Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 2: technical report

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


Table 1.19: True standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for respiratory variables

  2016
  % (p) / Mean Sample size (un-weighted) True standard error 95% confidence interval Design Factor
lower upper
Adult respiratory symptoms
Men Ever Wheezed 28 1892 1.3 25.9 31.0 1.33
Wheezed in last 12 months 16 1892 0.9 13.8 17.4 1.14
Doctor-diagnosed asthma 15 1891 1.0 13.0 17.0 1.28
Women Ever Wheezed 27 2428 1.1 24.6 29.0 1.20
Wheezed in last 12 months 15 2428 0.8 13.5 16.9 1.12
Doctor-diagnosed asthma 16 2424 0.9 14.2 17.7 1.16
Child respiratory symptoms
Boys Ever Wheezed 26 771 1.7 23.0 29.5 1.06
Wheezed in last 12 months 15 771 1.4 12.4 17.7 1.08
Doctor-diagnosed asthma 10 769 1.2 8.2 13.0 1.13
Girls Ever Wheezed 19 790 1.6 16.3 22.6 1.11
Wheezed in last 12 months 12 790 1.3 9.4 14.5 1.10
Doctor-diagnosed asthma 9 789 1.2 6.9 11.7 1.17
Doctor-diagnosed COPD
Men Yes 4 1894 0.4 2.8 4.4 0.99
No 96 1894 0.4 95.6 97.2 0.99
Women Yes 4 2429 0.4 3.4 5.0 1.00
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