Scottish Health Survey 2013 - volume 2: technical report

Presents information on the methodology and fieldwork for the Scottish Health Survey 2013.


Table 1.15 True standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for physical activity variables

2013

% (p) / Mean

Sample size (un-weighted)

True standard error

95% confidence interval

Design Factor

lower

upper

Summary activity levels

Men

Meets MVPA guidelines

70.8

2129

1.23

68.4

73.2

1.31

Women

Meets MVPA guidelines

58.5

2747

1.17

56.2

60.7

1.19

Adherence to muscle strengthening and MVPA guidelines

Men

Meets MVPA & muscle guidelines

30.3

2129

1.29

27.8

32.9

1.36

Meets MVPA recommendations only

40.5

2129

1.27

38.1

43.0

1.25

Meets muscle recommendations only

0.6

2129

0.17

0.3

1.0

1.09

Meets neither recommendations

28.6

2129

1.21

26.3

31.0

1.29

Women

Meets MVPA & muscle guidelines

21.4

2747

0.95

19.6

23.3

1.17

Meets MVPA recommendations only

37.1

2747

1.08

35.0

39.2

1.12

Meets muscle recommendations only

1.3

2747

0.27

0.9

1.9

1.19

Meets neither recommendations

40.3

2747

1.15

38.0

42.5

1.18

Knowledge of physical activity recommendations

Men

Underestimated recommendation

19.5

1662

1.06

17.5

21.7

1.15

Knew recommendation

3.6

1662

0.49

2.7

4.7

1.14

Overestimated recommendation

76.9

1662

1.15

74.6

79.1

1.17

Women

Underestimated recommendation

18.4

2207

0.87

16.7

20.2

1.02

Knew recommendation

4.9

2207

0.50

4.1

6.0

1.04

Overestimated recommendation

76.7

2207

0.99

74.7

78.5

1.05

Child meets physical activity recommendations

Boys

Including school

78.5

815

1.58

75.2

81.4

1.09

Excluding school

70.5

815

1.82

66.8

73.9

1.13

Girls

Including school

72.2

753

1.95

68.2

75.8

1.20

Excluding school

64.3

753

2.17

59.9

68.4

1.25

Child participation in any sport

Boys

Any sport or exercise

71.1

819

1.82

67.4

74.6

1.14

No sport or exercise

28.9

819

1.82

25.4

32.6

1.14

Girls

Any sport or exercise

62.8

762

2.04

58.7

66.7

1.17

No sport or exercise

37.2

762

2.04

33.3

41.3

1.17

Contact

Email: Julie Landsberg

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