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The Scottish Health Survey 2011 - volume 3: technical report
Annual Report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Technical Report.
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Table 1.4 Summary of adults' individual response to the survey, by sex
Estimated adult sample ('set' sample of adults aged 16 and over)a 2011
| Individual response | Men | Women | All adults | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Interviewed | 3281 | 51 | 4263 | 60 | 7544 | 56 |
| Non responders: | ||||||
| In co-operating households | 1060 | 16 | 506 | 7 | 1566 | 12 |
| In non-responding households | 2096 | 33 | 2303 | 33 | 4399 | 33 |
| Self-completion | 2978 | 46 | 3940 | 56 | 6918 | 51 |
| Height | 2799 | 43 | 3597 | 51 | 6396 | 47 |
| Weight | 2781 | 43 | 3445 | 49 | 6226 | 46 |
| Eligible for nurse visitb | 1070 | 17 | 1154 | 16 | 2224 | 16 |
| Saw nurse | 424 | 26 | 548 | 30 | 972 | 28 |
| Responded to: | ||||||
| Waist/hip | 419 | 25 | 536 | 29 | 957 | 27 |
| Blood pressure | 421 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Blood sample | ||||||
| Obtained | 333 | 20 | 392 | 21 | 725 | 21 |
| Attempted, not obtained | 24 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 73 | 2 |
| Ineligible | 27 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 66 | 2 |
| Lung function | ||||||
| Obtained | 412 | 25 | 516 | 28 | 928 | 27 |
| Attempted, not obtained | 27 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 66 | 2 |
| Saliva | ||||||
| Obtained | 403 | 25 | 511 | 28 | 914 | 26 |
| Attempted, not obtained | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Urine | ||||||
| Obtained | 383 | 23 | 486 | 26 | 869 | 25 |
| Attempted, not obtained | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Base: set sample: all main and health board boost | 6437 | 7072 | 13509 | |||
| Set sample: nurse sample | 1645 | 1837 | 3482 | |||
a For the method of estimating the adult 'set' sample, see section 1.6.3. Estimated bases have been rounded.
b A sub-sample of main sample addresses was flagged as 'nurse' addresses. At these addresses all adults who participated in the Stage 1 interviewer visit were eligible to take part in the Stage 2 follow-up nurse visit. There were no Stage 2 visits for participants in the Health Board boost sample.
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