Publication - Statistics

The Scottish Health Survey 2011 - volume 2: children

Published: 25 September 2012
Part of: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781780458427

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on child health.

Scottish Health Survey

Table 4.1 Proportions of children meeting the physical activity recommendations^a (excluding activity at school), 1998, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, by age and sex

Proportion meeting recommendations^a	Age					Total
Aged 2-15	1998, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Proportion meeting recommendations^a	2-4	5-7	8-10	11-12	13-15	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Boys
1998	66	77	77	70	67	72
2003	77	75	77	78	68	74
2008	76	74	76	73	62	72
2009	67	67	77	74	61	69
2010	70	65	76	60	65	68
2011	68	74	73	71	59	69
Girls
1998	69	68	64	57	36	59
2003	70	75	75	57	41	63
2008	64	67	60	57	33	56
2009	68	66	72	53	31	58
2010	68	63	75	70	36	62
2011	72	67	72	56	41	62
All Children
1998	68	73	71	64	52	65
2003	73	75	76	67	55	69
2008	71	70	68	65	48	64
2009	68	67	74	64	47	64
2010	69	64	75	65	51	65
2011	70	71	72	64	50	65
Bases (weighted):
Boys 1998	219	241	238	159	230	1088
Boys 2003	278	309	312	252	327	1478
Boys 2008	170	156	165	121	164	776
Boys 2009	240	236	233	182	251	1142
Boys 2010	169	175	165	113	162	784
Boys 2011	191	203	159	131	183	867
Girls 1998	206	228	225	152	222	1032
Girls 2003	275	321	290	235	303	1424
Girls 2008	142	143	156	118	162	721
Girls 2009	236	214	248	167	231	1096
Girls 2010	167	156	155	112	154	743
Girls 2011	182	166	181	125	176	830
All children 1998	425	469	463	312	452	2120
All children 2003	553	629	603	487	630	2903
All children 2008	312	298	321	240	326	1497
All children 2009	477	450	480	349	481	2237
All children 2010	336	331	320	225	316	1527
All children 2011	372	369	340	256	359	1697
Bases (unweighted):
Boys 1998	419	422	420	286	425	1972
Boys 2003	298	308	289	220	313	1428
Boys 2008	170	148	159	114	159	750
Boys 2009	227	251	241	178	245	1142
Boys 2010	188	190	170	104	159	811
Boys 2011	201	208	154	112	166	841
Girls 1998	395	390	410	261	425	1881
Girls 2003	289	321	297	233	304	1444
Girls 2008	151	135	147	133	171	737
Girls 2009	258	210	233	155	229	1085
Girls 2010	174	143	132	100	145	694
Girls 2011	213	160	175	110	168	826
All children 1998	814	812	830	547	850	3853
All children 2003	587	629	586	453	617	2872
All children 2008	321	283	306	247	330	1487
All children 2009	485	461	474	333	474	2227
All children 2010	362	333	302	204	304	1505
All children 2011	414	368	329	222	334	1667

a At least 60 minutes of activity on all 7 days in previous week, not including activities at school.

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Table 4.1 Proportions of children meeting the physical activity recommendationsa (excluding activity at school), 1998, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, by age and sex

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Table 4.1 Proportions of children meeting the physical activity recommendations^a (excluding activity at school), 1998, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, by age and sex