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11. SHS Publications in 2004
11.1 General
11.1.1 Scotland's People. Results from the 2003 Scottish Household Survey
Published August 2004
This report is divided into five substantive chapters. Chapter 3 'Who we are' provides information on the population of Scotland covering topics such as the age and sex of the population, household size and type and the martial status of household members. Chapter 4 'Where we live' looks at the housing circumstances of the population. It covers housing tenure, tenure change, moving home, and the types of properties in which people live. Chapter 5 'What we do' examines the economic circumstances of households and adults. It looks at whether people work, the types of work they do, and the number of hours they work. It also looks at the circumstances of non-working adults and the situation of women of working age. Chapter 6 'How we live' presents analysis of household resources, including both material and financial resources. It examines ill health and disability, and the provision and receipt of care. Chapter 7 'Our communities' analyses adults' involvement in their communities including voluntary activities and their participation in recycling. The report also contains a glossary with detailed definitions of some of the terms used in the survey. This sets out what is meant by terms such as 'highest income householder' and what is included and excluded from, for example, household income.
11.1.2 Scottish Household Survey, Methodology 2003/2004
Published August 2004
This is the first of three short Technical reports that details the technical issues involved with the SHS. It includes information about the sample size and design (e.g. stratification and clustering within local authorities), data collection methods and instruments, the limitations of the data, and the Scottish MOSAIC classification.
11.1.3 Scottish Household Survey, Fieldwork Outcomes 2003
Published August 2004
This is the second of three short Technical reports that details the technical issues involved with the SHS. It includes information about response rates, weighting factors, establishing the quality of the SHS results (by comparing them with those of the Census and other surveys), the survey's design factors and complex standard errors.
11.1.4 Scottish Household Survey, Questionnaire April 2003 - December 2004
Published August 2004
This is the third of three short Technical reports that details the technical issues involved with the SHS. It includes an abbreviated questionnaire for 2003 and 2004. It shows all the questions (apart from repetitive details within the Travel Diary, and sections which identify and correct errors), to whom they relate, and the circumstances in which certain questions are not asked.
11.2 Transport Related
11.2.1 Household Transport: some Scottish Household Survey results
Published January 2004
This provides information about the transport facilities available to private households, and about some travel by household members. Every edition includes statistics on the following topics in addition to several others: the availability of cars for private use; people's possession of driving licences and their frequency of driving; people's frequency of walking and cycling; travel to work; travel to school; adults with limited mobility and adults with Orange/Blue Badges.
11.2.2 Transport across Scotland: some Scottish Household Survey results for parts of Scotland
Published February 2004
This provides information about the transport facilities available to private households, and about some travel by household members, for parts of Scotland. Statistics are provided for each Council area, and for each category of the SHS urban/rural classification. The topics covered include those noted above and in addition the accessibility and frequency of bus services; people's views on the convenience of public transport and how safe they would feel travelling by bus and train in the evenings; whether car commuters could use public transport; and where people who drive to work park.
11.2.3 Bus and Coach Statistics
Published March 2004
This provides information about the trends in bus and coach services in Scotland with some related Scottish Household Survey (SHS) results. The SHS statistics include: the accessibility and frequency of bus services; views on the quality of public transport; frequency of use of local bus services; views on various different aspects of local bus services; travel to work by bus and the possible use of public transport by those who travel to work by car or van; reasons for not using buses more often; the frequency of travelling by bus in the evenings and how safe from crime passengers feel; and the proportion of adults' journeys which are made by bus.
11.2.4 Scottish Household Survey Travel Diary results
Published in May 2004
This provides information about the journeys made by adults living in private households. The topics covered include the means of transport used by different types of people, the purposes for which people travel, the distances that they go, the times of day at which trips start, the duration of journeys, the days of the week on which people travel, car occupancy, journey origins and destinations, and journeys into and within Edinburgh and Glasgow. The information about the person's travel is analysed in conjunction with information from questions about the household as a whole.
Copies of these publications may be purchased from: The Stationery Office Bookshop, 71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9AZ
Alternatively, online editions of publications may be found on the Scottish Household Survey website at www.scotland.gov.uk/shs
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