Family Health Survey

The Wisconsin Family Health Survey is a statewide random-sample telephone survey of all household residents, including children.  This survey include topics such as health insurance coverage, health status, health problems, and use of health care services. Recent reports have focused on health insurance coverage topics.

Wisconsin Health Insurance Coverage, 2008  (annual report) (January 2010) (PDF, 511 KB)

Local Data on Poverty Status and Health Insurance Coverage in Wisconsin (March 2009). Web tables for 47 counties, five regions, and the state that provide estimates of the number and percent of the population by poverty status, health insurance coverage over the past year, and type of health insurance.

Wisconsin Health Facts: Poverty and Health, 2006  (PDF, 37 KB)
(February 2008)

The Wisconsin Family Health Survey: A study of population health (webcast, help).  This webcast from October 25, 2007 discusses how the Family Health Survey is conducted, the topic areas it covers, and issues involved in using the data. Presenters are from the Bureau of Health Information and Policy, and the University of Wisconsin Survey Center.

Slides from the webcast  (PDF, 334 KB)

Reports from Previous Years

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Last Revised:  July 20, 2010