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Scottish Health Survey 2012 - Volume 2 Technical Report
Technical report accompanying the release of the 2012 Scottish Health Survey
Table 1.4 Summary of adults' individual response to the survey, by sex
Estimated adult sample ('set' of adults aged 16 and over)a 2012
| Individual response | Men | Women | All adults | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Interviewed | 2127 | 52% | 2688 | 59% | 4815 | 56% |
| Non responding | ||||||
| In co-operating households | 557 | 14% | 319 | 7% | 876 | 10% |
| In non-responding households | 1420 | 35% | 1539 | 34% | 2959 | 34% |
| Height | 1908 | 46% | 2317 | 51% | 4225 | 49% |
| Weight | 1893 | 46% | 2256 | 50% | 4149 | 48% |
| Eligible for biological moduleb | 727 | 18% | 789 | 17% | 1516 | 18% |
| Completed biological module | 453 | 40% | 567 | 46% | 1020 | 43% |
| Waist | 440 | 39% | 525 | 43% | 965 | 41% |
| Blood pressure | 437 | 39% | 543 | 44% | 980 | 42% |
| Saliva | ||||||
| Obtained | 417 | 37% | 506 | 41% | 923 | 39% |
| Attempted not obtained | 3 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 6 | 0% |
| Urine | ||||||
| Obtained | 386 | 34% | 460 | 37% | 846 | 36% |
| Attempted not obtained | 4 | 0% | 7 | 1% | 11 | 0% |
| Bases: Set sample: all main and boost adults | 4104 | 4546 | 8650 | |||
| Bases: Set sample: biological module | 1133 | 1228 | 2361 | |||
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.
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