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 6.54: Whether respondent smokes by sex
Column percentages, 2003 data Adult population

	Male	Female	All
Yes	28	28	28
No	72	72	72
Total	100	100	100
Base	5,952	8,006	13,958

Figure 6-1: Proportion of adults to smoke by age and sex

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Table 6.55: Whether respondent smokes 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
Yes	28	29	28	29	25	22	28
No	72	71	72	71	75	78	72
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,992	3,929	1,438	667	1,688	1,244	13,958

Table 6.56: Whether respondent smokes by local authority grouping
Row percentages, 2003 data Adult population

	Yes	No	Total	Base
Edinburgh	22	78	100	1,101
Glasgow	33	67	100	1,495
Fife	31	69	100	940
North Lanarkshire	33	67	100	799
South Lanarkshire	25	75	100	751
Highlands and Islands	24	76	100	1,946
Grampian	26	74	100	1,092
Tayside	25	75	100	990
Central	28	72	100	870
Dunbartonshire	24	76	100	455
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde	27	73	100	1,002
Ayrshire	30	70	100	908
Lothians	29	71	100	899
Southern Scotland	24	76	100	710
Scotland	28	72	100	13,958

Table 6.57: Number of people in the household with a long-standing limiting illness, health problem or disability
Column percentages, 2003 data Households

	All
None	67
One	27
Two	5
Three or more	0
Total	100
Base	14,880

Table 6.58: Net annual household income by whether anyone in the household has a long-standing limiting illness, health problem or disability
Row percentages, 2003 data Households

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 -20,000	20,001 - 25,000	25,001 - 30,000	30,001 - 40,000	Over 40,000	All (income known)	Base
Yes	10	29	27	15	8	4	4	2	100	4,626
No	8	15	18	15	13	11	13	8	100	9,743
All	8	20	21	15	11	9	10	6	100	14,369

Table 6.59: Household type by whether anyone in the household has a long-standing illness, health problem or disability
Row percentages, 2003 data Households

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All	Base
Yes	14	12	4	7	5	9	24	25	100	4,839
No	17	20	7	17	8	10	10	12	100	10,041
All	16	17	6	14	7	10	15	16	100	14,880

Table 6.60: Tenure by whether anyone in the household has a long standing limiting illness, health problem or disability
Row percentages, 2003 data Households

	Owned outright	Buying with help of loan/mortgage	Rent - Local Authority/ Scottish Homes	Rent - Housing Association/ Co-op	Rent - private landlord	Other	All	Base
Yes	31	21	32	10	4	2	100	4,839
No	25	46	15	5	7	2	100	10,041
All	27	38	20	7	6	2	100	14,880

Table 6.61: Whether household members have a disability or long-term health problem by age
Column percentages, 2003 data All household members

	0 to 9	10 to 19	20 to 29	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over	All
Yes, disability	2	2	2	3	5	7	10	17	6
Yes, long-term illness	2	3	4	4	6	10	15	22	8
Both disability and long-term illness	0	0	1	1	2	5	6	11	3
Neither disability nor long-term illness	95	94	93	92	87	77	68	50	82
Refused	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	3,895	4,438	3,465	4,832	4,994	4,496	3,752	3,952	33,824

Table 6.62: Whether household members have a disability or long-term health problem by sex
Column percentages, 2003 data All household members

	Male	Female	All
Yes, disability	4	4	4
Yes, long-term illness	6	6	6
Both disability and long-term illness	2	2	2
Neither disability nor long-term illness	88	87	88
Refused	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100
Base	16,080	17,762	33,824

Table 6.63: Activities found difficult by adult population with any long standing illness, health problem or disability
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data Adult population with a long standing illness, health problem or disability

	All
Climbing stairs	50
Walking for at least 10 minutes	47
Standing for at least 10 minutes	44
Doing the housework	36
Using a bus	28
Using a train	21
Preparing main meals	18
Using a car	11
Using a taxi	11
Dressing	10
Washing yourself	8
Using a telephone	4
None of these	28
Base	2,618

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

Table 6.64: Number of activities found difficult to manage on own by age
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data Adult population with a long standing illness, health problem or disability

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
0 activities	*	57	43	35	31	20	33
1 - 2 activities	*	14	24	21	25	24	23
3 - 5 activities	*	19	22	28	29	29	27
More than 5 activities	*	9	11	16	15	27	17
Total	*	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	54	144	246	582	888	758	2,672

*Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 6.65: Whether respondent currently has adaptations/equipment by age
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data Adult population with a long standing illness, health problem or disability

