The Scottish Health Survey 2008

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Table 1.6 GHQ12 scores, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2008, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
1995, 1998, 2003, 2008

GHQ12 score a

Age

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

Total 16+

Total 16-64

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Men

1995

0

61

60

62

59

57

-

-

-

60

1-3

29

29

25

24

25

-

-

-

27

4 or more

9

11

12

17

17

-

-

-

13

1998

0

65

61

61

68

57

63

-

-

62

1-3

27

27

25

20

24

26

-

-

25

4 or more

9

12

13

12

20

11

-

-

13

2003

0

66

69

68

65

70

68

64

67

68

1-3

25

19

18

20

16

19

23

20

20

4 or more

10

12

14

14

13

13

14

13

13

2008

0

62

58

63

64

71

69

69

64

63

1-3

26

29

24

21

17

20

25

23

24

4 or more

12

13

13

15

12

11

7

12

13

Bases (weighted):

Men 1995

709

962

834

737

583

-

-

-

3825

Men 1998

702

939

894

766

599

464

-

-

3900

Men 2003

553

567

718

637

533

376

232

3614

3007

Men 2008

431

438

523

510

434

293

189

2819

2336

Bases (unweighted):

Men 1995

467

822

795

694

670

-

-

-

3448

Men 1998

395

751

818

679

672

564

-

-

3315

Men 2003

318

425

697

584

594

470

292

3380

2618

Men 2008

227

288

428

485

473

408

260

2569

1908

Women

1995

0

54

51

57

56

57

-

-

-

55

1-3

30

26

24

23

27

-

-

-

26

4 or more

16

23

19

22

16

-

-

-

19

1998

0

51

54

56

55

59

56

-

-

55

1-3

32

28

25

25

22

29

-

-

26

4 or more

17

18

19

20

19

15

-

-

19

2003

0

54

64

61

59

65

65

55

61

61

1-3

30

20

20

23

20

21

28

23

22

4 or more

16

17

18

18

15

14

18

17

17

2008

0

53

54

60

54

65

64

50

58

58

1-3

27

29

23

25

18

24

34

25

24

4 or more

20

16

17

21

17

11

16

17

18

Bases (weighted):

Women 1995

684

975

854

768

645

-

-

-

3924

Women 1998

672

935

902

794

651

572

-

-

3955

Women 2003

547

640

782

664

570

447

408

4057

3203

Women 2008

407

453

578

549

461

352

279

3079

2448

Bases (unweighted):

Women 1995

540

1141

976

811

858

-

-

-

4326

Women 1998

525

967

995

891

795

870

-

-

4173

Women 2003

391

582

853

763

737

527

432

4285

3326

Women 2008

304

419

606

589

579

475

329

3301

2497

a Scores range from 0 to 12

Page updated: Monday, September 28, 2009