Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 2: technical report

Information on the methodology and fieldwork, including the survey questionnaire.

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Table 1.17: True standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for mental wellbeing variables

  2016
  % (p) / Mean Sample size (un-weighted) True standard error 95% confidence interval Design Factor
lower upper
Adult WEMWBS mean scores
Men Mean score 50 1708 0.25 49.4 50.3 1.25
Women Mean score 50 2192 0.24 49.3 50.3 1.21
Adult GHQ12 mean scores
Men Score 0 65 1710 1.5 62.00 67.90 1.36
Score 1-3 22 1710 1.2 19.50 24.30 1.29
Score 4+ 13 1710 1.0 11.4 15.2 1.24
Women Score 0 58 2209 1.2 55.5 60.1 1.08
Score 1-3 25 2209 1.0 22.9 26.9 1.08
Score 4+ 17 2209 1.0 15.4 19.4 1.19
Adult Life satisfaction mean scores
Men Mean score 7.7 2420 0.05 7.64 7.84 1.31
Women Mean score 7.8 1889 0.05 7.67 7.85 1.20

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