The Scottish Health Survey 2011 - volume 3: technical report

Annual Report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Technical Report.


Table 1.23 True standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for general health variables (children)

2008-2011 combined, 2010/2011 combined

% (p) / Mean Sample size (un-weighted) True standard error 95% confidence interval Deft
Lower Upper
Longstanding illness (%) (2008-2011)
Boys Limiting longstanding illness 7.4 4160 0.45 6.6 8.3 1.10
Non-Limiting longstanding illness 9.2 4160 0.49 8.3 10.2 1.10
No longstanding illness 83.4 4160 0.64 82.1 84.6 1.10
Total with illness 16.6 4160 0.64 15.4 17.9 1.10
Girls Limiting longstanding illness 5.8 3967 0.39 5.0 6.6 1.07
Non-Limiting longstanding illness 7.8 3967 0.46 6.9 8.8 1.09
No longstanding illness 86.4 3967 0.59 85.3 87.6 1.08
Total with illness 13.6 3967 0.59 12.4 14.7 1.08
Self-reported general health (%) (2010/2011)
Boys Very good/good 95.1 1958 0.51 94.0 96.0 1.04
Fair 4.4 1958 0.48 3.5 5.4 1.03
Bad/very bad 0.5 1958 0.18 0.3 1.0 1.05
Girls Very good/good 95.4 1819 0.52 94.3 96.3 1.07
Fair 3.5 1819 0.45 2.7 4.5 1.06
Bad/very bad 1.1 1819 0.28 0.7 1.8 1.16
GHQ12 Score (%) (2008-2011)
Boys 0 70.1 665 1.82 66.4 73.6 1.04
1-3 22.5 665 1.66 19.4 25.9 1.03
4 7.3 665 1.04 5.5 9.7 1.04
Girls 0 62.2 649 2.03 58.1 66.1 1.06
1-3 26.3 649 1.82 22.9 30.1 1.04
4 11.5 649 1.36 9.0 14.4 1.08
SDQ scores (%) (2010/2011)
Boys Normal (0-13) 83.0 991 1.38 80.1 85.6 1.14
Borderline (14-16) 7.0 991 0.93 5.4 9.1 1.12
Abnormal (17-40) 9.9 991 1.04 8.1 12.2 1.08
Girls Normal (0-13) 88.2 909 1.21 85.6 90.4 1.15
Borderline (14-16) 6.3 909 0.95 4.7 8.4 1.20
Abnormal (17-40) 5.5 909 0.76 4.2 7.2 1.02

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