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

Table 14.4

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

Estimated child sample 2-15 ('set' sample of children) 1999

Individual response		Boys		Girls	All children
	N	%	N	%	N	%

Interviewed	956	74	886	74	1842	74
Non-responders:
In co-operating households	32	2	27	2	59	2
In non-responding households	310	24	287	24	597	24
Responded to:
Self-completion	935	72	867	72	1802	72
Height	889	68	817	68	1706	68
Weight	868	67	810	68	1678	67

Base: set sample^a	1298		1200		2498

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

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