Scotland's people:Annual Report: Results from the 2003/2004 Scottish Household Survey

Table 6.52: Whether household has a credit union account by local authority
Row percentages, 2003/2004 data
Households

	Yes	No	Refused	Total	Base
Aberdeen City	1	98	2	100	1,232
Aberdeenshire	1	96	3	100	1,237
Angus	1	98	1	100	628
Argyll and Bute	1	96	3	100	551
Clackmannanshire	1	98	2	100	579
Dumfries and Galloway	0	98	2	100	815
Dundee City	0	95	4	100	866
East Ayrshire	2	96	2	100	696
East Dunbartonshire	5	90	5	100	553
East Lothian	1	95	5	100	549
East Renfrewshire	1	96	3	100	580
Edinburgh City	1	96	3	100	2,509
Eilean Siar	-	100	0	100	549
Falkirk	1	98	1	100	824
Fife	0	98	2	100	2,083
Glasgow City	4	86	9	100	3,294
Highland	1	97	3	100	1,167
Inverclyde	5	90	5	100	554
Midlothian	2	92	7	100	561
Moray	0	98	2	100	613
North Ayrshire	2	93	5	100	752
North Lanarkshire	3	91	5	100	1,758
Orkney	1	99	0	100	665
Perth and Kinross	0	98	2	100	674
Renfrewshire	4	93	3	100	1,000
Scottish Borders	0	97	3	100	663
Shetland	-	87	13	100	653
South Ayrshire	1	94	4	100	624
South Lanarkshire	4	90	7	100	1,587
Stirling	0	97	2	100	612
West Dunbartonshire	10	86	3	100	509
West Lothian	1	96	3	100	885
Scotland	2	94	4	100	30,822

Table 6.53: Childcare arrangements used, if any, by sex of Highest Income Householder
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003/All 2004 data
All children aged 1-15

	Male	Female	All
Registered childminder	3	4	4
Nursery of playgroup	10	9	10
Before school care	1	1	1
After school care	5	6	5
Holiday club/ care	2	2	2
Friend	7	7	7
Relative or partner	28	28	28
Other arrangements	2	1	2
None	55	55	55
Base	7,118	4,309	11,427

Table 6.54: Reasons for using childcare
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003/All 2004 data

Households that use childcare

	All
To enable self/partner to work	66
For child's development	21
To give self/partner more time to do other things	17
For other work reasons (e.g. improve choice of jobs, earn more money, work more hours etc.)	10
To study/study more	4
Health reasons/respite	1
For other reasons	2
Base	3,387

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

Table 6.55: Whether respondent smokes by sex
Column percentages, 2004 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	All
Yes	28	25	27
No	72	75	73
Total	100	100	100
Base	6,281	8,490	14,771

Table 6.56: Whether respondent smokes by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2004 data
Adult population

	Large urban areas	Other urban areas	Accessible small towns	Remote small towns	Accessible rural	Remote rural	Scotland
Yes	28	27	28	26	23	23	27
No	72	73	72	74	77	77	73
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	5,470	4,131	1,526	652	1,753	1,236	14,768

Figure 6-1: Proportion of adults to smoke by age and sex
2004 data
Adult population

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

Table 6.57: Whether respondent smokes by local authority
Row percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Yes	No	Total	Base
Aberdeen City	27	73	100	1,064
Aberdeenshire	24	76	100	1,162
Angus	26	74	100	587
Argyll and Bute	26	74	100	524
Clackmannanshire	30	70	100	539
Dumfries and Galloway	24	76	100	784
Dundee City	29	71	100	779
East Ayrshire	35	65	100	651
East Dunbartonshire	18	82	100	501
East Lothian	23	77	100	503
East Renfrewshire	21	79	100	566
Edinburgh City	23	77	100	2,311
Eilean Siar	26	74	100	532
Falkirk	27	73	100	772
Fife	28	72	100	1,976
Glasgow City	33	67	100	3,129
Highland	26	74	100	1,024
Inverclyde	31	69	100	526
Midlothian	28	72	100	531
Moray	22	78	100	584
North Ayrshire	25	75	100	695
North Lanarkshire	31	69	100	1,631
Orkney	22	78	100	636
Perth and Kinross	20	80	100	600
Renfrewshire	24	76	100	938
Scottish Borders	24	76	100	633
Shetland	23	77	100	639
South Ayrshire	29	71	100	591
South Lanarkshire	25	75	100	1,493
Stirling	23	77	100	554
West Dunbartonshire	30	70	100	462
West Lothian	32	68	100	812
Scotland	27	73	100	28,729

