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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 1.4 Summary of adults' individual response to the survey, by sex
| Estimated adult sample ('set' of adults aged 16 and over)a | 2018 | |||||
| Individual response | Men | Women | All adults | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Interviewed | 2074 | 47 | 2736 | 53 | 4810 | 50 |
| Non responding | ||||||
| In co-operating households | 529 | 12 | 270 | 5 | 799 | 8 |
| In non-responding households | 1855 | 42 | 2142 | 42 | 3997 | 42 |
| Measurements | ||||||
| Height | 1723 | 39 | 2187 | 42 | 3910 | 41 |
| Weight | 1700 | 38 | 2130 | 41 | 3830 | 40 |
| Eligible for biological moduleb,c | 842 | 59 | 955 | 59 | 1797 | 59 |
| Completed biological module | 510 | 36 | 694 | 43 | 1204 | 40 |
| Waistd | 479 | 34 | 634 | 39 | 1113 | 37 |
| Blood pressuree | 483 | 34 | 629 | 39 | 1112 | 37 |
| Saliva | 463 | 32 | 611 | 38 | 1074 | 35 |
| Urine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Base: | ||||||
| Set sample: all main and boost adults | 4458 | 5148 | 9606 | |||
| Set sample: biological module | 1425 | 1619 | 3044 | |||
a For the method of estimating the adult 'set' sample, see Section 1.6.3. Estimated bases have been rounded
b A sub-sample of main sample addresses was flagged as biological module addresses. At these addresses all adults who participated in the stage 1 interview were eligible to take part in the biological module. There were no biological modules in the Health Board boost sample
c Percentages are calculated as a proportion of those in the biological set sample. This is a change from previous years
d 2 valid measurements obtained
e 3 valid readings obtained
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