Scottish Household Survey key findings: finance
Collection of documents reporting findings from the Scottish Household Survey on how households are managing financially.
Scottish Household Survey publications
The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is an annual survey of the general population in Scotland, carried out since 1999. It aims to collect reliable and up-to-date information on a range of topics, through a random sample of people in private residences. It is a voluntary and interviewer-led survey, usually carried out face-to-face in people’s homes. The 2024 methodology and fieldwork outcomes report provides details of the methods used.
The SHS includes a question on how well people are managing finacially and, every other year, a queston on savings.
Scottish Household Survey key findings: finance
Prior to 2023, results from the Scottish Household Survey were published in one key findings report covering a range of topic areas, including these finance questions.
Scottish Household Survey results prior to 2023
Scottish Household Survey income project
Detailed analysis undertaken in 2020 concluded that the Scottish Household Survey (SHS) measures household income accurately enough to produce income deciles and identify households who are in relative poverty before housing costs, with some caveats concerning benefit recipients including pensioners. This will enable SHS data users to provide their measures of interest broken down by income decile or poverty status.