Scottish Health Survey - topic report: mental health and wellbeing

The Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) provides information on the health and factors relating to the health of people living in Scotland that cannot be obtained from other sources. This topic report is secondary analysis of the 2012 and 2013 surveys, exploring factors associated with the mental health and wellbeing of adults aged 16 years and older.


Footnotes

a. See http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/2349.aspx for more information

b. For more information about urban rural classification see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/About/Methodology/UrbanRuralClassification

c. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Performance/scotPerforms/indicator

d. Start Active, Stay Active - A report on physical activity for health from the four home countries' Chief Medical Officers. (web only). UK Department of Health, July 2011. <https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/start-active-stay-active-a-report-on-physical-activity-from-the-four-home-countries-chief-medical-officers>

e. Adults weekly physical activity levels can be divided into four categories: very low activity (under 30 minutes of moderate exercise or under 15 minutes of vigorous); low activity (30<60 mins moderate/15<37.5 mins vigorous); some activity (60>150 mins moderate/30<75 mins vigorous); and meets recommendations (>150 mins moderate/>75 mins vigorous) per week. See the 2013 SHeS report for more information.

f. http://www.scotland.gov.ukea6c1169-0029-4477-b33b-0e7cf71c055f

g. For more information on AUDIT see http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2001/who_msd_msb_01.6a.pdf

h. See the 2013 SHeS report (alcohol chapter) for more information.

i. http://www.scotland.gov.ukea6c1169-0029-4477-b33b-0e7cf71c055f

j. Note that adults who 'eat together' in these statistics include those living in single adult (such as single parent) households

k. Weighted

l. Weighted

Contact

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