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This section outlines an A to Z of the SHS website, providing links to key resources. You should use this when you want to find out where to look for more information on a particular topic.

If you can't find what you're looking for then please contact us. Similarly, please let us know if you think we should add any other terms to this list.

List of Terms

A

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Accuracy	see Data Sources and Suitability
Ad-hoc requests	see FAQ - Accessing Data
Address	see Contact
Address	* Selecting Addresses
Aims	*
Analysis	see How to Access Data
Analysis	see Local Authority Analysis
Analysis	see Publications
Analysis Hints and Tips	*

B

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Background	see Survey - Background to the Survey
Being Interviewed	see Interviews - Being Interviewed
Being Selected	see Interviews - Being Selected
Boosts	*
Boosts	see Publications - Culture
Boosts	see Publications - Sport

C

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
CAPI	see Interviews - CAPI
Comparability	see Data Sources and Suitability
Confidentiality	*
Consultation	see Homepage
Consultation	User Community
Contacts	Contacts
Content	Survey Content
Contactors	Links
Copyright	Copyright Notice
Coverage	see Geographical Coverage
Culture	see Publications - Culture
Culture and Sport Module	*

D

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Data	see Data Release Procedures
Data	see Data Release Schedule
Data	see FAQ - Accessing Data
Data	see How to Access the Data
Data Access	*
Data Access Agreements	*
Data Confidentiality	*
Data Releae Procedures	*
Data Release Schedule	*
Data Sources and Suitability	How to Get Results - Data Sources and Suitability
Data Suitability	*
Data Tables	Data Tables
Datasets	see How to Access the Data
Datasets	see Special Datasets
Definitions	see Data Sources and Suitability
Disaggregation	see Data Sources and Suitability

E

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
e-mail Mailing List	see Consultation

F

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
FAQ	Accessing Data
FAQ	Background to the Survey
FAQ	Questionnaire
FAQs	Frequently Asked Questions
Feedback	see Contacts
Fieldwork	see Publications - Methodology
Fieldwork Reporting Group	see Management - Managing Survey Development
Follow-up Surveys	see FAQ - Accessing Data
Follow-up Surveys	Pro-forma and Guidelines
Forthcoming Releases	see Data Release Schedule
Forthcoming Releases	see Publications Release Schedule

G

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
General Information	*
Geographical Coverage	see Data Sources and Suitability
Grossing	*

H

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Homepage	Homepage
Housholders	see Background to the Survey
Households	see Background to the Survey
How to Access the Data	How to Access the Data

I

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Imputation	see Methodology
Individuals	see Background to the Survey
Information	see Interviews - Information of Interviewees
Interactive Tables	see Data Tables
Interviewers	* Legitimacy
Interviews	Being Interviewed
Interviews	Being Selected
Interviews	Information for Interviewees
Interviews	see CAPI

J

No terms defined

K

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Key Analyses	*
Key Statistics	*

L

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Lead Analysts Forum	*
Legitimacy	see Interviews - Legitimacy
Length of Interview	*
Local Authority Analysis	see Data Tables

M

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Management	see Management - Managing Survey Development
Management	see Lead Analysts Forum
Management	see Operations Management Group
Management	see Technical Group
Managing Survey Development	Management - Managing Survey Development
Methodology	Methodology
Modules	*

N

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
National Statistics	*
News	see Homepage
News	News
News	News Archive

O

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Operations Management Group	see Management - Managing Survey Development
Opt-out	see Contacts

P

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Preferred Sources	*
Planning	* Plans and Arrangements
Planning	see Consultation
Planning	see Data Release Schedule
Planning	see Publication Release Schedule
Postcode Address File	see Sampling - Postcode Address File
Pre-release	* Pre-release Access
Pro-forma	see Follow-up Surveys
Pro-forma	see SHS Lite
Pro-forma	see Special Datasets
Publications	Annual Report
Publications	Culture
Publications	Headline Report
Publications	Methodology
Publications	Publications
Publications	Quarterly Trends
Publications	Questionnaire
Publications	* Release Schedule
Publications	Sport
Publications	Topic
Publications	Transport

Q

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Quality Assurance	see Data Sources and Suitability
Questionnaire	see Publications - Questionnaire
Questionnaire	see Survey Content
Questionnaire	see Survey Details - List of Topics
Questionnaire	see Survey Review
Questions	see Publications - Questionnaire
Questions	see Survey Details - List of Topics
Questions	see Survey Review

R

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Recent Developments	see News
Release Schedule	see Data Release Schedule
Release Schedule	see Publications Release Schedule
Relevance	see Data Sources and Suitability
Reports	see Publications
Requests	see Ad-hoc Requests
Requests	see Special Datasets
Response Rate	see Publications - Methodology

S

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Sample	Sample Design
Sample	Sample Size
Sampling	Postcode Address File
Sampling	see Sample - Sample Design
SAS	* Hints and Tips
ScotStat	see Contacts
ScotStat	see Homepage
Selecting Addresses	*
SHS Lite	Pro-forma
SHS Lite	SHS Lite
SHS Lite	* User Guide
Sources	*
Special Datasets	see FAQ - Accessing Data
Special Datasets	Pro-forma
Sport	see Publications - Sport
SPSS	* Hints and Tips
SPSS	Syntax
Stakeholder Engagement	*
Stakeholders	*
Steering Group	*
Suitability	*
Survey	see Background to the Survey
Survey	Survey Details
Survey	see Survey Review
Survey Content	*
Survey Detail	List of Topics
Survey Review	Survey Review
Surveys	see Follow-up Surveys

T

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Technical Group	see Management - Managing Survey Development
Topics	see Survey Details - List of Topics
Training	*
Transport	see Publications - Transport
Travel	see Publications - Transport

U

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
UK Data Archive	see FAQ - Accessing Data
User Guide	* see Hints and Tips
User Guide	see SHS Lite - User Guide
Users	User Community
Users	User Day

V

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Variables	see Publication - Questionnaire
Variables	see SHS Lite - User Guide

W

Term noting main area of interest	Link to more detailed information
Web Tables	see Data Tables
Weighting	see Methodology
Weights	see Methodology

X

No terms defined

Y

No terms defined

Z

No terms defined

Please note, all terms marked with a * are content yet to be developed.

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