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Scotland's People
Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey Annual Report

Table 3.12: Household type and marital status of adult population
Row and column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

Married

Cohabiting (living together)

Single/
never been married

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

All

Row total

Row base

Single adult

Row

3

1

58

7

23

9

100

2,325

Column

0

1

28

7

43

30

10

Small adult

Row

66

20

9

1

3

1

100

2,279

Column

22

50

8

2

10

10

19

Single parent

Row

3

0

48

4

20

24

100

841

Column

0

0

8

2

13

30

3

Small family

Row

78

15

3

1

2

2

100

1,872

Column

21

30

3

1

5

10

15

Large family

Row

68

6

22

2

1

1

100

915

Column

12

9

11

2

2

3

10

Large adult

Row

57

2

36

3

1

1

100

1,234

Column

17

5

30

5

3

5

16

Older smaller

Row

85

2

6

5

1

0

100

2,084

Column

26

4

5

9

4

2

17

Single pensioner

Row

2

-

15

70

11

3

100

2,418

Column

0

-

7

73

20

9

10

All

55

7

20

10

5

3

100

13,968

Column total

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Column base

6,301

869

3,058

2,078

1,107

555

13,968

Table 3.13: Household type by local authority grouping
Row percentages, 2003 data
Households

Single adult

Small adult

Single parent

Small family

Large family

Large adult

Older smaller

Single pensioner

All

Base

Edinburgh

20

20

5

13

6

7

13

16

100

1,184

Glasgow

23

14

7

9

6

8

13

20

100

1,570

Fife

13

20

7

13

7

9

17

15

100

1,000

North Lanarkshire

15

15

6

15

8

13

12

16

100

856

South Lanarkshire

13

16

7

14

8

12

15

15

100

785

Highlands and Islands

13

16

5

16

7

10

17

16

100

2,060

Grampian

16

18

4

14

7

10

15

14

100

1,211

Tayside

16

17

5

12

5

8

17

20

100

1,075

Central

13

20

7

16

7

11

13

13

100

938

Dunbartonshire

11

13

5

17

9

11

15

17

100

491

Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

14

14

6

13

9

11

15

18

100

1,031

Ayrshire

16

18

7

13

5

10

14

16

100

974

Lothians

14

18

6

18

7

9

15

12

100

963

Southern Scotland

13

19

4

14

6

9

19

16

100

742

Scotland

16

17

6

14

7

10

15

16

100

14,880

Table 3.14: Household type by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003 data
Households

Large urban areas

Other urban areas

Accessible small towns

Remote small towns

Accessible rural

Remote
rural

Scotland

Single adult

19

15

12

18

11

12

16

Small adult

16

16

18

15

21

17

17

Single parent

6

7

5

5

4

4

6

Small family

11

15

16

15

16

15

14

Large family

7

6

8

5

8

6

7

Large adult

9

10

10

8

10

10

10

Older smaller

14

14

16

16

17

19

15

Single pensioner

18

16

16

17

13

17

16

All

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Base

5,348

4,176

1,542

692

1,814

1,308

14,880

Table 3.15: Household size by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003 data
Households

Large urban areas

Other urban areas

Accessible small towns

Remote small towns

Accessible rural

Remote
rural

Scotland

One

36

31

27

35

23

29

32

Two

34

34

36

34

40

38

35

Three

14

16

16

14

15

15

15

Four

11

14

15

13

15

13

13

Five or more

5

5

6

3

7

6

5

All

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Base

5,348

4,176

1,542

692

1,814

1,308

14,880

Table 3.16: Household size by local authority grouping
Row percentages, 2003 data
Households

One

Two

Three

Four

Five
or more

All

Base

Edinburgh

35

36

13

12

5

100

1,184

Glasgow

42

30

13

9

5

100

1,570

Fife

28

40

14

13

5

100

1,000

North Lanarkshire

30

31

17

15

6

100

856

South Lanarkshire

28

34

15

17

6

100

785

Highlands and Islands

28

36

17

14

6

100

2,060

Grampian

30

36

14

14

6

100

1,211

Tayside

35

38

12

12

3

100

1,075

Central

26

36

19

14

5

100

938

Dunbartonshire

28

32

18

15

8

100

491

Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

32

33

17

13

6

100

1,031

Ayrshire

32

35

16

13

4

100

974

Lothians

25

37

16

17

5

100

963

Southern Scotland

30

40

15

12

4

100

742

Scotland

32

35

15

13

5

100

14,880

Table 3.17: Whether household has children by local authority grouping
Row percentages, 2003 data
Households

No children

Has children

All

Base

Edinburgh

77

23

100

1,184

Glasgow

77

23

100

1,570

Fife

73

27

100

1,000

North Lanarkshire

71

29

100

856

South Lanarkshire

71

29

100

785

Highlands and Islands

72

28

100

2,060

Grampian

74

26

100

1,211

Tayside

79

21

100

1,075

Central

70

30

100

938

Dunbartonshire

68

32

100

491

Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

72

28

100

1,031

Ayrshire

75

25

100

974

Lothians

69

31

100

963

Southern Scotland

76

24

100

742

Scotland

74

26

100

14,880

Table 3.18: Whether household has children by urban/rural classification
Row percentage, 2003 data
Households

No children

Has children

All

Base

Large urban areas

76

24

100

5,348

Other urban areas

72

28

100

4,176

Accessible small towns

71

29

100

1,542

Remote small towns

75

25

100

692

Accessible rural

72

28

100

1,814

Remote rural

75

25

100

1,308

Scotland

74

26

100

14,880

Table 3.19: Mean number of children by urban/rural classification
2003 data
Households with children

Households with children

Large urban areas

1.68

Other urban areas

1.67

Accessible small towns

1.79

Remote small towns

1.61

Accessible rural

1.81

Remote rural

1.82

Scotland

1.71

Base

3,931

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