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Scottish Health Survey 2012 - Volume 2 Technical Report
Technical report accompanying the release of the 2012 Scottish Health Survey
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Table 1.4 Summary of adults' individual response to the survey, by sex
Estimated adult sample ('set' of adults aged 16 and over)a 2012
| Individual response | Men | Women | All adults | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Interviewed | 2127 | 52% | 2688 | 59% | 4815 | 56% |
| Non responding | ||||||
| In co-operating households | 557 | 14% | 319 | 7% | 876 | 10% |
| In non-responding households | 1420 | 35% | 1539 | 34% | 2959 | 34% |
| Height | 1908 | 46% | 2317 | 51% | 4225 | 49% |
| Weight | 1893 | 46% | 2256 | 50% | 4149 | 48% |
| Eligible for biological moduleb | 727 | 18% | 789 | 17% | 1516 | 18% |
| Completed biological module | 453 | 40% | 567 | 46% | 1020 | 43% |
| Waist | 440 | 39% | 525 | 43% | 965 | 41% |
| Blood pressure | 437 | 39% | 543 | 44% | 980 | 42% |
| Saliva | ||||||
| Obtained | 417 | 37% | 506 | 41% | 923 | 39% |
| Attempted not obtained | 3 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 6 | 0% |
| Urine | ||||||
| Obtained | 386 | 34% | 460 | 37% | 846 | 36% |
| Attempted not obtained | 4 | 0% | 7 | 1% | 11 | 0% |
| Bases: Set sample: all main and boost adults | 4104 | 4546 | 8650 | |||
| Bases: Set sample: biological module | 1133 | 1228 | 2361 | |||
a For the method of estimating the adult 'set' sample, see Section 1.6.3. Estimated bases have been rounded.
b A sub-sample of main sample addresses was flagged as biological module addresses. At these addresses all adults who participated in the stage 1 interview were eligible to take part in the biological module. There were no biological modules in the Health Board boost sample.
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