Scotland's People Annual report: Results from 2009 Scottish Household Survey

A National Statistics publication for Scotland, providing reliable and up-to-date information on the composition, characteristics, behaviour and attitudes of Scottish households and adults.


Footnotes

1. www.growingupinscotland.org.uk

2. www.scotland.gov.uk/SHSReview

3. For further information on the Urban Rural Classification, please see the Glossary in Annex 2.

4. For further information on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, please see the Glossary in Annex 2.

5. The random school child may be the same as, or different from, the random child.

6. Adults who are household members but have been living away for the previous six months are excluded from the selection of the random adult. Children and students living away during term time are counted as household members but are excluded from the random adult and random school child selection.

7. Where the same person completes both parts one and two ( i.e. they are both the household respondent and selected as the random adult) the CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing) script does not repeat the questions common to both sections. This means that these respondents are not asked for the same information twice.

8. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/SHSTopics

9. These are mainly vacant or derelict addresses, or occasionally those without any private dwellings (such as businesses).

10. The mid-year 2009 population estimates, published in April 2010, were used for this. http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/population-estimates/mid-year/mid-2009-pop-est/index.html

11. In households where there is only one adult, that person has 100% chance of selection for part two but where there is more than one adult, the probability of a particular person being selected is less. This has been taken into account in the weighting.

12. Further information available from Scottish Government School Education Statistics. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education

13. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/SHSAnnualReport

14. Scottish Government (2007) Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240/0

15. Information on the suite of indicators which comprise the performance framework can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/scotPerforms/indicators

16. To reduce the proportion of driver journeys delayed due to traffic congestion.

17. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Transport-Travel/PubSHSTravDiary

18. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationMethodology

19. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationQuestionnaire

20. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/SHSPublications

21. For details of the weighting in general, please see the SHS Methodology and Fieldwork Outcomes report: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationMethodology

22. For information on how this is derived, see Glossary - Annex 2.

23. Shown as row percents.

24. Shown as column percents.

25. See Glossary - Annex 2 for definitions.

26. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/SHSAnnualReport

27. Scottish Government discussion document Firm foundations: the future of housing in Scotland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/10/30153156

28. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/SHCS

29. http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/census/index.html

30. For full definition of Household Type see Glossary - Annex 2.

31. As defined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - see Glossary in Annex 2.

32. Analysis derived using SIMD deciles, not presented in this report.

33. Scottish Government (2007) Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240

34. As defined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - see Glossary in Annex 2.

35. Scottish Government (2008), Scotland's People Annual Report: Results from 2007/2008 Scottish Household Survey. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/09/01114213

36. Scottish Government 2007, The Government Economic Strategy, Edinburgh, Scottish Government http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/12115041

37. Refer to the Glossary in Annex 2 for further definitions of the working age population.

38. Including those in full or part time employment and the self-employed.

39. As defined using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - see Glossary in Annex 2.

40. Defined as 16-64 for males and 16-59 for females, using the age at which the state pension was paid as the upper limit in 2009.

41. By removing the 34% of respondents with a long-standing illness or disability in the 'yes' column shown in Table 5.3 and re-percentageing all other figures on the resulting reduced base size.

42. http://www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/classifications/current/index.html

43. It should be noted that the SHS is not designed to provide reliable statistics on average income. Household income in the SHS is the income of the highest income household and partner only, and so is not directly comparable to the Family Resources Survey ( FRS) - the official source of income data in the UK.

44. Arguably, the definitions mean different things to different respondents i.e. 'deep financial trouble' or 'managing well' are quite subjective terms. Combining all the broadly positive and broadly negative responses controls for some of the differences in interpretation between different positive and negative responses.

45. Occupational pensions, other investments and other non-earned income such as maintenance payments or student grants.

46. For example dividends, interest and rent.

47. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/scotPerforms

48. Scottish Government (2007) Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240

49. In families with more than one school aged child, one was selected at random to be asked about.

50. Scottish Government (2009), The Early Years Framework. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/01/13095148

51. Scottish Government (2007) Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240

52. Full data from the SHS 2009 Travel Diary data will be published by the end of 2010. For more information please see: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Transport-Travel/PubSHSTravDiary

53. Scottish Government (2006) Scotland's Transport Strategy Summary, Edinburgh: Scottish Government

54. As defined using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - see Glossary in Annex 2.

55. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/scotPerforms/indicators

56. In this section whenever the survey results are discussed, the term car is used to indicate a car or van as the SHS question does not distinguish between the two.

57. Walking and cycling have been grouped together as active forms of transport; the vast majority of those using active travel modes walk to school.

58. As defined using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - see Glossary in Annex 2.

59. Scottish Government (2007) Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240

60. As defined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - see Glossary in Annex 2.

61. See, for example: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/your-rights/disability/

62. These households contain two adults, at least one of whom is of pensionable age.

63. Single adults, single parents and single pensioners.

64. As defined using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - see Glossary in Annex 2.

65. Scottish Government (2007) Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240

66. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240/concordat

67. As defined using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - see Glossary in Annex 2.

68. Croucher et al, 2007; The links between greenspace and health: a critical literature review; Greenspace Scotland, Stirling

69. Bell et al, 2008; Greenspace and quality of life: a critical literature review; Greenspace Scotland, Stirling

70. Scottish Government (2008), Equally Well: Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities.http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/06/25104032

71. Scottish Government (2008), Good Places, Better Health: A New Approach to the Environment and Health in Scotland.http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/12/11090318

72. As defined using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - see Glossary in Annex 2.

73. Scottish Government (2007) Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/13092240

74. Qualifications have been grouped into categories. The full list of how these are grouped can be found in Annex 2.

75. As defined using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - see Glossary in Annex 2.

76. Scottish Government (2009) Scotland's People Annual Report: Results from 2007/2008 Scottish Household Survey, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/09/01114213

77. Missing responses are not included within the analysis. Similarly the 'don't know/refused' options are typically not shown as a separate category in the tables.

78. For example, a survey result with a confidence interval of ±2% at the 95% level means that the 'true' population value lies with 2% either side of that result. If the survey was repeated 100 times, the proportion would be within the confidence interval quoted.

79. For further information, please see the SHS Methodology and Fieldwork Outcomes reports: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationMethodology

80. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Transport-Travel/Methods

81. More information on household income can be found in Raab, G., MacDonald, C., and Macintyre, C. (2004) Comparison of Income Data between Surveys of Scottish Households: Research report for Communities Scotland. Further information on this report is available on the SHS website.

82. For further information, please see the SHS Methodology and Fieldwork Outcomes reports: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationMethodology

83. For further details, please see question RG5 in the SHS questionnaire: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationQuestionnaire

84. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/SIMD

85. Numbered 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived).

86. Numbered 1 (most deprived) to 5 (least deprived).

87. More information on the definition of NS- SEC can be found at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/methods_quality/ns_sec

88. More information on the six-fold urban/rural classification of Scotland is available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/About/Methodology/UrbanRuralClassification

89. For further information, please see the SHS Methodology and Fieldwork Outcomes reports: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationMethodology

90. The design factor is calculated as an overall average across a number of variables, and should not be taken as a 'typical' value across all variables. For further information, please see the SHS Methodology and Fieldwork Outcomes reports: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationMethodology

91. For further information, please see the SHS Methodology and Fieldwork Outcomes reports: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationMethodology

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