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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