Health Survey for England - The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups '99

Table 14.11

Minority ethnic group sample: summary of adults' individual response to the survey, by minority ethnic group and sex

 

Estimated adult sample ('set' sample of adults aged 16 and over) 1999

Individual response Minority ethnic group        

Black
Caribbean

Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chineseb Irish
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Men
Interviewed 547 51 626 58 620 59 533 65 301 59 537 63
Non-responders:
In co-operating households 126 12 112 10 106 10 67 8 87 17 61 7
In non-responding households 406 38 343 32 333 31 216 26 124 24 256 30
Saw nurse 371 34 476 44 391 37 281 34 197 38 413 48
Responded to:
Self-completion 510 47 578 53 513 48 431 53 284 55 519 61
Height 491 46 576 53 576 54 479 59 287 56 506 59
Weight 477 44 552 51 557 53 416 51 287 56 497 58
Waist-hip 366 34 469 43 387 37 278 34 196 38 408 48
Blood pressure 370 34 471 44 387 37 277 34 197 38 412 48
Saliva sample 366 34 472 44 388 37 274 34 193 38 408 48
Blood sample 297 28 409 38 318 30 206 25 156 30 351 41
Eating habits self-completion 361 33 465 43 379 36 275 34 195 38 400 47
Women
Interviewed 748 59 657 60 643 61 563 67 361 66 708 67
Non-responders:
In co-operating households 53 4 84 8 85 8 51 6 56 10 32 3
In non-responding households 476 37 357 33 330 31 227 27 132 24 311 30
Saw nurse 541 42 483 44 438 41 315 37 255 46 564 54
Responded to:
Self-completion 710 56 570 52 496 47 473 56 346 63 700 67
Height 691 54 613 56 600 57 521 62 349 64 671 64
Weight 642 50 578 53 551 52 411 49 345 63 643 61
Waist-hip 519 41 462 42 405 38 296 35 249 45 543 52
Blood pressure 525 41 468 43 408 39 298 35 251 46 549 52
Saliva sample 516 40 467 43 407 38 294 35 247 45 539 51
Blood sample 388 30 390 36 296 28 189 22 186 34 467 44
Eating habits self-completion 523 41 471 43 414 39 306 36 253 46 550 52
All
Interviewed 1295 55 1283 59 1263 60 1096 66 662 62 1245 65
Non-responders:
In co-operating households 179 8 196 9 191 9 118 7 143 13 93 5
In non-responding households 882 37 700 32 663 31 443 27 256 24 567 30
Saw nurse 912 39 959 44 829 39 596 36 452 43 977 51
Responded to:
Self-completion 1220 52 1148 53 1009 48 904 55 630 59 1219 64
Height 1182 50 1189 55 1176 56 1000 60 636 60 1177 62
Weight 1119 47 1130 52 1108 52 827 50 632 60 1140 60
Waist-hip 885 38 931 43 792 37 574 35 445 42 951 50
Blood pressure 895 38 939 43 795 38 575 35 448 42 961 50
Saliva sample 882 37 939 43 795 38 568 34 440 41 947 50
Blood sample 685 29 799 37 614 29 395 24 342 32 818 43
Eating habits self-completion 884 38 936 43 793 37 581 35 448 42 950 50
Bases: 'set' samplea
Men 1079   1081   1059   816   512   854  
Women 1277   1098   1058   841   549   1051  
All 2356   2179   2117   1657   1061   1905  

a For the method of estimating the adult 'set' sample, see Section 14.6.7. Estimated bases have been rounded.

b The response rate for the Chinese sample assumes the issued addresses were a fresh sample, and takes no account of response to the original HEA survey (see Section 14.2.8).

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