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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.

Aged 13-15	2012-2015 combined
WEMWBS scores ^a	Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
WEMWBS scores ^a	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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