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Background Information on the Census of Day Care Services
The census is intended to cover all adult Day Care services in Scotland which are registered with the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (The Care Commission). 19 Day Care Services returned a form, but are not included in these figures as they are not registered with the Care Commission. 12 Day Care Services that are registered with the Care Commission, but are currently not in use, have been included.
Day Care Services were asked to provide detailed information on their day care provision during the week ending 31 st March 2007. Responses were obtained from 531 services, giving an estimated response rate of approximately 79 per cent. However, this response rate did vary from area to area.
The figures presented in this information note have been grossed up to take account of non-response. The methodology adopted was based on using returns of centres of similar type, sector and local authority area to estimate figures for those centres that did not submit a return.
The methodology for dealing with non response since 1998 is different to that previously adopted, therefore care should be taken when making comparisons with pre-1998 data. All figures include centres with 4 or less places, which are usually attached to residential homes.
Some of the column and row totals in these tables may not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
Further Information
Further details and analysis of the data presented in this Statistics Release are available on request from the address below. The Statistics Release is also available on the Internet by accessing the Scottish Executive web site ( www.scotland.gov.uk/stats).
Information at local authority level showing number of day care services, places and users by sector is shown in Annex 1. Time series data showing numbers of day care services, places and users for 1991-2007 is shown in Annex 2 to this Statistics Release (note that no census took place in 1999 and 2000).
Community Care Statistics
Room 3WR
St Andrew's House
Edinburgh
EH1 3DGContact: Steven Gillespie
Tel: 0131 244 3777
Fax: 0131 244 5427
E-mail: SWStat@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Date of publication: 27th November 2007.
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