoking, drinking etc.

The links to the left of this page provide more information on both the Wave 1 baseline survey and the Wave 2 survey and tracer study.