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Yes	*	16	21	26	36	54	34
No	*	84	79	74	64	46	66
Total	*	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	54	144	246	582	888	758	2,672

*Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 6.66: Adaptations and equipment currently held and needed
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data Adult population with a long standing illness, health problem or disability who have/need adaptations or equipment

	Have	Don't have but need
Wheelchair	13	2
Walking sticks/crutches	43	4
Walking frame, tripod or Zimmer	12	1
Trolley	5	1
Bed poles or ladders	4	1
Ramps	5	3
Artificial limbs	0	-
Handrail	50	24
Stairlift	6	9
Hoists	2	1
Special utensils	8	2
Pick-up aid	9	3
Dressing aid	2	0
Bath/shower seat	43	19
Bath lifts	8	12
Adapted toilet seat	18	5
Hearing aid	6	3
Other	25	39
Base	954	445

Percentages add up to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed.

Table 6.67: Whether respondent needs any additional adaptations or equipment by age
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data Adult population with a long standing illness, health problem or disability

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Yes	*	7	12	17	19	19	17
No	*	93	88	83	81	81	83
Total	*	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	54	144	246	582	888	758	2,672

*Percentages not shown as sample size is less than 100.

Table 6.68: Whether anyone in household needs regular help or care by household type
Column percentages, 2003 data Households

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Yes	7	6	8	4	9	12	19	21	11
No	93	94	92	96	91	88	81	79	89
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,341	2,512	844	2,062	1,024	1,429	2,235	2,430	14,877

Table 6.69: Whether anyone in household needs regular help or care by tenure
Column percentages, 2003 data Households

	Owned outright	Buying with help of loan/ mortgage	Rent - Local Authority/ Scottish Homes	Rent - Housing Association/ Co-op	Rent - private landlord	Other	All
Yes	12	5	20	22	6	12	11
No	88	95	80	78	94	88	89
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,202	5,581	2,999	931	888	276	14,877

Table 6.70: Whether anyone in household needs regular help or care by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003 data Households

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 -20,000	20,001 - 25,000	25,001 - 30,000	30,001 - 40,000	Over 40,000	All (income known)
Yes	10	16	17	12	7	5	4	2	11
No	90	84	83	88	93	95	96	98	89
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,236	2,823	2,960	2,108	1,657	1,282	1,443	860	14,369

Table 6.71: Whether anyone in household needs regular help or care by local authority grouping
Row percentages, 2003 data Households

	Yes	No	Total	Base
Edinburgh	6	94	100	1,184
Glasgow	17	83	100	1,570
Fife	10	90	100	1,000
North Lanarkshire	13	87	100	856
South Lanarkshire	12	88	100	785
Highlands and Islands	9	91	100	2,060
Grampian	9	91	100	1,211
Tayside	12	88	100	1,074
Central	12	88	100	938
Dunbartonshire	12	88	100	491
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde	11	89	100	1,031
Ayrshire	14	86	100	973
Lothians	8	92	100	962
Southern Scotland	14	86	100	742
Scotland	11	89	100	14,877

Table 6.72: Whether anyone in household needs regular help or care by year
Column percentages, 1999-2003 data Households

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Yes	12.4	12.1	11.9	12.0	11.4
No	87.6	87.9	88.1	88.0	88.6
Total	100	100	100	100	100
Base	14,672	15,547	15,560	15,072	14,877

Table 6.73: Number of carers and source of care by number of people in household needing care
Column percentages, 2003 data Households with at least one person requiring regular help or care

	One person in household requires care	Two or more people in household require care	All
No carers	2	-	2
1 Carer in household	32	-	30
2 Carers in household	4	28	6
3+ Carers in household	1	10	2
1 Carer from outwith household	46	-	43
1 Carer in/1 Carer out of household	13	3	12
2+ Carers in/1 Carer out of household	1	8	2
2+ Carers outwith household	-	38	2
1 Carer in/2+ Carers out of household	-	7	0
2+ Carers in household/2+ Carers out of household	-	8	0
Total	100	100	100
Base	1,558	105	1,663

Figure 6-2: Hours of provision of care for household members by other household members

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Figure 6-3: Hours of provision of care for household members by those outwith the household

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Table 6.74: Hours spent providing care for any sick, disabled or elderly person not living with respondent by sex of carer
Column percentages, 2003 data Adults providing care for any person living elsewhere

	Male	Female	All
1 - 4 hours per week	50	43	46
5 - 19 hours per week	28	35	32
20 or more hours per week	7	8	8
Continuous care	5	6	5
Varies	10	8	9
Don't know	-	0	0
Total	100	100	100
Base	437	852	1,289

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