Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2018 - volume 2: technical report

Published: 24 September 2019
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781839600852

Information on methodology and fieldwork, including details of sampling, weighting, response rates, the survey questionnaire and other fieldwork documents.

Supporting documents

Table 1.7 Summary of children's individual response to the survey, by sample type and sex

Individual response	N	%	N	%	N	%
Eligible child sample aged 0-15 ('set' sample of children)^a	2018
Individual response	Boys		Girls		All children
Main sample
Interviewed	518	53	431	52	949	52
Eligible non-responders:^b
In responding households	56	6	49	6	105	6
In non-responding households	405	41	356	43	761	42
Measurements obtained:
Height^c	329	34	276	33	605	33
Weight^c	326	33	273	33	599	33
Child boost sample
Interviewed	537	64	494	64	1031	64
Eligible non-responders:^b
In responding households	0	0	0	0	0	0
In non-responding households	298	36	280	36	578	36
Measurements obtained:
Height^c	400	48	361	47	761	47
Weight^c	396	47	354	46	750	47
All children
Interviewed	1055	58	925	57	1980	58
Eligible non-responders:^b
In responding households	58	3	49	3	107	3
In non-responding households	701	39	637	40	1338	39
Measurements obtained:
Height^c	729	40	637	40	1366	40
Weight^c	722	40	627	39	1349	39
Base: set sample
Main sample	979		836		1815
Child boost	835		774		1609
All children	1814		1611		3425

a For the method of estimating the child 'set' sample, see Section 1.6.4. Estimated bases have been rounded

b Only 2 children per household were eligible for interview so if more than 2 children were in the household the additional ones were not interviewed

c Height and weight measurements were only taken from children aged 2+. As the set sample is based on children aged 0 to 15 the figures shown will underestimated the height and weight response rates

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