Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 2: technical report

Details of the methodology and fieldwork for the Scottish Health Survey 2015.


Table 1.9 Age distribution of responding adult sample compared with 2014 mid-year population estimates for Scotland, by sex

Responding adults 2015
Age Health survey responding adult sample
At interview Biological module a Mid-2014 population estimate b
% % %
Men
16 to 24 9 11 14
25 to 34 11 12 16
35 to 44 14 14 16
45 to 54 18 16 19
55 to 64 18 19 16
65 to 74 18 17 12
75 plus 12 12 8
All men 45 43 48
Women
16 to 24 8 9 13
25 to 34 13 14 16
35 to 44 14 15 15
45 to 54 18 17 18
55 to 64 18 16 15
65 to 74 17 16 12
75 plus 13 13 11
All women 55 57 52
Bases:
Men 2249 394 2082
Women 2751 516 2252

a Only a sub-sample of adults were eligible to take part in the biological module. There was no biological module for the Health Board boost sample

b 2014 private household population for Scotland (Source: National Records of Scotland), base shown in thousands

Contact

Email: Julie Landsberg, julie.landsberg@gov.scot

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