The Scottish Health Survey 2008

The Scottish Health Survey 2008


Table 1.8 WEMWBS mean scores (observed and age-standardised), by NS-SEC of household reference person and sex

Aged 16 and over
2008

WEMWBS scores

NS-SEC of household reference person

Managerial & professional

Intermediate

Small employers & own account workers

Lower supervisory & technical

Semi-routine & routine

Men

Observed

Mean

51.6

50.1

50.0

50.7

48.4

Standard error of the mean

0.31

0.55

0.68

0.49

0.41

Standard deviation

7.85

7.74

8.48

8.14

9.40

Standardised

Mean

51.5

50.4

50.1

50.9

48.4

Standard error of the mean

0.30

0.55

0.69

0.50

0.42

Standard deviation

7.88

7.71

8.29

8.01

9.37

Women

Observed

Mean

51.1

49.8

50.2

49.5

48.0

Standard error of the mean

0.27

0.48

0.62

0.48

0.31

Standard deviation

7.72

8.27

8.46

7.94

9.24

Standardised

Mean

51.0

49.7

50.5

49.4

47.9

Standard error of the mean

0.28

0.50

0.60

0.53

0.32

Standard deviation

7.78

8.04

8.46

8.07

9.31

Bases (weighted):

Men

1061

256

241

374

808

Women

1141

340

255

295

923

Bases (unweighted):

Men

927

210

253

367

747

Women

1158

347

305

340

1021

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