Table 6.58: Number of people in the household with a long-standing limiting illness, health problem or disability
Column percentages, 2004 data
Households

	All
None	66
One	28
Two	6
Three or more	1
Total	100
Base	15,942

Table 6.59: Whether anyone in the household has a long-standing limiting illness, health problem or disability by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2004 data
Households

	£0 - £6,000	£6,000 - £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	43	51	45	34	24	20	13	12	34
No	57	49	55	66	76	80	87	88	66
All	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,329	2,874	3,166	2,230	1,772	1,490	1,620	881	15,362

Table 6.60: Whether anyone in the household has a long-standing illness, health problem or disability by household type
Column percentages, 2004 data
Households

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Yes	30	25	24	16	28	34	55	52	34
No	70	75	76	84	72	66	45	48	66
All	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,635	2,641	933	2,186	1,011	1,509	2,420	2,607	15,942

Table 6.61: Whether anyone in the household has a long standing limiting illness, health problem or disability by tenure
Column percentages, 2004 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	32	21	29	12	4	2	100	5,424
No	26	45	14	6	8	2	100	10,518
All	28	37	19	8	7	2	100	15,942

Table 6.62: Whether household members have a disability or long-term health problem by age
Column percentages, 2004 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	3	2	3	5	8	12	17	6
Yes, long-term illness	2	3	3	5	6	11	18	22	8
Both disability and long-term illness	0	0	1	2	3	5	7	11	3
Neither disability nor long-term illness	95	94	94	91	86	76	64	50	82
Refused	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,159	4,536	3,847	4,928	5,258	4,803	3,976	4,322	35,829

Table 6.63: Whether household members have a disability or long-term health problem by sex
Column percentages, 2004 data
All household members

	Male	Female	All
Yes, disability	6	6	6
Yes, long-term illness	8	9	8
Both disability and long-term illness	3	4	3
Neither disability nor long-term illness	82	81	82
Refused	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100
Base	17,179	18,650	35,829

Table 6.64: Activities found difficult by adult population with any long standing illness, health problem or disability

Column percentages, 2004 data

Adult population with a long standing illness, health problem or disability

	All
Climbing stairs	50
Walking for at least 10 minutes	46
Standing for at least 10 minutes	42
Doing the housework	37
Using a bus	28
Using a train	20
Preparing main meals	19
Dressing	11
Using a taxi	11
Using a car	10
Washing yourself	9
Using a telephone	4
None of these	31
Base	3,727

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

Table 6.65: Number of activities found difficult to manage on own by age
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data/All 2004
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	59	51	44	33	29	19	31
1-2 activities	23	17	23	23	25	24	24
3-5 activities	13	20	21	26	28	30	26
More than 5 activities	5	11	12	17	17	26	18
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	132	313	619	1,427	2,094	1,814	6,399

Table 6.66: Whether respondent currently has adaptations/equipment by age
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data/All 2004
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	3	16	21	25	35	54	34
No	97	84	79	75	65	46	66
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	132	313	619	1,427	2,094	1,814	6,399

Table 6.67: Adaptations and equipment currently held and needed
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003/All 2004 data
Adult population with a long standing illness, health problem or disability who have/need adaptations or equipment

	Have	Don't have but need
Handrail	52	23
Walking sticks/crutches	46	4
Bath/shower seat	41	19
Adapted toilet seat	17	4
Wheelchair	13	2
Walking frame, tripod or Zimmer	13	2
Pick-up aid	12	3
Special utensils	9	3
Bath lifts	8	11
Trolley	6	1
Stairlift	6	13
Hearing aid	6	3
Bed poles or ladders	5	1
Ramps	5	5
Dressing aid	3	1
Hoists	2	1
Artificial limbs	1	-
Other	21	39
Base	2,354	966

Note: percentages sum to more than 100% since respondents could give multiple responses.

