Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2013 - volume 2: technical report

Published: 2 December 2014
ISBN: 9781784129439

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

Table 1.7 Summary of children's individual response to the survey, by sample type and sex

Individual response	Boys		Girls		All children
Eligible child sample aged 0-15 ('set' sample of children)^a						2013
Individual response	N	%	N	%	N	%
Main sample
Interviewed	466	56	444	56	910	56
Eligible non-responders:^b
In responding households	46	5	43	5	89	5
In non-responding households	327	39	311	39	638	39
Responded to:
Height^c	326	39	298	37	624	38
Weight^c	327	39	295	37	622	38
Child boost sample
Interviewed	482	72	447	72	929	72
Eligible non-responders:^b
In responding households	2	0	0	0	2	0
In non-responding households	189	28	175	28	364	28
Responded to:
Height^c	368	55	344	55	712	55
Weight^c	366	54	343	55	709	55
All children
Interviewed	948	63	891	63	1839	63
Eligible non-responders:^b
In responding households	48	3	43	3	91	3
In non-responding households	516	34	486	34	1002	34
Responded to:
Height^c	694	46	642	45	1336	46
Weight^c	693	46	638	45	1331	45
Base: set sample
Main sample	839		798		1637
Child boost	673		622		1295
All children	1512		1420		2932

a For the method of estimating the child 'set' sample, see Section 1.6.4. Estimated bases have been rounded
b Only 2 children per household were eligible for interview so if more then 2 children were in the household the additional ones were not interviewed
c Height and weight measurements were only taken from children aged 2+. As the set sample is based on children aged 0 to 15 the figures shown will underestimated the height and weight response rates

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