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 1.1 Detailed fieldwork outcomes

2018
Fieldwork Outcome Main sample and HB boost Child boost
Sample % issued % eligible Sample % issued % eligible
All eligible individuals interviewed 2551 40.2 45.0 681 12.5 63.5
Responding 3216 50.6 56.7 683 12.5 63.7
Refused
Sampling unit information refused 188 3.0 3.3 27 0.5 2.5
Office refusal 363 5.7 6.4 83 1.5 7.7
Refusal at introduction / before interview 1168 18.4 20.6 182 3.3 17.0
Refusal during the interview 6 0.1 0.1 0 0.0 0.0
Broken appointment - no re-contact 173 2.7 3.1 39 0.7 3.6
Total refused 1898 29.9 33.5 331 6.1 30.9
Non-contact
No contact with anyone at the address 204 3.2 3.6 31 0.6 2.9
Contact made at address, but not with target respondent 25 0.4 0.4 4 0.1 0.4
Total non-contact 229 3.6 4.0 35 0.6 3.3
Other non-response
Ill at home during field period 33 0.5 0.6 2 0.0 0.2
Away or in hospital throughout field period 48 0.8 0.8 1 0.0 0.1
Physically or mentally unable/incompetent 102 1.6 1.8 2 0.0 0.2
Language barrier 11 0.2 0.2 2 0.0 0.2
Other non-response (not covered by categories above) 98 1.5 1.7 12 0.2 1.1
Total other non-response 292 4.6 5.2 19 0.3 1.8
Unknown eligibility
Not attempted 1 0.0 1 0.0
Inaccessible 3 0.0 2 0.0
Unable to locate address 6 0.1 6 0.1
Other unknown eligibility 26 0.4 14 0.3
Total unknown eligibility 36 0.6 23 0.4
Estimated eligible addresses in set of unknown eligibility addresses 32 0.5 0.6 5 0.1 0.4
Total eligible addresses 5667 89.2 100.0 1073 19.7 100.0
Not eligible
No children 0-15 in household n/a 4049 74.3
Not yet built / under construction 5 0.1 7 0.1
Demolished / derelict 21 0.3 10 0.2
Vacant / empty 377 5.9 159 2.9
Non-residential 69 1.1 48 0.9
Address occupied, but no resident household 170 2.7 63 1.2
Communal establishment / institution 9 0.1 4 0.1
Other ineligible 31 0.5 19 0.3
Estimated ineligible addresses in set of unknown eligibility addresses 4 0.1 18 0.3
Total not eligible 686 10.8 4377 80.3
All issued addresses 6353 100.0 5450 100.0

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