Table 1

Characteristics of men and women, 18 years and older, averaged across the 1995, 1998 and 2003 Scottish Health Surveys (N=24 500)

CharacteristicMenWomen
Social class % (n)
 I Professional6.16565.1706
 II Manager24.3261124.03297
 IIInm Skilled non-manual9.9106016.82310
 IIIm Skilled manual35.2378726.93702
 IV Semiskilled15.4165116.12210
 V Unskilled5.86207.2991
 Unknown3.43703.9529
Age mean (SE)45.915.646.116.0
Height (cm) mean (SE)174.47.1160.86.4
Weight (kg) mean (SE)81.714.269.314.1
Cigarette pack-years mean (SE)12.921.28.615.6
Cigarette smoking % (n)
 Never smoker35.6382841.65716
 Used to smoke occasionally5.15455.7781
 Used to smoke regularly24.1259019.12629
 Current smoker33.1356133.44590
 Unknown2.22310.229
Meeting physical activity recommendations* % (n)36.7268528.02637
Parental social class† % (n)
 Managerial and professional24.184324.81100
 Intermediate7.02457.6335
 Small employers/own account9.83449.9438
 Lower supervisory/technical16.457415.0664
 Semiroutine33.3116534.11512
 Unknown9.43288.6380
Exposed to second-hand smoke† % (n)61.8213355.72443
Area of residence† % (n)
 Large urban area (125 000+)31.0108532.71448
 Other urban area (10 000–125 000)27.897228.21250
 Accessible small town (3000–10 000)11.640511.6515
 Remote small town (3000–10 000)2.8972.6115
 Very remote small town (3000–10 000)2.0711.880
 Accessible rural (<3000)16.055914.6648
 Remote rural (<3000)2.7952.9127
 Very remote rural (<3000)6.12155.6246
FEV1 (L) mean (SE)3.71.02.70.7
FVC (L) mean (SE)4.71.23.30.8
FEV1/FVC ratio mean (SE)0.790.110.810.10
  • *Data available for 1998 and 2003 only (N=16 770).

  • †Data available for 2003 only (N=7928).

  • FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC, forced vital capacity.