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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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