Health interview surveys are used to study subjective health problems of the population sucg as the existence of symptoms, limitations or disabilities generated by health problems, health behaviours, exposures, risk situations, etc. The objective of this article is to present the steps followed in the design of health interview surveys and to explain some of the aspects analyzed in the 2006 Barcelona Health Survey. It presents new aspects of the Barcelona Health Survey related to the neo-marxist social class of EO Wright, productive and reproductive labor, foreign immigration, perceived discrimination, health services utilization and, finally, health questionnaire for children.
health survey; epidemiologic methods; inequalities in health
