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 1.9 Age distribution of responding adult sample compared with 2017 mid-year population estimates for Scotland, by sex

Responding adults 2018
Age Health survey responding adult sample
At interview Biological modulea Mid-2017 population estimateb
% % %
Men
16 to 24 8 8 13
25 to 34 11 9 17
35 to 44 14 12 15
45 to 54 18 19 18
55 to 64 18 18 16
65 to 74 19 20 13
75 plus 13 13 8
All men 43 42 48
Women
16 to 24 7 7 12
25 to 34 13 12 16
35 to 44 15 16 15
45 to 54 17 15 18
55 to 64 18 19 16
65 to 74 17 19 13
75 plus 12 11 11
All women 57 58 52
Bases:
Men 2074 510 2121
Women 2736 694 2285

a Only a sub-sample of adults were eligible to take part in the biological module. There was no biological module for the Health Board boost sample

b 2016 private household population for Scotland (Source: National Records of Scotland), base shown in thousands

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