Self-rated health status is a common measure of overall health, which reflects a person's perception of their own health. It also provides a broad picture of a population's overall health.
Respondents were asked to rate their personal health during the past 4 weeks as ‘excellent’, ‘very good’, ‘good’, ‘fair’ or ‘poor’.
The measure shows self-reported data collected through computer-assisted telephone interviewing. Estimates were weighted to adjust for differences in the probability of selection among respondents and were benchmarked to the estimated residential population using the latest available Australian Bureau of Statistics population estimates.
CALD status has been classified as respondents who reported that they were born in a country other than Australia or that they usually speak a language other than English at home.
LGBTIQA+ status has been classified as respondents who reported that they are gay, lesbian, bisexual or something else. This question was introduced in the ACT General Health Survey (ACTGHS) in 2019.
Disability status has been classified as respondents who reported that they have a disability, health condition or injury that has lasted, or is likely to last, 6 months or more which restricts their everyday activities. This question was introduced in 2019.
Health and Community Services Directorate have been conducting the ACTGHS since 2007. The ACTGHS is implemented using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI).
Statistical weighting is used to address differences between the sample of people who participate in the survey and the characteristics of the ACT adult population. Non-overlapping 95% confidence intervals rounded to one decimal place have been used as a measure of the statistical significance of the difference between two estimates. The impact of this conservative method means that estimates that were marginally significantly different may have been classified as not statistically significant.
