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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 1.16 True standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for obesity variables
| 2018 | |||||||
| % (p) / Mean | Sample size (unweighted) | True standard error | 95% confidence interval | Design factor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lower | upper | ||||||
| Mean adult BMI | |||||||
| Men | Mean | 27.6 | 1649 | 0.17 | 27.3 | 28.0 | 1.41 |
| Women | Mean | 27.8 | 2076 | 0.17 | 27.4 | 28.1 | 1.23 |
| BMI 25 and over | |||||||
| Men | 25 and over | 68 | 1649 | 1.6 | 64.8 | 70.9 | 1.43 |
| Women | 25 and over | 63 | 2076 | 1.4 | 60.0 | 65.4 | 1.22 |
| BMI 30 and over | |||||||
| Men | 30 and over | 27 | 1649 | 1.4 | 24.3 | 29.6 | 1.33 |
| Women | 30 and over | 30 | 2076 | 1.2 | 27.3 | 31.9 | 1.12 |
| BMI 40 and over | |||||||
| Men | 40 and over | 2 | 1649 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 1.18 |
| Women | 40 and over | 5 | 2076 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 1.07 |
| Child BMI, within / outwith healthy range | |||||||
| Boys | Within healthy range | 69 | 690 | 1.9 | 64.8 | 72.3 | 1.06 |
| Outwith healthy range | 31 | 690 | 1.9 | 27.7 | 35.2 | 1.06 | |
| Girls | Within healthy range | 71 | 602 | 2.2 | 66.1 | 74.6 | 1.19 |
| Outwith healthy range | 29 | 602 | 2.2 | 25.4 | 33.9 | 1.19 | |
| Child BMI, at risk of overweight (including obese) | |||||||
| Boys | At risk of overweight (including obese) | 30 | 690 | 1.9 | 26.1 | 33.6 | 1.07 |
| Girls | At risk of overweight (including obese) | 27 | 602 | 2.1 | 23.5 | 31.9 | 1.21 |
| Child BMI, at risk of obesity | |||||||
| Boys | At risk of obesity | 17 | 690 | 1.7 | 14.1 | 20.6 | 1.13 |
| Girls | At risk of obesity | 15 | 602 | 1.7 | 11.9 | 18.7 | 1.21 |
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