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 1.26 True standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for physical activity variablesa (children)

2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

% (p) / Mean Sample size (un-weighted) True standard error 95% confidence interval Deft
Lower Upper
Boys
Excluding school
% meets recommendations (2008) 72.2 750 1.86 68.4 75.8 1.16
% meets recommendations (2009) 68.8 1142 1.67 65.4 72.0 1.22
% meets recommendations (2010) 67.8 811 2.14 63.5 71.8 1.27
% meets recommendations (2011) 68.9 841 1.81 65.2 72.3 1.14
Including school
% meets recommendations (2008) 77.2 750 1.70 73.6 80.3 1.13
% meets recommendations (2009) 74.9 1142 1.50 71.9 77.8 1.16
% meets recommendations (2010) 75.1 811 1.79 71.4 78.5 1.15
% meets recommendations (2011) 75.9 841 1.67 72.5 79.0 1.14
Girls
Excluding school
% meets recommendations (2008) 55.6 737 2.20 51.2 59.9 1.18
% meets recommendations (2009) 58.5 1085 1.81 54.9 62.0 1.21
% meets recommendations (2010) 61.9 694 2.08 57.8 65.9 1.16
% meets recommendations (2011) 61.8 826 2.06 57.7 65.8 1.21
Including school
% meets recommendations (2008) 64.1 737 2.06 60.0 68.1 1.15
% meets recommendations (2009) 66.3 1085 1.76 62.7 69.7 1.23
% meets recommendations (2010) 69.5 694 2.00 65.4 73.3 1.18
% meets recommendations (2011) 69.6 826 1.90 65.8 73.2 1.18

a Meets recommendations= 30 minutes or more on at least 5 days a week.

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