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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Published: 29 September 2009
ISBN: 9780755981076

Table 5.1 Fruit and vegetable consumption, 2003, 2008, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
2003, 2008

Portions per day	Age							Total
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
2003
5 portions or more	17	18	19	22	24	18	16	20
Mean	2.5	2.9	2.9	3.2	3.4	3.1	2.9	3.0
Standard error of the mean	0.15	0.14	0.11	0.13	0.11	0.09	0.13	0.06
Median	2.0	2.3	2.3	2.7	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.7
2008
None	15	10	13	9	10	7	6	10
Less than 1 portion	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5
1 portion or more but less than 2	26	22	21	18	16	17	19	20
2 portions or more but less than 3	17	19	20	17	19	17	22	18
3 portions or more but less than 4	16	13	14	17	15	16	17	15
4 portions or more but less than 5	8	11	9	13	13	13	14	11
5 portions or more	14	20	19	20	24	25	18	20
Mean	2.5	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.4	3.1	3.1
Standard error of the mean	0.17	0.16	0.24	0.11	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.07
Median	2.0	2.3	2.3	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.7
Bases (weighted):
Men 2003	580	610	761	670	569	406	260	3857
Men 2008	464	481	563	555	480	327	218	3087
Bases (unweighted):
Men 2003	336	455	733	616	633	510	327	3610
Men 2008	246	317	460	535	525	453	304	2840
Women
2003
5 portions or more	18	24	21	27	27	18	18	22
Mean	2.7	3.2	3.1	3.5	3.6	3.0	3.0	3.2
Standard error of the mean	0.16	0.12	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.08	0.11	0.05
Median	2.0	2.7	2.8	3.2	3.3	2.7	2.7	3.0
2008
None	9	9	8	7	7	4	4	7
Less than 1 portion	7	3	5	4	3	5	5	5
1 portion or more but less than 2	25	19	15	14	11	14	20	17
2 portions or more but less than 3	17	17	19	16	17	19	23	18
3 portions or more but less than 4	16	14	17	15	17	16	18	16
4 portions or more but less than 5	12	11	14	15	15	16	14	14
5 portions or more	15	26	22	29	29	26	17	24
Mean	2.9	3.3	3.3	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.1	3.4
Standard error of the mean	0.17	0.13	0.10	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.06
Median	2.2	3.0	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.3	2.8	3.0
Bases (weighted):
Women 2003	566	658	813	691	602	493	468	4291
Women 2008	444	487	616	591	504	383	350	3375
Bases (unweighted):
Women 2003	404	600	887	795	778	581	493	4538
Women 2008	333	451	648	632	632	515	410	3621

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Table 5.1 Fruit and vegetable consumption, 2003, 2008, by age and sex

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