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Scottish Health Survey 2018 - volume 2: technical report
Information on methodology and fieldwork, including details of sampling, weighting, response rates, the survey questionnaire and other fieldwork documents.
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Table 1.9 Age distribution of responding adult sample compared with 2017 mid-year population estimates for Scotland, by sex
| Responding adults | 2018 | ||
| Age | Health survey responding adult sample | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At interview | Biological modulea | Mid-2017 population estimateb | |
| % | % | % | |
| Men | |||
| 16 to 24 | 8 | 8 | 13 |
| 25 to 34 | 11 | 9 | 17 |
| 35 to 44 | 14 | 12 | 15 |
| 45 to 54 | 18 | 19 | 18 |
| 55 to 64 | 18 | 18 | 16 |
| 65 to 74 | 19 | 20 | 13 |
| 75 plus | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| All men | 43 | 42 | 48 |
| Women | |||
| 16 to 24 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| 25 to 34 | 13 | 12 | 16 |
| 35 to 44 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| 45 to 54 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
| 55 to 64 | 18 | 19 | 16 |
| 65 to 74 | 17 | 19 | 13 |
| 75 plus | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| All women | 57 | 58 | 52 |
| Bases: | |||
| Men | 2074 | 510 | 2121 |
| Women | 2736 | 694 | 2285 |
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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