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Foreword
The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is a major survey of the people of Scotland. It was first conducted in 1999, on behalf of the Scottish Executive, and has been conducted on a continual basis since. Complete and simplified datasets are available to the general public from the UK Data Archive. This survey provides information on the composition, characteristics and behaviour of Scottish households, both nationally and at local authority level.
The main findings from the survey are reported in the SHS Annual Reports and other Scottish Executive publications. More information on the SHS, and outputs from the SHS are available online from the Scottish Household Survey website (www.scotland.gov.uk/shs).
This report is part of a series of Analytical Reports which demonstrate how more detailed use may be made of SHS data. These reports:
• provide in-depth analysis of particular topics;
• focus on the results which are relevant to particular policy issues; and
• look at the SHS results in the context of information available from other sources.
Each Analytical Report concentrates on a single policy-related topic, and has been prepared by one or more experts. This report was jointly funded with the Transport Research Planning Group which had a shared interest in the topic. Further information on other titles in this series of reports is available from the Scottish Household Survey website.
This report has been overseen by an Advisory Group of relevant Scottish Executive policy and analytical interests. We would like to extend our thanks to the Advisory Group and to Craig Loudon, Transport Analytical Services team, for his project management of this report.
Elinor Devlin & Lisa Taylor
Scottish Household Survey Project Team
Scottish Executive
Development Department/ASD
shs@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
0131 244 8420
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