Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 1: main report

Findings and trends of the Scottish Health Survey 2015, providing information on the health of people living in Scotland.


Table 1.4 Child (13-15) WEMWBS mean scores, 2012-2015 combined, by area deprivation and sex

Aged 13-15 2012-2015 combined
WEMWBS scores a Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
5th (Least deprived) 4th 3rd 2nd 1st (Most deprived)
Boys
Mean 52.4 53.1 50.9 51.9 51.8
SE of the mean 0.73 0.61 0.72 1.15 0.94
Standard deviation 6.99 6.50 7.22 9.84 7.98
Girls
Mean 50.5 49.5 49.0 49.7 50.6
SE of the mean 0.89 0.74 0.77 1.02 0.87
Standard deviation 8.31 7.07 7.71 8.64 7.94
All children
Mean 51.5 51.4 50.1 50.9 51.2
SE of the mean 0.56 0.54 0.55 0.79 0.65
Standard deviation 7.70 7.00 7.49 9.34 7.97
Bases (weighted):
Boys 100 114 115 97 105
Girls 94 102 98 83 101
All children 194 216 214 180 206
Bases (unweighted)
Boys 98 116 112 93 92
Girls 89 109 98 78 93
All children 187 225 210 171 185

a WEMWBS scores range from 14 to 70. Higher scores indicate greater wellbeing.

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