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SCOTTISH HOUSEHOLD SURVEY: Questionnaire April 2003 to December 2004
2. Questionnaire for 2003/2004
The following pages contain an edited version of the questionnaire for the 2003/2004 Scottish Household Survey (SHS), derived from the computerised script for the survey. There were two versions of the questionnaire used in 2003. The first three months of 2003 continued to use the script from 2002. Changes to the questionnaire were introduced in April 2003. The 2002 script was published with the Technical Report for 2001/2002 and can be accessed on the Scottish Executive web site 1. The questionnaire in this document was used for the period April 2003 to December 2004.
Question numbers in the script and variable names in the data
In most cases the question number used in the script matches the relevant variable in the data. However, where there are multiple parts to a question or the question is asked about a number of people, the extra variable names for the question are shown in brackets at the end of the question. For example, HA5 asks for the age of each household member so the relevant variable names are HA5_1 through to HA5_10, with the extension indicating the household member the variable relates to (persons 1 to 10). Where the extra variables relate to a question where a multiple response is allowed, letters rather than numbers are used in the variable names to signify the difference from questions relating to different household members. For example variables relating to RB3 (neighbourhood dislikes) are called RB3A to RB3R, with each one relating to a different possible dislike about the neighbourhood. In a few cases, the way in which the variables are named is not consistent with these general conventions - for example, following new questions being added in parts of the questionnaire where the names of the existing variables are such that they prevent the new ones being named in accordance with the convention.
One section of the questionnaire is not included in its entirety - namely the 'travel diary', which deals with respondents' travel patterns in the previous 24 hours. The travel diary is a highly complicated set of questions containing multiple 'loops' and complex routing, which is difficult to reproduce on paper in a form that would be easily comprehensible. For this reason, only the section of the diary relating to one single stage journey is included here. There are also questions catering for multi-stage journeys and journeys which involve a series of calls. A full set of the questions in the travel diary is available from the SHS Project Manager on request.
Any changes to the questionnaire between 2002 and 2003 are indicated in bold in the text, to highlight which variables have changed. The question number is also highlighted. The routing given in this script is a much simplified version of the very complex computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) programme used for the survey. For example, there are many places where the CAPI script checks the credibility of an answer to a question, produces an error message if the interviewer has made an invalid entry or combination of entries, and requires that the error be dealt with before proceeding. The script also produces warning messages in some cases where a response appears very improbable (e.g. if the interviewer has recorded that a household has more than five cars), in which case the interviewer can either confirm the entry or go back and key in the correct value. Users of the data are advised to consult the full CAPI script for the detail of the more complex routing in circumstances where the basic script given here does not fully explain the routing involved.
Part One Highest income householder (HIH) or spouse/partner
HA - Household composition
Relationship to HIH, age, sex, working status, marital status, ethnicity, religion, need for translation
HB - Accommodation
Property type, number of floors, tenure
HC - Sharing accommodation, Internet access, Recycling
Sharing rooms, whether share by choice, central heating, internet access and use, recycling
HD - Driving and transport
Orange/Blue badges, access to cars and bicycles, access to bus services
HE - Young people in the household
Childcare, satisfaction with schools, travel to school, reasons for not using public transport
for travel to school
HF - Health and disability
People with longstanding health problems or disabilities, conditions, receipt and provision
of care, hours of care
HG - Employment of HIH
Participation in the labour market, period of retirement or unemployment, number of jobs
HH - Household Income
Sources and amounts of income from employment, benefits and other sources,
employment and self-employment
HI - Financial Services, Savings and Housing Costs
Bank, building society and credit union accounts, savings
HJ - Mortgage and rent
Mortgage/rent payments before and after benefits, insurance, how household is managing financially
Part Two Random Adult
RA - Accommodation
Time at address, buying former rented property, experience of homelessness,
RB - Neighbourhoods and Community Safety
Rating of neighbourhood, likes and dislikes about neighbourhood, neighbourhood problems,
frequency of using buses and trains, safety from crime when travelling by bus and train in
the evening and walking alone after dark, social contact, neighbour disputes, fear of crime,
experience of physical assault.
RC - Education and Training
Educational qualifications, participation in training and education, use of the internet,
type of internet connection
RD - Travel and Transport
Driving licences, flexible working, travel to work/education, reasons for using car and not
using public transport, miles driven in a year, expenditure on public transport, use and views
of bus and train services, perceptions of bus and train services, travel diary inc experience of congestion
RF - Volunteering, Convenience of Services
Volunteering, convenience of local services
RG - Health and Disability
Longstanding health problems or disability, activities found difficult, aids and adaptations
available and required, home helps, provision of care, smoking,
RH - Random Adult Employment
Participation in the labour market, period of retirement or unemployment, number of jobs
RI - Random Adult Income
Sources and amounts of income from employment, benefits and other sources, employment
and self-employment
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/finance/svp8-00.asp
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