Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report

Published: 3 October 2017
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781788512763

Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.

Table 3.5 Proportion of children meeting physical activity guideline over an average week, (including and excluding activity at school), 1998 to 2016

Aged 2-15										1998 - 2016
Proportion meeting guideline^a,b	1998	2003	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Boys
Excluding activity at school	72	74	72	69	68	69	66	70	73	71	73
Including activity at school	n/a	n/a	77	75	75	76	73	78	79	77	79
Girls
Excluding activity at school	59	63	56	58	62	62	58	64	67	61	64
Including activity at school	n/a	n/a	64	66	70	70	68	72	73	69	72
All children
Excluding activity at school	65	69	64	64	65	65	62	67	70	66	68
Including activity at school	n/a	n/a	71	71	72	73	70	75	76	73	76
Bases (weighted):
Boys	1088	1478	776	1142	784	867	791	825	735	616	677
Girls	1032	1424	721	1096	743	830	748	777	711	617	666
All children	2120	2903	1497	2237	1527	1697	1539	1602	1446	1233	1343
Bases (unweighted):
Boys	1972	1428	750	1142	811	841	753	815	723	625	653
Girls	1881	1444	737	1085	694	826	774	753	721	604	672
All children	3853	2872	1487	2227	1505	1667	1527	1568	1444	1229	1325

a At least 60 minutes of activity on all 7 days in previous week
b Children aged 2-3 were not asked about school activities, children aged 4 were included if they had started school

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Table 3.5 Proportion of children meeting physical activity guideline over an average week, (including and excluding activity at school), 1998 to 2016

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