Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 2: technical report

Published: 3 October 2017
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781788512053

Information on the methodology and fieldwork, including the survey questionnaire.

Table 1.7: Summary of children's individual response to the survey, by sample type and sex

Eligible child sample aged 0-15 ('set' sample of children) ^a						2016
Individual response	Boys		Girls		All children
Individual response	N	%	N	%	N	%
Main sample
Interviewed	363	57	394	58	757	57
Eligible non-responders: ^b
In responding households	21	3	25	4	46	3
In non-responding households	255	40	265	39	520	39
Measurements obtained:
Height ^c	238	37	255	37	493	37
Weight ^c	237	37	251	37	488	37
Child boost sample
Interviewed	408	64	396	64	804	64
Eligible non-responders: ^b
In responding households	1	0	1	0	2	0
In non-responding households	232	36	218	35	450	36
Measurements obtained:
Height ^c	312	49	311	51	623	50
Weight ^c	308	48	298	48	606	48
All children
Interviewed	771	60	790	61	1561	61
Eligible non-responders: ^b
In responding households	22	2	26	2	48	2
In non-responding households	487	38	483	37	970	38
Measurements obtained:
Heightc ^c	550	43	566	44	1116	43
Weight ^c	545	43	549	42	1094	42
Base: set sample
Main sample	639		684		1323
Child boost	641		615		1256
All children	1280		1299		2579

a For the method of estimating the child 'set' sample, see Section 1.6.4. Estimated bases have been rounded

b Only 2 children per household were eligible for interview so if more than 2 children were in the household the additional ones were not interviewed

c Height and weight measurements were only taken from children aged 2+. As the set sample is based on children aged 0 to 15 the figures shown will underestimated the height and weight response rates

Contact

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