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Table 4 - Weighting outcomes

TELEPHONE SURVEY

CALIBRATION SURVEY

Household data

Individual data

Household data

Individual data

Reference SHS

Unweighted

Design weight

Corrective weight

Reference SHS

Design Weight

Corrective weight

Unweighted

Corrective weight

Reference SHS

Design Weight

Corrective weight

Police Force Area

1 Central Scotland

5.3

10.9

5.4

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.6

4.8

4.7

5.3

4.6

4.7

2 Dumfries and Galloway

2.9

10.1

2.9

3.2

2.9

3.0

3.3

3.0

3.1

2.9

3.2

3.1

3 Fife

6.8

10.9

6.9

6.7

6.8

6.8

7.0

7.3

7.2

6.8

7.1

7.0

4 Grampian

12.4

10.6

12.3

12.5

12.5

12.0

11.9

10.9

10.7

12.5

11.4

11.3

5 Lothian & Borders

17.4

11.2

17.7

17.8

17.4

17.1

17.1

17.3

17.3

17.4

17.0

17.5

6 Northern Constabulary

5.4

11.3

5.4

6.1

5.4

5.5

5.4

6.2

6.6

5.4

6.4

6.2

7 Strathclyde

44.0

24.1

43.7

42.9

44.0

44.5

44.1

42.5

42.5

44.0

42.4

42.5

8 Tayside

5.7

10.9

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.5

5.7

7.7

7.6

5.7

7.6

7.4

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

99.8

99.8

100.0

99.8

99.8

Missing data

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Urban / rural classification

