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Scottish Health Survey 2012 - Volume 2 Technical Report

Technical report accompanying the release of the 2012 Scottish Health Survey

Table 1.6 Women in responding households, response to the stages of the survey by age

Women aged 16 and over in responding households 2012

Interviewed
Individual response	Age							Total
Individual response	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Interviewed	66	87	93	91	93	95	96	89
Not contacted/refused	34	13	7	9	7	5	4	11
Height
Measured	56	73	85	83	81	81	72	77
Refused	5	4	4	6	7	9	8	6
Measurement not attempted	2	2	3	3	4	4	14	4
Not contacted/not obtained^a	36	21	8	9	8	6	6	13
Weight
Measured	53	71	82	79	79	80	72	75
Refused	8	6	6	8	8	10	8	8
Measurement not attempted	5	9	5	3	5	4	14	6
Not contacted/not obtained^a	34	14	8	9	7	6	6	11
Biological module
Eligible for biological module	25	29	25	26	28	26	25	26
Of those eligible for biological module:
Completed interview	51	66	72	72	82	77	80	72
No interview	49	34	28	28	18	23	20	28
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Waist
Measured	45	57	65	67	78	75	73	67
Bio interview not complete^b	49	34	28	28	18	23	20	28
Refused/not obtained	6	9	6	4	4	2	7	5
Blood pressure
Measured	48	59	69	70	80	75	76	69
Bio interview not complete^b	49	34	28	28	18	23	20	28
Refused/not obtained	3	7	3	1	2	2	4	3
Saliva sample
Measured	42	51	64	69	75	73	68	64
Bio interview not complete^b	49	34	28	28	18	23	20	28
Refused/not obtained	9	15	8	3	7	4	12	8
Urine
Measured	34	45	59	63	69	72	56	58
Bio interview not complete^b	49	34	28	28	18	23	20	28
Refused/not obtained	17	21	13	8	12	5	24	14
Bases:
Women aged 16+ in responding households	346	381	509	547	476	410	338	3007
Women aged 16+ in responding households eligible for biological module	86	109	127	144	131	108	84	789

a Includes non-responders to interview as well as those refusing measurement.
b Includes non-responders to interview.

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