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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.
Table 1.1: Detailed fieldwork outcomes
| 2017 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork Outcome | Main sample and HB boost | Child boost | ||||
| Sample | % issued | % eligible | Sample | % issued | % eligible | |
| All eligible individuals interviewed | 1926 | 39.1% | 44.6% | 579 | 12.6% | 66.3% |
| Responding | 2483 | 50.4% | 57.5% | 579 | 12.6% | 66.3% |
| Refused | ||||||
| Sampling unit information refused | 160 | 3.2% | 3.7% | 24 | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| Office refusal | 151 | 3.1% | 3.5% | 40 | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Refusal at introduction / before interview | 875 | 17.8% | 20.3% | 142 | 3.1% | 16.3% |
| Refusal during the interview | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Broken appointment - no re-contact | 133 | 2.7% | 3.1% | 27 | 0.6% | 3.1% |
| Total refused | 1319 | 26.8% | 30.5% | 234 | 5.1% | 26.8% |
| Non-contact | ||||||
| No contact with anyone at the address | 171 | 3.5% | 4.0% | 25 | 0.5% | 2.9% |
| Contact made at address, but not with target respondent | 33 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 4 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Total non-contact | 204 | 4.1% | 4.7% | 29 | 0.6% | 3.3% |
| Other non-response | ||||||
| Ill at home during field period | 30 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Away or in hospital throughout field period | 47 | 1.0% | 1.1% | 4 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Physically or mentally unable/incompetent | 89 | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Language barrier | 16 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 2 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Other non-response (not covered by categories above) | 87 | 1.8% | 2.0% | 17 | 0.4% | 1.9% |
| Total other non-response | 269 | 5.5% | 6.2% | 26 | 0.6% | 3.0% |
| Unknown eligibility | ||||||
| Not attempted | 22 | 0.4% | 9 | 0.2% | ||
| Inaccessible | 4 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.0% | ||
| Unable to locate address | 6 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.1% | ||
| Other unknown eligibility | 18 | 0.4% | 12 | 0.3% | ||
| Total unknown eligibility | 50 | 1.0% | 28 | 0.6% | ||
| Estimated eligible addresses in set of unknown eligibility addresses | 44 | 0.9% | 1.0% | 5 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| Total eligible addresses | 4319 | 87.7% | 100.0% | 873 | 19.1% | 100.0% |
| Not eligible | ||||||
| No children 0-15 in household | n/a | 3422 | 74.7% | |||
| Not yet built / under construction | 9 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.1% | ||
| Demolished / derelict | 17 | 0.3% | 11 | 0.2% | ||
| Vacant / empty | 357 | 7.2% | 134 | 2.9% | ||
| Non-residential | 50 | 1.0% | 33 | 0.7% | ||
| Address occupied, but no resident household | 127 | 2.6% | 55 | 1.2% | ||
| Communal establishment / institution | 11 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.0% | ||
| Other ineligible | 31 | 0.6% | 28 | 0.6% | ||
| Estimated ineligible addresses in set of unknown eligibility addresses | 6 | 0.1% | 23 | 0.5% | ||
| Total not eligible | 608 | 12.3% | 3711 | 80.9% | ||
| All issued addresses | 4927 | 100.0% | 4584 | 100.0% | ||
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