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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 1: main report

Published 20 September 2016
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Part of
Health and social care
ISBN
9781786524614

Findings and trends of the Scottish Health Survey 2015, providing information on the health of people living in Scotland.

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Table 6.4 Child fruit and vegetable consumption, 2015, by age and sex

Aged 2-15 2015
Portions per day Age Total
  2-4 5-7 8-10 11-12 13-15
% % % % % %
Boys
None 4 6 9 12 16 9
Less than 1 portion 4 7 5 6 5 6
1 portion or more but less than 2 21 17 18 33 24 22
2 portions or more but less than 3 21 20 27 17 17 21
3 portions or more but less than 4 21 26 20 13 14 20
4 portions or more but less than 5 15 13 11 11 9 12
5 portions or more 13 11 10 9 15 12
Mean 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.7
Standard error of the mean 0.14 0.18 0.15 0.22 0.25 0.09
Median 2.8 2.8 2.5 1.7 2.0 2.3
Girls
None 2 5 4 9 8 5
Less than 1 portion 9 4 4 5 8 6
1 portion or more but less than 2 19 18 18 26 27 21
2 portions or more but less than 3 25 25 21 24 22 24
3 portions or more but less than 4 20 21 23 17 16 20
4 portions or more but less than 5 10 14 10 12 9 11
5 portions or more 13 13 19 7 10 13
Mean 2.8 2.9 3.2 2.4 2.5 2.8
Standard error of the mean 0.15 0.17 0.22 0.22 0.21 0.10
Median 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.0 2.5
All children
None 3 6 7 10 12 7
Less than 1 portion 7 6 5 5 7 6
1 portion or more but less than 2 20 17 18 30 26 21
2 portions or more but less than 3 23 23 24 20 20 22
3 portions or more but less than 4 21 23 22 15 15 20
4 portions or more but less than 5 12 14 11 11 9 11
5 portions or more 13 12 14 8 12 12
Mean 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.3 2.6 2.7
Standard error of the mean 0.10 0.13 0.12 0.15 0.15 0.07
Median 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.0 2.0 2.5
Bases (weighted):
Boys 134 142 149 88 113 626
Girls 155 139 122 79 131 627
All children 289 281 271 167 244 1253
Bases (unweighted):
Boys 145 150 153 79 107 634
Girls 156 142 118 74 122 612
All children 301 292 271 153 229 1246

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