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Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume 2: technical report

Presents information on the methodology and fieldwork for the Scottish Health Survey 2017 and includes the survey questionnaire.

Responding adults			2017
Age	Health survey responding adult sample
	At interview	Biological module ^a	Mid-2015 population estimate ^b
	%	%	%
Men
16 to 24	8	6	14
25 to 34	14	14	17
35 to 44	13	14	15
45 to 54	15	15	18
55 to 64	20	21	16
65 to 74	18	17	12
75 plus	12	13	8
All men	43	43	48
Women
16 to 24	8	8	12
25 to 34	14	15	16
35 to 44	15	14	15
45 to 54	17	16	18
55 to 64	18	19	16
65 to 74	16	16	13
75 plus	11	12	11
All women	57	57	52
Bases:
Men	1598	401	2109
Women	2099	537	2276

a Only a sub-sample of adults were eligible to take part in the biological module. There was no biological module for the Health Board boost sample

b 2016 private household population for Scotland (Source: National Records of Scotland), base shown in thousands

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