Scottish Health Survey 2014 - volume 1: main report

Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2014, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.


Table 1.8 GHQ12 scores, 2014, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over 2014
GHQ12 scorea Age Total
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
  % % % % % % % %
Men
0 61 62 61 64 69 79 65 65
1-3 27 23 22 17 15 17 26 20
4 or more 12 14 17 19 16 4 9 14
Women
0 40 52 59 58 62 64 56 56
1-3 36 31 24 22 23 24 31 27
4 or more 24 17 16 20 15 11 13 17
All adults
0 50 57 60 61 66 71 59 61
1-3 32 27 23 20 19 21 29 24
4 or more 18 15 17 19 16 8 12 16
Bases (weighted):
Men 278 324 334 390 315 232 142 2015
Women 291 339 359 408 334 264 216 2211
All adults 569 663 693 798 649 496 358 4226
Bases (unweighted):
Men 182 227 282 335 327 325 186 1864
Women 214 310 400 404 406 380 268 2382
All adults 396 537 682 739 733 705 454 4246

a GHQ 12 scores range from 0 to 12. Scores of 4 or more indicate low wellbeing / possible psychiatric disorder

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