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

Table 14.12

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

Estimated child sample ('set' sample of children aged 2-15)       1999
Individual response Minority ethnic group        

Black
Caribbean

Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chineseb Irish
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Boys
Interviewed 300 58 268 65 397 64 385 69 138 70 270 68
Non-responders:
In co-operating households 22 4 14 3 26 4 20 4 9 5 11 3
In non-responding households 192 37 129 31 193 31 153 27 49 25 119 30
Saw nurse 216 42 199 48 279 45 219 39 113 58 206 52
Responded to:
Height 268 52 232 56 343 56 340 61 126 64 245 61
Weight 257 50 231 56 333 54 287 51 128 65 240 60
Mid-upper arm circumference 214 42 194 47 274 44 210 38 112 57 204 51
Girls
Interviewed 312 61 203 65 393 66 358 72 126 69 265 68
Non-responders:
In co-operating households 9 2 11 3 21 3 10 2 13 7 10 3
In non-responding households 190 37 100 32 185 31 132 26 43 23 113 29
Saw nurse 236 46 157 50 268 45 194 39 92 51 208 54
Responded to:
Height 292 57 193 61 343 57 308 62 115 63 244 63
Weight 284 56 191 61 338 56 250 50 115 63 242 62
Mid-upper arm circumference 232 45 154 49 264 44 189 38 92 51 205 53
All
Interviewed 612 60 471 65 790 65 743 70 264 70 535 68
Non-responders:
In co-operating households 31 3 25 3 47 4 30 3 22 6 21 3
In non-responding households 382 37 229 32 378 31 285 27 92 24 232 29
Saw nurse 452 44 356 49 547 45 413 39 205 54 414 53
Responded to:
Height 560 55 425 59 686 56 648 61 241 64 489 62
Weight 541 53 422 58 671 55 537 51 243 64 482 61
Mid-upper arm circumference 446 44 348 48 538 44 399 38 204 54 409 52
Bases: 'set' samplea
Boys 514   411   616   558   196   400  
Girls 511   314   599   500   182   388  
All 1025   725   1215   1058   378   788  

a For the method of estimating the child 'set' sample, see Section 14.6.8. 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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