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Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 2: technical report

Details of the methodology and fieldwork for the Scottish Health Survey 2015.

Age	Health survey responding adult sample
Responding adults	2015
	At interview	Biological module ^a	Mid-2014 population estimate ^b
	%	%	%
Men
16 to 24	9	11	14
25 to 34	11	12	16
35 to 44	14	14	16
45 to 54	18	16	19
55 to 64	18	19	16
65 to 74	18	17	12
75 plus	12	12	8
All men	45	43	48
Women
16 to 24	8	9	13
25 to 34	13	14	16
35 to 44	14	15	15
45 to 54	18	17	18
55 to 64	18	16	15
65 to 74	17	16	12
75 plus	13	13	11
All women	55	57	52
Bases:
Men	2249	394	2082
Women	2751	516	2252

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 2014 private household population for Scotland (Source: National Records of Scotland), base shown in thousands

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