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SHS Lite -User Guide
A guide to using the Scottish Household Survey simplified dataset

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. What's in the Box
2.1 SHS Lite Dataset
2.2 Documents
2.2.1 Short SHS Questionnaire.pdf
2.2.2 SHS Lite Variable Listing.pdf
2.2.3 Other SHS documents
2.3 Variable database
2.4 Limitations of the data
3. Reading the Data
3.1 Opening SHS Lite
3.2 Viewing the Dataset
3.2.1 Switching Between Views
3.2.2 Viewing Value Labels
3.2.3 Data View
3.2.4 Variable View
3.3 Saving the Dataset File
4. Variables and Weights
4.1 Variable Naming
4.2 Viewing Variable Information
4.3 Display Variable Names in Dialog Boxes
4.4 Variable Sets
4.4.1 Using Sets
4.4.2 Defining Sets
4.5 Variable Recoding
4.6 Defining Value Labels
4.7 Weights
5. Confidence Intervals and Statistical Significance
5.1 The Representativeness of the Scottish Household Survey
5.2 Confidence Intervals
5.3 Statistical Significance
5.4 Statistical Significance and Representativeness
5.5 Estimated Sampling Error Table
6. Analyzing the Data
6.1 Using Tables
6.2 Frequencies
6.2.1 Creating a Frequency Table
6.2.2 Creating a Frequency Chart
6.3 Crosstabs
6.3.1 Creating a Crosstab Table
6.3.2 Creating a Three-Way Crosstab Table
6.3.3 Splitting the File
7. Working with Output
7.1 The Viewer Window
7.1.1 Changing the Width of the Outline Pane
7.1.2 Navigating to a Table or Chart
7.1.3 Hiding a Table or Chart
7.1.4 Changing the Output Order
7.2 Working with Pivot Tables
7.2.1 Activate the Pivot Table
7.2.2 Using Pivoting Trays
7.2.3 Changing Table Format
7.3 Saving an Output File
7.4 Opening an Output File
8. Illustrative Examples
8.1 Example 1 - Using Weights
8.2 Example 2 - Frequency
8.3 Example 3 - Multiple Frequencies
8.4 Example 4 -Crosstab
8.5 Example 5 - Selecting Specific Cases
8.6 Example 6 - Splitting the File
8.6.1 Frequency Example
8.6.2 Crosstab Example
8.7 Example 7 - Recoding into a New Variable
8.7.1 Recoding 'randage' into 'agerbnd2'
8.7.2 Recoding 'rd3' into 'rd3new'
8.7.3 Recoding 'la' into 'lanew'
8.8 Example 8 - 'rd3new' by 'agerband' Crosstab
8.9 Example 9 - 'rd3new' by 'agerbnd2' Crosstab
8.10 Example 10 - Three-Way Crosstab
8.11 Example 11 - Changing the Table Layout
8.12 Example 12 - Multiple Responses
8.12.1 Define a Set
8.12.2 Multiple Response Frequency
8.12.3 Multiple Response Crosstab
8.13 Example 13 - Computing a New Variable
9. SPSS Syntax
9.1 Creating Syntax
9.2 Saving a Syntax File
9.3 Opening a Syntax File
9.4 Running Syntax
10. Contact Details
11. SHS Publications in 2004
11.1 General
11.1.1 Scotland's People: results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey
11.1.2 Scottish Household Survey, Methodology 2003/2004
11.1.3 Scottish Household Survey, Fieldwork Outcomes 2003
11.1.4 Scottish Household Survey, Questionnaire April 2003 to December 2004
11.2 Transport Related
11.2.1 Household Transport: some Scottish Household Survey results
11.2.2 Transport across Scotland: some Scottish Household Survey results for parts of Scotland
11.2.3 Bus and Coach Statistics
11.2.4 Scottish Household Survey Travel Diary results
Scottish Executive Statistical Services
Correspondence and enquiries

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