Publication - Statistics
Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 2: technical report
Information on the methodology and fieldwork, including the survey questionnaire.
Table 1.1: Detailed fieldwork outcomes
| 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork Outcome | Main sample and HB boost | Child boost | ||||
| Sample | % issued | % eligible | Sample | % issued | % eligible | |
| All eligible individuals interviewed | 2272 | 41.7% | 46.6% | 521 | 12.5% | 64.7% |
| Responding | 2811 | 51.7% | 57.6% | 523 | 12.6% | 64.9% |
| Refused | ||||||
| Sampling unit information refused | 161 | 3.0% | 3.3% | 17 | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| Office refusal | 149 | 2.7% | 3.1% | 52 | 1.2% | 6.5% |
| Refusal at introduction / before interview | 950 | 17.5% | 19.5% | 123 | 3.0% | 15.3% |
| Refusal during the interview | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Broken appointment - no re-contact | 184 | 3.4% | 3.8% | 36 | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Total refused | 1446 | 26.6% | 29.6% | 228 | 5.5% | 28.3% |
| Non-contact | ||||||
| No contact with anyone at the address | 194 | 3.6% | 4.0% | 34 | 0.8% | 4.2% |
| Contact made at address, but not with target respondent | 38 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 6 | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| Total non-contact | 232 | 4.3% | 4.8% | 40 | 1.0% | 5.0% |
| Other non-response | ||||||
| Ill at home during field period | 60 | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Away or in hospital throughout field period | 68 | 1.2% | 1.4% | 4 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Physically or mentally unable/incompetent | 88 | 1.6% | 1.8% | 3 | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Language barrier | 19 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Other non-response (not covered by categories above) | 119 | 2.2% | 2.4% | 1 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Total other non-response | 354 | 6.5% | 7.3% | 10 | 0.2% | 1.2% |
Table 1.1: - Continued
| 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork Outcome | Main sample and HB boost | Child boost | ||||
| Sample | % issued | % eligible | Sample | % issued | % eligible | |
| Unknown eligibility | ||||||
| Not attempted | 7 | 0.1% | 11 | 0.3% | ||
| Inaccessible | 6 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.0% | ||
| Unable to locate address | 6 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.1% | ||
| Other unknown eligibility | 23 | 0.4% | 9 | 0.2% | ||
| Total unknown eligibility | 42 | 0.8% | 27 | 0.6% | ||
| Estimated eligible addresses in set of unknown eligibility addresses | 37 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 5 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| Total eligible addresses | 4880 | 89.7% | 100.0% | 806 | 19.4% | 100.0% |
| Not eligible | ||||||
| No children 0-15 in household | n/a | 3129 | 75.2% | |||
| Not yet built / under construction | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | ||
| Demolished / derelict | 21 | 0.4% | 10 | 0.2% | ||
| Vacant / empty | 338 | 6.2% | 118 | 2.8% | ||
| Non-residential | 48 | 0.9% | 38 | 0.9% | ||
| Address occupied, but no resident household | 130 | 2.4% | 32 | 0.8% | ||
| Communal establishment / institution | 5 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.1% | ||
| Other ineligible | 13 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.1% | ||
| Estimated ineligible addresses in set of unknown eligibility addresses | 5 | 0.1% | 22 | 0.5% | ||
| Total not eligible | 562 | 10.3% | 3357 | 80.6% | ||
| All issued addresses | 5442 | 100.0% | 4163 | 100.0% | ||
Contact
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Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit
The Scottish Government
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