Table 6.68: Whether respondent needs any additional adaptations or equipment by age
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003/All 2004 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	6	11	12	17	19	21	17
No	94	89	88	83	81	79	83
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	132	313	619	1,427	2,094	1,814	6,399

Table 6.69: Whether anyone in household needs regular help or care by household type
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Households

	Single adult	Small adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Yes	7	7	6	4	10	12	19	21	12
No	93	93	94	96	90	88	81	79	88
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,976	5,153	1,777	4,248	2,036	2,938	4,655	5,039	30,822

Table 6.70: Whether anyone in household needs regular help or care by tenure
Column percentages, 2003/2004 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	6	20	22	6	14	12
No	88	94	80	78	94	86	88
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	8,826	11,319	6,039	2,113	1,927	598	30,822

Table 6.71: Whether anyone in household needs regular help or care by net annual household income
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Households

	£0 - £6,000	£6,000 - £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	11	16	17	12	8	5	4	2	11
No	89	84	83	88	92	95	96	98	89
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,566	5,697	6,126	4,338	3,429	2,772	3,063	1,741	29,732

Table 6.72: Whether anyone in household needs regular help or care by local authority
Row percentages, 2003/2004 data
Households

	Yes	No	Total	Base
Aberdeen City	9	91	100	1,232
Aberdeenshire	6	94	100	1,237
Angus	13	87	100	628
Argyll and Bute	12	88	100	551
Clackmannanshire	14	86	100	579
Dumfries and Galloway	15	85	100	815
Dundee City	13	87	100	866
East Ayrshire	15	85	100	696
East Dunbartonshire	12	88	100	553
East Lothian	9	91	100	549
East Renfrewshire	7	93	100	580
Edinburgh City	7	93	100	2,509
Eilean Siar	12	88	100	549
Falkirk	12	88	100	824
Fife	11	89	100	2,083
Glasgow City	16	84	100	3,294
Highland	9	91	100	1,167
Inverclyde	13	87	100	554
Midlothian	11	89	100	561
Moray	8	92	100	613
North Ayrshire	13	87	100	752
North Lanarkshire	15	85	100	1,758
Orkney	9	91	100	665
Perth and Kinross	9	91	100	674
Renfrewshire	11	89	100	1,000
Scottish Borders	11	89	100	663
Shetland	12	88	100	653
South Ayrshire	14	86	100	624
South Lanarkshire	12	88	100	1,587
Stirling	10	90	100	612
West Dunbartonshire	14	86	100	509
West Lothian	8	92	100	885
Scotland	12	88	100	30,822

Table 6.73 : Whether anyone in household needs regular help or care by year
Column percentages, 1999-2004 data
Households

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Yes	12.4	12.1	11.9	12.0	11.4	11.6
No	87.6	87.9	88.1	88.0	88.6	88.4
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	14,672	15,547	15,560	15,072	14,880	15,942

Table 6.74 : Number of carers and source of care by number of people in household needing care
Column percentages, 2003/2004 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	3	2
1 Carer in household	32	-	30
2 Carers in household	4	27	6
3+ Carers in household	2	8	2
1 Carer from outwith household	48	1	45
1 Carer in/1 Carer out of household	11	4	10
2+ Carer in/1 Carers out of household	1	6	2
2+ Carers outwith household	-	36	2
1 Carer in/2+ Carers out of household	-	7	0
2+ Carers in hhold/2+ out of household	-	9	1
Total	100	100	100
Base	3,290	226	3,516

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

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

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

Table 6.75: Hours spent providing care for any sick, disabled or elderly person not living with respondent by sex of carer
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adults providing care for any person living elsewhere

	Male	Female	All
1 - 4 hours per week	53	43	47
5 - 19 hours per week	27	35	32
20 or more hours per week	5	8	7
Continuous care	4	5	5
Varies	10	9	9
Don't know	0	0	0
Total	100	100	100
Base	923	1,795	2,718

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