Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report
Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.
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Table 3.5 Proportion of children meeting physical activity guideline over an average week, (including and excluding activity at school), 1998 to 2016
Aged 2-15 | 1998 - 2016 | ||||||||||
Proportion meeting guidelinea,b | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Boys | |||||||||||
Excluding activity at school | 72 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 73 |
Including activity at school | n/a | n/a | 77 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 79 |
Girls | |||||||||||
Excluding activity at school | 59 | 63 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 58 | 64 | 67 | 61 | 64 |
Including activity at school | n/a | n/a | 64 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 72 |
All children | |||||||||||
Excluding activity at school | 65 | 69 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 66 | 68 |
Including activity at school | n/a | n/a | 71 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 76 |
Bases (weighted): | |||||||||||
Boys | 1088 | 1478 | 776 | 1142 | 784 | 867 | 791 | 825 | 735 | 616 | 677 |
Girls | 1032 | 1424 | 721 | 1096 | 743 | 830 | 748 | 777 | 711 | 617 | 666 |
All children | 2120 | 2903 | 1497 | 2237 | 1527 | 1697 | 1539 | 1602 | 1446 | 1233 | 1343 |
Bases (unweighted): | |||||||||||
Boys | 1972 | 1428 | 750 | 1142 | 811 | 841 | 753 | 815 | 723 | 625 | 653 |
Girls | 1881 | 1444 | 737 | 1085 | 694 | 826 | 774 | 753 | 721 | 604 | 672 |
All children | 3853 | 2872 | 1487 | 2227 | 1505 | 1667 | 1527 | 1568 | 1444 | 1229 | 1325 |
a At least 60 minutes of activity on all 7 days in previous week
b Children aged 2-3 were not asked about school activities, children aged 4 were included if they had started school
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