California Women's Health Survey

The California Women's Health Survey (CWHS) was established to provide information to policy-makers and health professionals about women's health and to serve as a catalyst for innovative solutions that impact the health of California's women and girls. The CWHS is an annual telephone survey that collects information from a sample of approximately 4,000 randomly selected adult women aged 18 years or older on a wide variety of health indicators and health-related knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes. The survey is

Requesting Data

To obtain data from the CWHS:

1. Fill out the California Women’s Health Survey Data User Agreement Form
2. Fax the form to (916) 779-0265

The CWHS Reports and Publications

• DataPoints: Results from the California Women's Health Survey
• Women's Health: Findings from the California Women's Health Survey, 1997-2003
• California Women's Health Report 2007

Survey Information

For more information about the survey: California Women's Health Survey Background

Contact Us

For more information, please contact:

Office of Women's Health
1501 Capitol Avenue, MS 0027
Sacramento, CA 95866-7413
Phone:(916) 440-7626
Fax: (916) 440-7636
owhmail@dhcs.ca.gov

Upon request, documents found on this site will be made available in Braille, large print, and audiocassette or computer disk. To obtain a copy in one of these alternate formats, please call or write:

Office of Women’s Health
P.O. Box 997413, MS 0027
Sacramento, CA 95899-7413
(916) 440-7626 (voice) and/or
(916) 440-7399 California Relay 711