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

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

Table 4.38: Experiences of neighbour disputes by banded age
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Never/nothing serious	90	89	90	92	96	97	92
Any serious disputes	10	11	10	8	4	3	8
Once	4	5	5	3	2	2	4
Twice	1	2	2	1	1	0	1
Three times	2	1	1	1	0	0	1
Four or more	3	3	2	2	1	0	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,124	2,063	2,633	3,262	3,165	1,717	13,964

Table 4.39: Experiences of neighbour disputes by sex
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	All
Never/nothing serious	93	92	92
Any serious disputes	7	8	8
Once	3	4	4
Twice	1	1	1
Three times	1	1	1
Four or more	2	2	2
Total	100	100	100
Base	5,955	8,009	13,964

Table 4.40: Experiences of neighbour disputes by household type
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Never/nothing serious	90	92	83	90	90	94	96	96	92
Any serious disputes	10	8	17	10	10	6	4	4	8
Once	5	4	7	4	5	3	2	2	4
Twice	2	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1
Three times	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Four or more	3	2	6	2	2	2	1	1	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,325	2,279	841	1,871	915	1,233	2,082	2,418	13,964

Table 4.41: Experiences of neighbour disputes by number of children in the household
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	None	One	Two	Three	Four or more	All
Never/nothing serious	94	89	91	88	79	92
Any serious disputes	6	11	9	12	21	8
Once	3	5	5	6	11	4
Twice	1	2	2	1	4	1
Three times	1	1	1	1	-	1
Four or more	2	3	2	4	6	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	10,337	1,663	1,463	395	106	13,964

Table 4.42: Experiences of neighbour disputes by tenure
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Owned outright	Buying with help of loan/ mortgage	Rent - Local Authority/ Scottish Homes	Rent - Housing Association/ Co-op	Rent - private landlord	Other	All
Never/nothing serious	96	93	87	87	93	98	92
*Any serious disputes*	4	7	13	13	7	2	8
Once	2	4	5	6	2	1	4
Twice	1	1	2	1	2	0	1
Three times	0	1	1	2	1	-	1
Four or more	1	1	4	3	2	1	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
*Base*	*3,981*	*5,132*	*2,868*	*893*	*828*	*262*	*13,964*

Table 4.43: Experiences of neighbour disputes by property type
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Detached house	Semi-detached house	Terraced house	Flat/ maisonette	Other	All
Never/nothing serious	97	94	92	87	*	92
Any serious disputes	3	6	8	13	*	8
Once	2	2	3	5	*	4
Twice	1	1	2	2	*	1
Three times	0	1	1	1	*	1
Four or more	0	1	2	4	*	2
Total	100	100	100	100	*	100
Base	3,263	2,995	3,035	4,611	60	13,964
*Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 4.44: Experiences of neighbour disputes by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
Never/nothing serious	91	92	92	96	95	96	92
Any serious disputes	9	8	8	4	5	4	8
Once	4	3	4	2	3	2	4
Twice	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Three times	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Four or more	2	3	2	0	1	1	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,995	3,931	1,438	667	1,689	1,244	13,964

Table 4.45: Experiences of neighbour disputes by local authority grouping
Row percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Never/nothing serious	*Any serious disputes*	Once	Twice	Three times	Four or more	Total	Base
Edinburgh	91	9	4	1	1	2	100	1,102
Glasgow	89	11	5	2	1	3	100	1,495
Fife	91	9	4	2	1	2	100	941
North Lanarkshire	94	6	3	1	1	1	100	801
South Lanarkshire	94	6	3	1	0	2	100	751
Highlands and Islands	94	6	3	1	0	1	100	1,946
Grampian	94	6	2	2	0	1	100	1,092
Tayside	93	7	3	1	0	2	100	991
Central	93	7	3	1	1	3	100	870
Dunbartonshire	90	10	5	3	0	2	100	455
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde	90	10	4	1	1	3	100	1,002
Ayrshire	93	7	3	1	0	3	100	909
Lothians	92	8	4	1	1	2	100	899
Southern Scotland	95	5	3	1	0	1	100	710
Scotland	92	8	4	1	1	2	100	13,964

Table 4.46: Experience of housing difficulties for those reporting never having been homeless
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data
Adult population who report having never experienced homelessness

	Percentage experienced
Applied to Council for housing as threatened with homelessness	1
Applied to Council for housing as actually homeless	1
Slept rough	0
Stayed with friends/relatives as nowhere else to live	2
Stayed in emergency/temporary accommodation	1
Stayed in some other form of insecure accomodation	0
None of these	97
Base	10,517

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.

