Scottish Government

Statistical Bulletin HSG/2002
Household Projections for Scotland:2000-Based

August 2002

A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication

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Contents

1) Introduction
Notes and Definitions
2) Summary of Main Points from the Projections
3) Short Description of the Methodology
4) Comparison of the 2000-Based, 1998-Based, 1996-Based and 1994-Based Household Projections
4.1 Population Projections
4.2 Categories of Household Type
4.3 1998-Based Household Projections Compared to 2000 Household Estimate
5) Analysis of the 2000-Based Household Projections for Scotland
5.1 Summary Information for Scotland ( Table 1)
5.2 Projected Households in Scotland by Household Type ( Table 2)
5.3 Projected Households in Scotland by Age Group of Head of Household ( Table 3)
5.4 Projected Households in Scotland by Household Type and Age Group of Head of Household ( Table 4)
5.5 Projected Households in Scotland by Local Authority and Household Type ( Table 5a to 5e)
5.6 Projected Households in Scotland by Local Authority: One Adult Households as a Percentage of All Households ( Table 6)
5.7 Projected Average Household Size in Scotland by Local Authority ( Table 7)
5.8 Projected Households in Scotland by Structure Plan Area (SPA) and Household Type ( Table 8)
Annex A
Full description of methodology
A.1 Introduction
A.2 Method Used for 2000-Based Household Projections
A.2.1 Population projections
A.2.2 Household Composition
A.3 Changes from Earlier Methods Used
A.4 Alternative Variations of the Method Tried
A.5 Decision
A.6 Adjustments
A.6.1 Re-basing to the 2000 Estimates
A.6.2 Adjustment for Minimum Adults
Annex B
Uses, limitations and consequences of projections
B.1 Uses
B.2 Limitations
B.2.1 GRO Scotland Population Projections
B.2.2 The Use of Census Information
B.2.3 Rounding
B.3 Consequences
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