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Scottish Health Survey 2018 - volume 2: technical report
Information on methodology and fieldwork, including details of sampling, weighting, response rates, the survey questionnaire and other fieldwork documents.
Table 1.9 Age distribution of responding adult sample compared with 2017 mid-year population estimates for Scotland, by sex
| Responding adults | 2018 | ||
| Age | Health survey responding adult sample | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At interview | Biological modulea | Mid-2017 population estimateb | |
| % | % | % | |
| Men | |||
| 16 to 24 | 8 | 8 | 13 |
| 25 to 34 | 11 | 9 | 17 |
| 35 to 44 | 14 | 12 | 15 |
| 45 to 54 | 18 | 19 | 18 |
| 55 to 64 | 18 | 18 | 16 |
| 65 to 74 | 19 | 20 | 13 |
| 75 plus | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| All men | 43 | 42 | 48 |
| Women | |||
| 16 to 24 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| 25 to 34 | 13 | 12 | 16 |
| 35 to 44 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| 45 to 54 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
| 55 to 64 | 18 | 19 | 16 |
| 65 to 74 | 17 | 19 | 13 |
| 75 plus | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| All women | 57 | 58 | 52 |
| Bases: | |||
| Men | 2074 | 510 | 2121 |
| Women | 2736 | 694 | 2285 |
a Only a sub-sample of adults were eligible to take part in the biological module. There was no biological module for the Health Board boost sample
b 2016 private household population for Scotland (Source: National Records of Scotland), base shown in thousands
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