The Scottish Health Survey 2008

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Table 1.10 WEMWBS mean scores (observed and age-standardised), by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and sex

Aged 16 and over
2008

WEMWBS scores

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile

SIMD 85/15

5 th
(least deprived)

4 th

3 rd

2 nd

1 st
(most deprived)

85% least deprived

15% most deprived

Men

Observed

Mean

51.6

51.5

50.4

49.2

48.2

50.6

48.2

Standard error of the mean

0.42

0.40

0.46

0.45

0.52

0.22

0.57

Standard deviation

7.21

8.02

8.93

8.61

9.48

8.44

9.02

Standardised

Mean

51.7

51.5

50.4

49.2

48.0

50.6

48.0

Standard error of the mean

0.43

0.40

0.46

0.45

0.49

0.22

0.55

Standard deviation

7.13

8.02

8.89

8.63

9.44

8.43

9.07

Women

Observed

Mean

51.7

50.7

50.0

48.8

47.2

50.2

46.9

Standard error of the mean

0.36

0.31

0.31

0.37

0.43

0.17

0.52

Standard deviation

7.54

7.99

7.95

8.97

9.13

8.21

9.44

Standardised

Mean

51.7

50.7

49.9

48.8

47.1

50.2

46.8

Standard error of the mean

0.37

0.31

0.32

0.36

0.42

0.17

0.51

Standard deviation

7.48

7.91

7.93

9.00

9.16

8.20

9.45

Bases (weighted):

Men

505

698

504

570

508

2418

367

Women

583

675

558

623

588

2585

441

Bases (unweighted):

Men

444

685

520

483

407

2235

304

Women

577

822

666

607

576

2802

446

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