Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 2: technical report

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

Responding adults			2016
Age	Health survey responding adult sample
	At interview	Biological module ^a	Mid-2015 population estimate ^b
	%	%	%
Men
16 to 24	9	9	14
25 to 34	11	15	16
35 to 44	14	14	15
45 to 54	18	16	18
55 to 64	19	17	16
65 to 74	18	19	12
75 plus	11	10	8
All men	44	43	48
Women
16 to 24	8	9	13
25 to 34	13	15	16
35 to 44	14	15	15
45 to 54	18	17	18
55 to 64	18	17	15
65 to 74	16	18	13
75 plus	12	9	11
All women	56	57	52
Bases:
Men	1894	418	2094
Women	2429	550	2264

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 2015 private household population for Scotland (Source: National Records of Scotland), base shown in thousands

Email: Julie Landsberg Julie Landsberg

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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