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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 2-15	2015
Portions per day	Age					Total
	2-4	5-7	8-10	11-12	13-15	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Boys
None	4	6	9	12	16	9
Less than 1 portion	4	7	5	6	5	6
1 portion or more but less than 2	21	17	18	33	24	22
2 portions or more but less than 3	21	20	27	17	17	21
3 portions or more but less than 4	21	26	20	13	14	20
4 portions or more but less than 5	15	13	11	11	9	12
5 portions or more	13	11	10	9	15	12
Mean	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.2	2.6	2.7
Standard error of the mean	0.14	0.18	0.15	0.22	0.25	0.09
Median	2.8	2.8	2.5	1.7	2.0	2.3
Girls
None	2	5	4	9	8	5
Less than 1 portion	9	4	4	5	8	6
1 portion or more but less than 2	19	18	18	26	27	21
2 portions or more but less than 3	25	25	21	24	22	24
3 portions or more but less than 4	20	21	23	17	16	20
4 portions or more but less than 5	10	14	10	12	9	11
5 portions or more	13	13	19	7	10	13
Mean	2.8	2.9	3.2	2.4	2.5	2.8
Standard error of the mean	0.15	0.17	0.22	0.22	0.21	0.10
Median	2.7	2.7	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.5
All children
None	3	6	7	10	12	7
Less than 1 portion	7	6	5	5	7	6
1 portion or more but less than 2	20	17	18	30	26	21
2 portions or more but less than 3	23	23	24	20	20	22
3 portions or more but less than 4	21	23	22	15	15	20
4 portions or more but less than 5	12	14	11	11	9	11
5 portions or more	13	12	14	8	12	12
Mean	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.3	2.6	2.7
Standard error of the mean	0.10	0.13	0.12	0.15	0.15	0.07
Median	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.0	2.0	2.5
Bases (weighted):
Boys	134	142	149	88	113	626
Girls	155	139	122	79	131	627
All children	289	281	271	167	244	1253
Bases (unweighted):
Boys	145	150	153	79	107	634
Girls	156	142	118	74	122	612
All children	301	292	271	153	229	1246

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