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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 1.6 Women in co-operating households, response to the stages of the survey, by age

Women aged 16 or over in co-operating households 2011

Individual response	Age							Total
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75 +	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Interviewed
Interviewed	66	89	92	92	94	93	96	89
Not contacted/refused	34	11	8	8	6	7	4	11
Height
Measured	59	78	80	79	80	76	69	75
Refused	4	7	8	9	10	9	8	8
Measurement not attempted	2	3	3	3	5	8	17	5
Not contacted/not obtained^a	34	11	9	9	6	7	6	11
Weight
Measured	54	71	76	77	78	75	69	72
Refused	6	8	11	10	12	10	8	9
Measurement not attempted	6	9	5	4	5	8	17	7
Not contacted/not obtained	34	12	9	9	6	7	6	11
Nurse Visit
Eligible for nurse visit	25	26	24	25	22	24	26	24
Of those eligible for nurse visit
Co-operated with nurse visit	27	37	54	53	51	55	49	47
Not interviewed	49	38	28	31	31	36	37	35
Refused/no contact at nurse visit	24	25	18	16	18	9	14	18
Waist/Hip
Measured	25	35	52	51	51	54	48	46
No nurse visit^b	73	63	46	47	49	45	51	53
Refused/not obtained	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Blood pressure
Measured	25	35	53	53	51	55	48	46
No nurse visit	73	63	46	47	49	45	51	53
Refused/not obtained	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	1
Blood sample
Blood sample taken	15	25	40	37	40	42	35	34
Unsuccessful attempts at sample	2	2	5	5	6	5	5	4
Ineligible - medical grounds	1	5	4	3	1	5	4	3
Refused	9	5	5	8	5	3	5	6
No nurse visit	73	63	46	47	49	45	51	53
Saliva sample
Measured	24	35	51	48	48	53	48	44
No nurse visit	73	63	46	47	49	45	51	53
Refused/not obtained	4	2	4	5	4	2	2	3

Table 1.6 - Continued

Women aged 16 or over in co-operating households 2011

Individual response	Age							Total
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75 +	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Lung function
Measured	24	34	52	53	50	50	44	45
No nurse visit	73	63	46	47	49	45	51	53
Refused/not obtained	3	3	3	0	2	5	5	3
Demi-span (65+)
Measured	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55	48	52
No nurse visit						45	51	48
Refused/not obtained						0	1	0
Urine
Measured	21	32	49	48	47	50	42	42
No nurse visit	73	63	46	47	49	45	51	53
Refused/not obtained	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	5
Bases:
Women aged 16 or over in co-operating households	419	468	590	659	614	486	379	3615
Women aged over 16 in co-operating household eligible for nurse interview	136	165	186	215	169	153	130	1154
Women aged 65 or over in co-operating households eligible for nurse interview						153	130	283

a Includes non-responders to interview as well as those refusing measurement.
b Includes non-responders to interview.

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