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 1.4 Summary of adults' individual response to the survey, by sex

Estimated adult sample ('set' of adults aged 16 and over)a 2018
Individual response Men Women All adults
N % N % N %
Interviewed 2074 47 2736 53 4810 50
Non responding
In co-operating households 529 12 270 5 799 8
In non-responding households 1855 42 2142 42 3997 42
Measurements
Height 1723 39 2187 42 3910 41
Weight 1700 38 2130 41 3830 40
Eligible for biological moduleb,c 842 59 955 59 1797 59
Completed biological module 510 36 694 43 1204 40
Waistd 479 34 634 39 1113 37
Blood pressuree 483 34 629 39 1112 37
Saliva 463 32 611 38 1074 35
Urine 0 0 0 0 0 0
Base:
Set sample: all main and boost adults 4458 5148 9606
Set sample: biological module 1425 1619 3044

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

c Percentages are calculated as a proportion of those in the biological set sample. This is a change from previous years

d 2 valid measurements obtained

e 3 valid readings obtained

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