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Scottish Health Survey 2012 - Volume 2 Technical Report
Technical report accompanying the release of the 2012 Scottish Health Survey
Table 1.17 True standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for physical activity variables
2012
| % (p) / Mean | Sample size (un-weighted) | True standard error | 95% confidence interval | Design Factor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lower | upper | ||||||
| Meets new CMO recommendations | |||||||
| Men | Meets recommendations | 67.4 | 2122 | 1.23 | 64.9 | 69.8 | 1.26 |
| Some activity | 9.7 | 2122 | 0.87 | 8.1 | 11.5 | 1.41 | |
| Low activity | 3.6 | 2122 | 0.51 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 1.32 | |
| Very low activity | 19.3 | 2122 | 1.04 | 17.4 | 21.5 | 1.26 | |
| Women | Meets recommendations | 57.8 | 2685 | 1.12 | 55.5 | 59.9 | 1.13 |
| Some activity | 13.6 | 2685 | 0.80 | 12.1 | 15.2 | 1.17 | |
| Low activity | 5.6 | 2685 | 0.53 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 1.16 | |
| Very low activity | 23.1 | 2685 | 0.97 | 21.2 | 25.1 | 1.15 | |
| Meets old CMO recommendations | |||||||
| Men | Low | 29.0 | 2126 | 1.22 | 26.7 | 31.5 | 1.30 |
| Medium | 27.3 | 2126 | 1.23 | 25.0 | 29.8 | 1.33 | |
| High | 43.7 | 2126 | 1.35 | 41.0 | 46.3 | 1.30 | |
| Women | Low | 35.4 | 2687 | 1.11 | 33.2 | 37.6 | 1.16 |
| Medium | 31.2 | 2687 | 1.12 | 29.1 | 33.5 | 1.21 | |
| High | 33.4 | 2687 | 1.10 | 31.3 | 35.6 | 1.16 | |
| Meets new CMO recommendations on muscle strengthening activities | |||||||
| Men | Meets MVPA & muscle recommendations | 29.8 | 2122 | 1.32 | 27.2 | 32.4 | 1.38 |
| Meets MVPA recommendations only | 37.7 | 2122 | 1.36 | 35.0 | 40.3 | 1.35 | |
| Meets muscle recommendations only | 0.7 | 2122 | 0.21 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.19 | |
| Meets neither recommendations | 31.9 | 2122 | 1.22 | 29.5 | 34.3 | 1.26 | |
| Women | Meets MVPA & muscle recommendations | 22.0 | 2685 | 1.02 | 20.0 | 24.0 | 1.23 |
| Meets MVPA recommendations only | 35.8 | 2685 | 1.14 | 33.6 | 38.1 | 1.19 | |
| Meets muscle recommendations only | 0.9 | 2685 | 0.21 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.10 | |
| Meets neither recommendations | 41.3 | 2685 | 1.12 | 39.1 | 43.5 | 1.14 | |
| Child meets physical activity recommendations | |||||||
| Boys | Excluding school | 66.0 | 753 | 1.75 | 62.5 | 69.3 | 1.04 |
| Including school | 72.8 | 753 | 1.70 | 69.4 | 76.0 | 1.07 | |
| Girls | Excluding school | 57.7 | 774 | 2.11 | 53.5 | 61.7 | 1.16 |
| Including school | 68.0 | 774 | 1.97 | 64.0 | 71.8 | 1.15 | |
| Adult participation in any sport | |||||||
| Men | Any sport or exercise | 59.5 | 2127 | 1.42 | 56.7 | 62.3 | 1.39 |
| No sport or exercise | 40.5 | 2127 | 1.42 | 37.7 | 43.3 | 1.39 | |
| Women | Any sport or exercise | 50.4 | 2686 | 1.13 | 48.2 | 52.6 | 1.14 |
| No sport or exercise | 49.6 | 2686 | 1.13 | 47.4 | 51.8 | 1.14 | |
| Child participation in any sport | |||||||
| Boys | Any sport or exercise | 67.2 | 763 | 1.99 | 63.2 | 71.0 | 1.19 |
| No sport or exercise | 32.8 | 763 | 1.99 | 29.0 | 36.8 | 1.19 | |
| Girls | Any sport or exercise | 65.4 | 784 | 1.97 | 61.4 | 69.2 | 1.14 |
| No sport or exercise | 34.6 | 784 | 1.97 | 30.8 | 38.6 | 1.14 | |
| Adult sedentary time | |||||||
| Men | Weekday mean hours | 5.5 | 2112 | 0.08 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 1.39 |
| Weekend mean hours | 6.1 | 2102 | 0.09 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 1.48 | |
| Women | Weekday mean hours | 5.4 | 2665 | 0.07 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 1.21 |
| Weekend mean hours | 5.9 | 2661 | 0.09 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 1.37 | |
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