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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.
Table 7.4 Proportion of children meeting physical activity guideline, (including and excluding activity at school), 1998 to 2015
| Aged 2-15 | 1998 to 2015 | ||||||||||
| Proportion meeting guideline a,b | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||
| Boys | |||||||||||
| Excluding activity at school | 72 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 70 | 73 | 71 | |
| Including activity at school | n/a | n/a | 77 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 78 | 79 | 77 | |
| Girls | |||||||||||
| Excluding activity at school | 59 | 63 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 58 | 64 | 67 | 61 | |
| Including activity at school | n/a | n/a | 64 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 69 | |
| All children | |||||||||||
| Excluding activity at school | 65 | 69 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 66 | |
| Including activity at school | n/a | n/a | 71 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 73 | |
| Bases (weighted): | |||||||||||
| Boys | 1088 | 1478 | 776 | 1142 | 784 | 867 | 791 | 825 | 735 | 616 | |
| Girls | 1032 | 1424 | 721 | 1096 | 743 | 830 | 748 | 777 | 711 | 617 | |
| All children | 2120 | 2903 | 1497 | 2237 | 1527 | 1697 | 1539 | 1602 | 1446 | 1233 | |
| Bases (unweighted): | |||||||||||
| Boys | 1972 | 1428 | 750 | 1142 | 811 | 841 | 753 | 815 | 723 | 625 | |
| Girls | 1881 | 1444 | 737 | 1085 | 694 | 826 | 774 | 753 | 721 | 604 | |
| All children | 3853 | 2872 | 1487 | 2227 | 1505 | 1667 | 1527 | 1568 | 1444 | 1229 | |
a At least 60 minutes of activity on all 7 days in previous week
b Children aged 2-3 were not asked about school activities, children aged 4 were included if they had started school
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