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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over
2008

Portions per day	Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile					SIMD 85/15
	5 ^th (least deprived)	4 ^th	3 ^rd	2 ^nd	1 ^st (most deprived)	85% least deprived	15% most deprived
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Observed
None	4	7	8	15	19	9	17
Less than 5 portions	70	66	70	71	72	69	74
5 portions or more	26	28	22	14	9	22	9
Mean	3.6	3.7	3.2	2.6	2.2	3.2	2.2
Standard error of the mean	0.11	0.21	0.12	0.11	0.10	0.08	0.12
Median	3.0	3.3	3.0	2.0	1.9	2.7	2.0
Standardised
None	4	6	8	15	18	9	16
Less than 5 portions	71	66	70	72	72	69	74
5 portions or more	25	28	22	13	9	22	10
Mean	3.5	3.8	3.2	2.6	2.2	3.2	2.3
Standard error of the mean	0.12	0.20	0.13	0.11	0.10	0.08	0.12
Median	3.0	3.3	2.9	2.0	2.0	2.7	2.0
Women
Observed
None	4	4	6	9	13	6	14
Less than 5 portions	64	65	74	71	71	69	71
5 portions or more	32	31	20	20	16	25	16
Mean	4.1	3.8	3.3	3.1	2.7	3.5	2.7
Standard error of the mean	0.13	0.09	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.06	0.12
Median	3.7	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.3	3.0	2.0
Standardised
None	4	4	6	9	13	6	14
Less than 5 portions	65	65	74	71	71	69	71
5 portions or more	31	31	19	20	16	25	16
Mean	4.0	3.8	3.3	3.1	2.7	3.5	2.7
Standard error of the mean	0.13	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.06	0.12
Median	3.7	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.3	3.0	2.2
Bases (weighted):
Men	550	757	564	630	587	2659	428
Women	629	746	629	695	677	2866	509
Bases (unweighted):
Men	484	747	594	543	472	2484	356
Women	620	905	753	683	660	3112	509

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