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Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume 2: technical report

Presents information on the methodology and fieldwork for the Scottish Health Survey 2017 and includes the survey questionnaire.

		% (p) / Mean	Sample size (un-weighted)	True standard error	lower	upper	Design Factor
							2017, 2016/2017 combined
		% (p) / Mean	Sample size (un-weighted)	True standard error	95% confidence interval		Design Factor
Cigarette smoking status, 2017
Men	Current cigarette smoker	20	1589	1.3	18.1	23.1	1.31
	Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	28	1589	1.4	25.0	30.6	1.35
	Never smoked or used to smoke cigarettes occasionally	52	1589	1.7	48.5	55.1	1.43
Women	Current cigarette smoker	16	2083	1.0	14.2	18.1	1.18
	Used to smoke cigarettes regularly	24	2083	1.1	22.2	26.3	1.08
	Never smoked or used to smoke cigarettes occasionally	60	2083	1.4	57.1	62.4	1.22
Mean cigarettes smoked per smoker per day, 2017
Men	Mean number of cigarettes smoke a day (smokers only)	13.2	298	0.54	12.1	14.2	1.18
Women	Mean number of cigarettes smoke a day (smokers only)	11.4	333	0.41	10.6	12.2	0.97
e-cigarette use, 2017
Men	Current user	7	1589	0.8	6.0	9.1	1.25
	Have used in the past	13	1589	1.0	11.1	14.9	1.23
	Never used e-cigarette	80	1589	1.2	77.2	82.0	1.27
Women	Current user	7	2086	0.6	6.0	8.5	1.07
	Have used in the past	10	2086	0.8	8.4	11.6	1.20
	Never used e-cigarette	83	2086	1.0	80.8	84.9	1.20
Self-reported cotinine validated non-smokers exposure to second-hand smoke, 2016/2017 combined
Men	Yes	25	487	2.4	20.9	30.1	1.26
Women	Yes	23	706	2.2	19.0	27.7	1.34
Children’s exposure to second-hand smoke in home, 2017
Boys	Yes	5	817	1.0	3.8	7.8	1.24
Boys	No	95	817	1.0	92.2	96.2	1.24
Girls	Yes	6	782	1.0	4.4	8.2	1.15
Girls	No	94	782	1.0	91.8	95.6	1.15

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