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

Table 14.3

General population sample: summary of adults' individual response to the survey, by sex

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

Individual response	Men		Women		All adults
	N	%	N	%	N	%

Interviewed	3558	68	4240	73	7798	70

Non-responders:
In co-operating households	443	8	210	4	653	6
In non-responding households	1253	24	1390	24	2644	24
Responded to:
Height	3343	64	3992	68	7335	66
Weight	3264	62	3798	65	7062	64

Base: set sample^a	5254		5840		11095

^a For the method of estimating the adult 'set' sample, see Section 14.6.3. Estimated bases have been rounded.

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