1 Large urban areas

40.9

25.8

37.7

37.0

40.6

36.3

37.0

36.8

36.9

40.6

36.2

37.1

2 Other urban areas

29.3

27.6

24.3

23.1

29.3

25.0

25.2

30.0

29.4

29.3

28.8

29.0

3 Accessible small towns

10.1

9.7

9.1

8.9

10.2

9.1

9.2

10.7

10.6

10.2

10.7

10.6

4 Remote small towns

2.8

3.5

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

5 Accessible rural

11.6

14.8

11.9

11.7

11.8

12.9

12.5

12.8

12.3

11.8

13.1

12.7

6 Remote rural

5.2

10.4

5.7

7.6

5.3

6.0

5.7

6.8

7.9

5.3

8.3

7.9

Total

99.8

91.8

91.2

90.8

99.8

91.8

92.1

99.8

99.8

99.8

99.8

99.8

Missing data

0.2

8.2

8.8

9.2

0.2

8.2

7.9

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

SIMD deciles

1.00 Most deprived decile

11.0

6.5

9.5

9.7

10.3

8.8

9.4

11.6

12.1

10.3

10.8

11.2

2

10.7

8.6

9.3

9.2

10.2

9.0

9.5

10.3

10.6

10.2

9.8

10.2

3

10.6

8.7

9.6

9.6

10.0

9.1

9.3

9.4

9.6

10.0

8.8

8.9

4

9.8

10.9

9.8

9.8

9.6

9.8

9.8

10.7

10.9

9.6

10.9

11.1

5

10.0

10.0

8.9

9.1

10.0

8.7

8.6

9.7

9.7

10.0

9.4

9.3

6

9.9

11.1

9.5

9.6

10.2

9.8

9.7

9.5

9.7

10.2

9.8

9.8

7

9.0

10.2

8.9

9.0

9.1

9.1

8.9

9.3

9.1

9.1

9.5

9.3

8

9.6

10.6

9.5

9.3

9.9

10.0

9.8

10.6

10.5

9.9

11.3

11.2

9

9.9

8.4

8.8

8.3

10.6

9.3

9.0

8.9

8.4

10.6

9.4

9.0

10.00 Least deprived decile

9.1

6.8

7.6

7.4

9.9

8.1

8.1

9.7

9.1

9.9

10.1

9.8

Total

99.6

91.8

91.2

90.8

99.7

91.8

92.1

99.8

99.8

99.7

99.7

99.7

Missing data

0.4

8.2

8.8

9.2

0.3

8.2

7.9

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Tenure

1.00 Owned outright

25.5

24.0

22.3

26.1

25.6

21.4

23.6

27.5

26.8

25.6

26.6

24.7

2.00 Buying with loan / mortgage

38.5

44.2

44.7

39.9

42.7

48.8

45.0

39.1

37.6

42.7

42.7

44.1

3.00 Rent - LA/ SH

22.8

15.8

16.2

17.1

19.9

14.2

15.3

19.1

20.4

19.9

16.9

17.0

4.00 Rent - HA/Co-op

5.6

4.0

4.7

5.0

4.8

3.9

4.3

7.0

7.4

4.8

6.1

6.1

5.00 Rent - Private

6.0

6.2

6.0

6.1

5.4

5.6

5.8

5.5

5.8

5.4

5.8

6.2

6.00 Other tenure

1.7

1.4

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.8

1.9

1.5

1.9

1.9

Total

100.0

95.6

95.2

95.6

100.0

95.2

95.3

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Missing data

0.0

4.4

4.8

4.4

0.0

4.8

4.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Property type

1.00 Detached house

19.8

25.8

20.9

21.1

22.2

24.4

23.4

24.5

23.8

22.2

27.6

26.1

2.00 Semi-detached house

21.9

25.3

24.2

23.3

23.6

25.9

25.3

22.3

21.9

23.6

23.0

22.5

3.00 Terraced house

22.2

15.4

15.7

15.3

22.5

16.3

16.4

21.3

21.3

22.5

21.4

21.9

4.00 Flat/maisonette

35.8

27.1

32.3

33.7

31.4

26.8

28.4

31.8

33.0

31.4

28.0

29.5

5.00 Other

0.3

3.4

3.4

3.6

0.3

3.5

3.5

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

Total

100.0

97.0

96.6

97.0

100.0

96.9

97.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Missing data

0.0

3.0

3.4

3.0

0.0

3.1

3.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Number of adults in household

1

37.0

33.1

34.5

38.6

22.7

18.3

21.0

37.2

38.0

22.7

21.0

20.9

2

48.8

50.2

49.0

46.4

53.6

51.9

51.1

48.5

48.3

53.6

53.6

52.8

3

10.1

11.2

11.0

10.1

15.1

17.5

16.5

10.2

9.7

15.1

16.2

16.6

4

3.6

4.5

4.4

4.0

7.1

9.3

8.7

3.5

3.4

7.1

7.5

7.9

5

0.5

0.9

0.8

0.7

1.2

2.1

2.0

0.6

0.5

1.2

1.5

1.6

6

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.3

7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Number of adults - summary

One or two

85.7

83.3

83.5

85.0

76.2

70.2

72.1

85.7

86.3

76.2

74.6

73.7

Three or more

14.3

16.7

16.5

15.0

23.8

29.8

27.9

14.3

13.7

23.8

25.4

26.3

Total household size

1

31.3

26.0

26.9

31.4

19.2

14.3

16.6

31.3

31.8

19.2

17.6

17.3

2

34.7

33.9

33.4

33.3

37.2

33.8

34.8

35.2

35.3

37.2

37.4

36.2

3

14.9

16.9

16.7

14.9

18.0

20.3

19.3

15.7

15.3

18.0

19.5

20.2

4

13.5

13.9

13.6

12.0

17.6

18.8

17.2

13.2

13.0

17.6

18.5

19.0

5

4.2

4.7

4.5

4.0

5.9

7.0

6.5

3.4

3.4

5.9

5.3

5.5

6

1.0

1.1

1.1

0.9

1.6

1.8

1.7

0.8

0.8

1.6

1.2

1.3

7

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

8

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

9

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

10

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total

100.0

96.9

96.6

97.0

100.0

96.9

96.9

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Missing data

0.0

3.1

3.4

3.0

0.0

3.1

3.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Total household size - summary

One or two

66.0

59.9

60.4

64.7

56.4

48.1

51.4

66.5

67.1

56.4

55.0

53.5

Three or more

34.0

37.0

36.2

32.3

43.6

48.8

45.5

33.5

32.9

43.6

45.0

46.5

Number of cars available to household

.00 None

35.3

25.2

27.6

32.2

28.7

22.1

24.8

30.5

34.1

28.7

26.3

26.4

1

44.9

42.8

43.0

40.3

46.0

40.2

40.6

41.2

38.7

46.0

38.3

38.1

2

17.2

25.6

23.8

22.2

21.3

28.7

26.3

22.7

21.7

21.3

27.2

27.1

3.00 Three or more

2.5

6.3

5.6

5.3

4.0

8.9

8.3

5.7

5.5

4.0

8.2

8.4

Total

100.0

99.9

99.9

100.0

100.0

99.9

99.9

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Missing data

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Employment status of random respondent (aged 16-74)

1 In full-time education

5.8

4.4

6.3

6.6

5.4

6.5

2 Working full-time

44.2

49.5

50.9

48.5

44.6

46.0

3 Working part-time

11.8

14.3

14.5

13.9

13.1

12.3

4 Looking after the home or family

8.5

6.2

6.1

5.8

8.1

7.9

5 Permanently retired from work

18.9

16.4

13.5

15.6

18.9

17.2

6 Unemployed and seeking work

3.7

2.7

2.8

3.1

4.1

4.3

7 On a government work or training scheme

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

8 Permanently sick or disabled

5.7

4.1

3.8

4.3

4.2

4.1

9 Temporarily unable to work because of short-term illness or

0.8

1.1

0.9

1.1

1.3

1.4

10 Other

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.0

0.0

Total

100.0

99.3

99.3

99.4

100.0

100.0

Missing data

0.0

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.0

0.0

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

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