Scottish Household Survey 2024: Satisfaction with Local Health Services and Sport and Leisure Facilities

Glossary

The Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification provides a consistent way of defining urban and rural areas across Scotland. The classification is based upon two main criteria: population and accessibility. Further information is available here: Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2022 - gov.scot

The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is a relative measure of deprivation across small areas. SIMD looks at the extent to which an area is deprived across seven domains: income, employment, education, health, access to services, crime and housing. SIMD ranks data zones from most deprived (ranked 1) to least deprived (ranked 6,976). Further information can be found here: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 - gov.scot