Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 2: technical report

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


Table 1.10 True standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for general health and wellbeing variables

2015, 2012-2015 combined, 2014/2015 combined
% (p) Sample size (un-weighted) True standard error 95% confidence interval Design Factor
lower upper
Adult WEMWBS mean score, 2015
Men Mean score 49.9 1961 0.25 49.4 50.4 1.37
Women Mean score 49.9 2452 0.22 49.5 50.3 1.21
Child WEMWBS mean score, 2012-2015 combined
Boys Mean score 52.0 511 0.37 51.3 52.8 1.10
Girls Mean score 49.9 467 0.38 49.1 50.6 1.04
CIS-R anxiety (2 or more symptoms) and depression scores (2 or more symptoms), attempted suicide (ever) and deliberate self-harm (ever), 2014/2015 combined
Men CIS-R anxiety scores (2 or more symptoms) 9 901 1.1 7.2 11.7 1.24
CIS-R depression scores (2 or more symptoms) 10 900 1.4 7.8 13.2 1.43
Attempted suicide (ever) 5 902 0.8 3.3 6.6 1.23
Deliberate self-harm (ever) 6 902 1.2 3.9 8.8 1.64
Women CIS-R anxiety scores (2 or more symptoms) 15 1177 1.1 12.7 17.1 1.03
CIS-R depression scores (2 or more symptoms) 10 1177 1.0 8.2 12.0 1.06
Attempted suicide (ever) 7 1179 0.9 5.5 9.1 1.17
Deliberate self-harm (ever) 9 1180 1.1 6.6 11.0 1.29
Child SDQ scores (grouped), 2014/2015
Boys Total difficulties
0-13 83 864 1.5 79.6 85.4 1.15
14-16 6 864 0.8 4.9 8.1 0.98
17-40 11 864 1.3 8.7 13.7 1.20
Conduct disorder
0-2 78 862 1.6 74.6 81.0 1.16
3 11 862 1.1 9.0 13.4 1.05
4-10 11 862 1.2 8.8 13.7 1.16
Emotional symptoms
0-3 85 861 1.4 82.4 87.8 1.14
4 6 861 0.9 4.6 8.3 1.14
5-10 9 861 1.0 6.7 10.8 1.11
Peer problems
0-2 78 862 1.6 74.3 80.5 1.11
3 9 862 1.0 7.6 11.6 1.02
4-10 13 862 1.3 10.7 15.9 1.16
Hyperactivity
0-5 74 862 1.7 70.5 77.1 1.13
6 9 862 1.1 6.8 11.4 1.19
7-10 17 862 1.4 14.7 20.2 1.09
Prosocial
6-10 88 861 1.2 85.1 89.8 1.07
5 8 861 0.9 6.2 9.9 1.00
0-4 5 861 0.9 3.0 6.7 1.30
Child SDQ scores (grouped), 2014/2015
Girls Total difficulties
0-13 90 810 1.1 88.0 92.2 1.01
14-16 4 810 0.7 3.2 6.2 1.02
17-40 5 810 0.8 3.9 7.0 0.98
Conduct disorder
0-2 85 806 1.4 82.2 87.6 1.08
3 9 806 1.1 6.8 11.1 1.09
4-10 6 806 0.9 4.7 8.1 1.02
Emotional symptoms
0-3 87 807 1.2 84.1 88.9 1.03
4 6 807 0.8 4.3 7.5 1.00
5-10 8 807 1.0 5.9 9.8 1.05
Peer problems
0-2 84 807 1.4 81.6 87.0 1.06
3 9 807 1.1 7.1 11.4 1.07
4-10 7 807 0.9 5.0 8.5 1.01
Hyperactivity
0-5 87 807 1.2 84.8 89.5 1.01
6 6 807 0.8 4.5 7.9 1.00
7-10 7 807 0.9 5.1 8.6 1.01
Prosocial
6-10 94 807 1.0 91.6 95.4 1.12
5 5 807 0.9 3.4 7.0 1.17
0-4 1 807 0.4 0.7 2.4 1.02

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