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Social Focus on Disability 2004
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1 The population profile suggested by the SHS does not match exactly with the profile of the adult population suggested by the 2001 Census estimates, with women and older people being over-represented in the survey. More information on the survey profile and comparisons with external sources can be found in the Technical Report of the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/finance/svp8-00.asp
2 Accessible areas: large urban areas, other urban areas, accessible small towns and accessible rural.
3 Remote areas: remote small towns and remote rural.
4 An older smaller household contains one adult of non-pensionable age and one of pensionable age and no children, or two adults of pensionable age and no children.
5 A single pensioner household contains one adult of pensionable age and no children. Pensionable age is 60 for women and 65 for men.
6 Within the SHS, children are defined as those aged under 16 years.
7 Data on priority homelessness applications is collected by the Scottish Executive Housing Statistics Branch through the HL1 Form.
8 The official source of crime data is the Scottish Crime Survey,http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/green/csor-00.asp. The data from the Scottish Household Survey is presented here to allow for comparisons to be made across different disability groups.
9 Children and young persons have special educational needs if they have a learning difficulty which calls for provision for special educational needs to be made for them.
10 Individualised Educational Programmes (IEPs) are written plans setting targets that a child with special educational needs is expected to achieve. Targets should be limited in number and focus on key priorities of learning. They should be simple, clearly expressed and measurable.
11 Appendix 2 provides an explanation of the how the estimates of the disabled population from the Labour Force Survey compare with figures from other major statistical collections.
12 It should be noted that these data are from the Labour Force Survey and not from the New Earnings Survey which is the source of official statistics on earning levels. However these data do allow for a comparison to be made between the average gross weekly wage of disabled and non-disabled employees.
13 Data showing highest level of qualification by disability status taken from the Scottish Household Survey is shown in Table 4.13 in Chapter 4.
14 Information and Statistics Division. Various mental health statistics:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/info3.jsp?pParentID=1775&pContentID=962&p-applic=CCC&p-service=Content.show&
15 Statistics Release: Adults with learning disabilities, Implementation of 'The Same as You?', Scotland 2003,http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00326-00.asp
16 Visually impaired persons includes those registered as blind and also those registered as partially sighted.
17 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00292-00.asp (Statistics Release: Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons, Scotland 2003).
18 Information from the National Study of Hearing and other studies by the Institute of Hearing Research indicate that the prevalence (%) of deafness within each 10-year age band stays fairly constant over time. But as the population profile changes, the estimated equivalent NUMBERS need to be re-calculated.
19 The SHS question asks whether there is anyone who needs regular help or care because they are sick, disabled or elderly.
20 HBAI: Households Below Average Income
21 Key benefits are defined as Jobseekers' Allowance (JSA), Incapacity Benefit (IB), Severe Disability Allowance (SDA), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Income Support (IS), National Insurance credits only (through JSA or IB) and state pension.
22 Disabled household refers to a household containing at least one member with a disability.
23 Non-disabled household refers to a household containing no members with a disability or long-term illness.
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