8. Definitions
Household type
The SHS uses eight household types defined as follows:
1. A single adult household contains one adult of non-pensionable age and no children.
2. A single parent household contains one adult of any age and one or more children.
3. A single pensioner household contains one adult of pensionable age and no children. Pensionable age is 60 for women and 65 for men.
4. A small family household contains two adults of any age and one or two children.
5. 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.
6. A large adult household contains three or more adults and no children.
7. A small adult household contains two adults of non-pensionable age and no children.
8. A large family household contains two adults of any age and three or more children, or three or more adults of any age and one or more children.
Urban/rural classification
The Scottish Executive six-fold urban/rural classification of Scotland has been adopted. This classification is based on settlement size and remoteness (measured by drive times) allowing more detailed geographical analysis to be conducted on a larger sample size. The classification being used in this report is the 2006 version.
The areas in which respondents live have been classified as follows:
Large urban areas - settlements of over 125,000 people.
Other urban areas - settlements of 10,000 to 125,000 people.
Accessible small towns - settlements of between 3,000 and 10,000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10,000 or more.
Remote small towns - settlements of between 3,000 and 10,000 people and with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a settlement of 10,000 or more.
Accessible rural - settlements of less than 3,000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10,000 or more.
Remote rural - settlements of less than 3,000 people with a drive time of more than 30 minutes to a settlement of 10,000 or more.
Isolated houses and hamlets are included in settlements of fewer than 3,000 people.
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation ( SIMD) 2006 identifies the most deprived areas across Scotland. It is based on 31 indicators in the six individual domains of Current Income, Employment, Housing, Health, Education, Skills and Training and Geographic Access to Services and Telecommunications.
SIMD is presented at data zone level, enabling small pockets of deprivation to be identified. The data zones are ranked from most deprived (1) to least deprived (6,505) on the overall SIMD and on each of the individual domains. The result is a comprehensive picture of relative area deprivation across Scotland. In the tables in this report, the data zones are grouped into quintiles, from the most deprived 20% (1) to the least deprived 20% (5).
Contacts:
SHS Project Manager: Stephen Hinchliffe
Telephone 0131 244 0824
Email shs@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
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