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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over
2008

Portions per day	Equivalised annual household income quintile
	1 ^st (highest)	2 ^nd	3 ^rd	4 ^th	5 ^th (lowest)
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Observed
None	6	9	14	10	15
Less than 5 portions	66	70	68	73	72
5 portions or more	28	21	18	17	13
Mean	3.8	3.2	2.9	2.8	2.5
Standard error of the mean	0.21	0.15	0.12	0.13	0.16
Median	3.3	3.0	2.4	2.3	2.0
Standardised
None	5	9	14	11	16
Less than 5 portions	67	69	68	73	72
5 portions or more	28	22	18	16	12
Mean	3.8	3.3	2.9	2.7	2.5
Standard error of the mean	0.20	0.15	0.12	0.16	0.15
Median	3.3	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.0
Women
Observed
None	5	6	9	8	11
Less than 5 portions	60	68	67	72	72
5 portions or more	34	26	25	21	17
Mean	4.2	3.6	3.4	3.1	2.8
Standard error of the mean	0.13	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.12
Median	4.0	3.3	3.0	2.7	2.3
Standardised
None	5	5	8	9	12
Less than 5 portions	60	68	67	71	71
5 portions or more	35	26	25	21	18
Mean	4.3	3.6	3.4	3.1	2.8
Standard error of the mean	0.17	0.11	0.11	0.14	0.12
Median	4.0	3.3	3.0	2.7	2.3
Bases (weighted):
Men	655	564	592	426	438
Women	614	578	596	546	569
Bases (unweighted):
Men	536	533	528	462	408
Women	584	630	626	644	619

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