Table 14.14

Minority ethnic group sample: women in co-operating households: response to stages of the survey, by minority ethnic group

Women aged 16 and over in co-operating households						1999
Individual response	Minority ethnic group
	Black Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Interviewed1
Interviewed	93	89	88	92	87	96
Not contacted/refused	7	11	12	8	13	4
Height1
Measured	86	83	82	85	84	91
Measurement not attempted	3	1	1	1	1	3
Not contacted/refuseda	11	16	16	14	16	7
Weight1
Measured	80	78	76	67	83	87
Measurement not attempted	9	6	7	21	2	6
Not contacted/refuseda	11	16	17	13	16	7
Nurse visit1
Co-operated with nurse visit	68	65	60	51	61	76
Not interviewed	7	11	12	8	13	4
Refused/no contact at nurse visit	26	23	28	40	25	19
Waist/hip1
Measured	65	62	56	48	60	73
No nurse visitb	32	35	40	49	39	24
Ineligible	2	2	4	2	1	2
Refused/not obtained	1	1	1	1	1	1
Blood pressure1
Measured	66	63	56	49	60	74
No nurse visitb	32	35	40	49	39	24
Ineligible: pregnant	2	2	4	2	1	2
Refused/not obtained	0	0	1	0	0	0
Saliva sample1
Measured	64	63	56	48	59	73
No nurse visitb	32	35	40	49	39	24
Ineligible	2	2	4	2	1	2
Refused/not obtained	1	1	1	1	1	2
Blood sample1
Blood sample taken	48	53	41	31	45	63
Unsuccessful attempt at sample	4	2	4	1	1	2
Ineligible: pregnant/medical grounds	3	3	6	6	2	4
Refused	12	8	10	14	13	7
No nurse visitb	32	35	40	49	39	24
Fasting blood sample2
Blood sample taken	39	45	28	19	38	56
Unsuccessful attempt at sample	16	15	16	13	13	15
Ineligible: pregnant/medical grounds	2	2	3	6	2	3
Refused	12	6	8	12	13	4
No nurse visitb	32	32	45	49	34	23
Electrocardiogram2
Measured	53	57	42	43	54	61
No nurse visitb	32	32	45	49	34	23
Ineligible: pregnant/medical grounds	12	10	13	7	11	16
Refused/not obtained	4	0	0	1	0	1
Demi-span3
Measured	63	58	36	50	42	70
No nurse visitb	35	39	60	50	54	25
Refused/not obtained	1	3	4	0	4	4
Bases:
1Women aged 16 and over in co-operating households	801	741	728	614	417	740
2Women aged 35 and over in co-operating households	492	430	308	223	287	518
3Women aged 65 and over in co-operating households	82	59	25	20	24	134

^a Includes non-responders to interview as well as those refusing measurement. ^b Includes non-responders to interview.

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