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The Scottish Health Survey 2011 - volume 3: technical report
Annual Report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Technical Report.
Table 1.4 Summary of adults' individual response to the survey, by sex
Estimated adult sample ('set' sample of adults aged 16 and over)a 2011
| Individual response | Men | Women | All adults | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Interviewed | 3281 | 51 | 4263 | 60 | 7544 | 56 |
| Non responders: | ||||||
| In co-operating households | 1060 | 16 | 506 | 7 | 1566 | 12 |
| In non-responding households | 2096 | 33 | 2303 | 33 | 4399 | 33 |
| Self-completion | 2978 | 46 | 3940 | 56 | 6918 | 51 |
| Height | 2799 | 43 | 3597 | 51 | 6396 | 47 |
| Weight | 2781 | 43 | 3445 | 49 | 6226 | 46 |
| Eligible for nurse visitb | 1070 | 17 | 1154 | 16 | 2224 | 16 |
| Saw nurse | 424 | 26 | 548 | 30 | 972 | 28 |
| Responded to: | ||||||
| Waist/hip | 419 | 25 | 536 | 29 | 957 | 27 |
| Blood pressure | 421 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Blood sample | ||||||
| Obtained | 333 | 20 | 392 | 21 | 725 | 21 |
| Attempted, not obtained | 24 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 73 | 2 |
| Ineligible | 27 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 66 | 2 |
| Lung function | ||||||
| Obtained | 412 | 25 | 516 | 28 | 928 | 27 |
| Attempted, not obtained | 27 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 66 | 2 |
| Saliva | ||||||
| Obtained | 403 | 25 | 511 | 28 | 914 | 26 |
| Attempted, not obtained | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Urine | ||||||
| Obtained | 383 | 23 | 486 | 26 | 869 | 25 |
| Attempted, not obtained | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Base: set sample: all main and health board boost | 6437 | 7072 | 13509 | |||
| Set sample: nurse sample | 1645 | 1837 | 3482 | |||
a For the method of estimating the adult 'set' sample, see section 1.6.3. Estimated bases have been rounded.
b A sub-sample of main sample addresses was flagged as 'nurse' addresses. At these addresses all adults who participated in the Stage 1 interviewer visit were eligible to take part in the Stage 2 follow-up nurse visit. There were no Stage 2 visits for participants in the Health Board boost sample.
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