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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Published: 29 September 2009
ISBN: 9780755981076

Table 1.6 GHQ12 scores, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2008, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
1995, 1998, 2003, 2008

GHQ12 score ^a	Age
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total 16+	Total 16-64
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
1995
0	61	60	62	59	57	-	-	-	60
1-3	29	29	25	24	25	-	-	-	27
4 or more	9	11	12	17	17	-	-	-	13
1998
0	65	61	61	68	57	63	-	-	62
1-3	27	27	25	20	24	26	-	-	25
4 or more	9	12	13	12	20	11	-	-	13
2003
0	66	69	68	65	70	68	64	67	68
1-3	25	19	18	20	16	19	23	20	20
4 or more	10	12	14	14	13	13	14	13	13
2008
0	62	58	63	64	71	69	69	64	63
1-3	26	29	24	21	17	20	25	23	24
4 or more	12	13	13	15	12	11	7	12	13
Bases (weighted):
Men 1995	709	962	834	737	583	-	-	-	3825
Men 1998	702	939	894	766	599	464	-	-	3900
Men 2003	553	567	718	637	533	376	232	3614	3007
Men 2008	431	438	523	510	434	293	189	2819	2336
Bases (unweighted):
Men 1995	467	822	795	694	670	-	-	-	3448
Men 1998	395	751	818	679	672	564	-	-	3315
Men 2003	318	425	697	584	594	470	292	3380	2618
Men 2008	227	288	428	485	473	408	260	2569	1908
Women
1995
0	54	51	57	56	57	-	-	-	55
1-3	30	26	24	23	27	-	-	-	26
4 or more	16	23	19	22	16	-	-	-	19
1998
0	51	54	56	55	59	56	-	-	55
1-3	32	28	25	25	22	29	-	-	26
4 or more	17	18	19	20	19	15	-	-	19
2003
0	54	64	61	59	65	65	55	61	61
1-3	30	20	20	23	20	21	28	23	22
4 or more	16	17	18	18	15	14	18	17	17
2008
0	53	54	60	54	65	64	50	58	58
1-3	27	29	23	25	18	24	34	25	24
4 or more	20	16	17	21	17	11	16	17	18
Bases (weighted):
Women 1995	684	975	854	768	645	-	-	-	3924
Women 1998	672	935	902	794	651	572	-	-	3955
Women 2003	547	640	782	664	570	447	408	4057	3203
Women 2008	407	453	578	549	461	352	279	3079	2448
Bases (unweighted):
Women 1995	540	1141	976	811	858	-	-	-	4326
Women 1998	525	967	995	891	795	870	-	-	4173
Women 2003	391	582	853	763	737	527	432	4285	3326
Women 2008	304	419	606	589	579	475	329	3301	2497

a Scores range from 0 to 12

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Table 1.6 GHQ12 scores, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2008, by age and sex

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