Table 4.47: Whether adults have ever experienced homelessness by age
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Yes	4	7	7	3	2	1	4
No	96	93	93	97	98	99	96
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,124	2,063	2,635	3,262	3,166	1,718	13,968

Table 4.48: Whether adults have ever experienced homelessness by current household type
Column percentages, 2003
Adult population

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Yes	11	3	16	5	5	1	1	3	4
No	89	97	84	95	95	99	99	97	96
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,325	2,279	841	1,872	915	1,234	2,084	2,418	13,968

Table 4.49: Number of times experienced homelessness in the past two years
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data
Adult population

	Percentage of all adults	Percentage of all that have ever experienced homelessness
Once	2	40
Twice	0	2
Three times	0	1
Four times	0	0
Five times or more	0	1
None in the last two years	98	56
Base	10,595	530

Table 4.50: Characteristics of adults who have ever experienced homelessness
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population who have ever experienced homelessness (Base of all sub-tables = 707)

Sex		Current tenure
Male	39	Rent - Local Authority/Scottish Homes	48
Female	61	Buying with help of loan/mortgage	20
		Rent - Housing Association/Co-op	14
Age band		Rent - private landlord	9
16 to 24	9	Owned outright	7
25 to 34	25	Other	3
35 to 44	31
45 to 59	21	Urban or rural location
60 to 74	11	Large urban areas	40
75 plus	3	Other urban areas	33
		Accessible small towns	9
Household type		Remote small towns	3
Single adult	26	Accessible rural	10
Small adult	16	Remote rural	5
Single parent	13
Small family	17	Current economic activity
Large family	11	Full time employment	25
Large adult	5	Permanently sick or disabled	15
Older smaller	4	Looking after home/family	18
Single pensioner	7	Unemployed and seeking work	11
		Part time employment	10
Long-term illness or disability		Permanently retired from work	11
Yes	37	Self employed	2
No	63	Unable to work due to short term ill-health	3
		Higher/further education	3
		Other	2
		Government work/training scheme	0

Table 4.51: Tenure prior to homelessness
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data
Adult population who have experienced any form of homelessness

	All
Rent - Local Authority/Housing Association	34
Owner-occupied property	24
Rent - private landlord	20
With other family members	16
Other institution (e.g. care, prison)	2
Abroad	1
Forces accommodation	1
Tied accommodation	1
Other	0
Tenancy with voluntary organisation	0
Total	100
Base	708

Table 4.52: First permanent accommodation after homelessness
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data
Adult population who have experienced any form of homelessness

	All
Rent - Local Authority/Housing Association	60
Rent - private landlord	19
Tenancy with voluntary organisation	1
Owner-occupied property	11
Other institution (e.g. care, prison)	1
Other	7
Total	100
Base	708

Table 4.53: Who approached for help during last period of homelessness
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data
Adult population who have experienced any form of homelessness

	All
Local Authority housing/homelessness department	50
Family	47
Friends	29
Local Authority social work department	13
Voluntary/specialist homelessness accommodation or support agency	7
Healthcare services	4
Advice service	3
Other	6
None of these	5
Base	708

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed.

Table 4.54: Who received help from during last period of homelessness
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data
Adult population who have experienced any form of homelessness

	All
Family	47
Local Authority housing/homelessness department	42
Friends	28
Local Authority social work department	8
Voluntary/specialist homelessness accommodation or support agency	6
Healthcare services	2
Advice service (voluntary or statutory)	2
Other	6
None of these	7
Base	708

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed.

Table 4.55: Reasons for lack of support from individuals/ organisations when homeless
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data
Adult population who have experienced any form of homelessness and lacked support from some individuals/organizations

	All
Not eligible for support	25
Waiting period for support too long	15
Support not available (i.e. lack of resources)	16
Support not available (i.e. unwilling to help)	14
Available support did not match needs	21
Other	20
Base	195

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed.

Table 4.56: Frequency of travelling by bus in the evening by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Most days	3	2	10	3	2	1	1	1	3
At least once a week	7	6	15	8	6	4	6	4	7
At least once a month	4	3	8	4	4	3	3	1	3
Less than once a month	8	8	10	10	9	8	8	5	8
Never	78	80	56	75	80	83	83	88	79
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,956	8,009	1,124	2,063	2,633	3,262	3,166	1,717	13,965

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