The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is an international research collaboration initiated in 1982 to examine health behaviours among (school-aged) children and adolescents, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Since then, the number of participating countries has increased and now the survey includes 51 countries and regions from Europe, North America and Asia. Luxembourg conducted a pilot survey in 1999 and has participated regularly in the HBSC survey since 2006.
The survey is conducted every 4 years with students between the age of 11 and 18 years old and focuses on topics such as health, health-related behaviours and environmental conditions. The most recent HBSC survey wave will take place 2026.
The data are collected and analysed in collaboration with the Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l’Enfance et de la Jeunesse, the Ministère de la Santé et de la Sécurité sociale / Direction de la santé, the Youth Research group of the University of Luxembourg and the HBSC Research Network.
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