November 2008
People and Culture in Scotland
The "People and Culture in Scotland - Results from the Scottish Household Survey Culture and Sport Module 2007" publication was released on Tuesday, 25 November 2008.
Further information is available from the SHS Culture and Sport publication summary page.
Local Authority Analysis
The SHS Interactive Tables pages provide access to specific analyses and tables at both a national and local authority level, for two-year sweeps of SHS data. We are currently reviewing this functionality to ensure it is as accessible and as useful as possible, and because the 2005/06 data has never been published.
In the meantime, we have produced an LA Analysis 2005-06 workbook which shows some of key analyses from the 2005-06 SHS data.
October 2008
Revision to Annual Report 2007
The error identified in the 'Scottish Household Survey: Annual Report - Results from 2007' publication has now been resolved. A statement of revision has been produced and disseminated through our user circulation list. The revisions have also been incorporated into the electronic version of the publication.
Further information is available from our Publication Summary - Annual page, including a copy of the erratum notice.
September 2008
Freephone Numbers
The SHS Freephone number is currently not working. We are currently working with our contractors to get this back up and running, but we apologise for any problems this causes. You may phone the SHS team directly in the meantime - see our Contacts page.
Note - the phone lines are now back up and running again.
Quarterly Trends - 2008 Quarter 1
The latest quarterly trends information announcing the availability of the Scottish Household Survey up to and including quarter 1 of 2008 have been released.
This release is published through a Statistics Publication Notice accompanied by a series of Data Trends providing commentary, charts and tables on key trends. Further information is available from our Publication Summary - Quarterly page.
SHS Website Update
As part of our continuing review of the SHS website, we have made a number of improvements to the structure and navigation of our content. Our primary pages, available as the menu options, have been restructured to give a more concise and focused entry into our main content.
Other improvements have included developing a series of summary pages which provide background information on the full range of SHS publications and relevant links to the web versions. Please see our Publications page for further information.
August 2008
Error in Annual Report 2007
A small error has been identified in the 'Scottish Household Survey: Annual Report - Results from 2007' publication.
In line with the National Statistics Code of Practice, we are currently reviewing the scale and impact of this error and will be issuing a revision in due course. At present the error identified only affects tables containing data on household tenure, however we are investigating to ensure this has not affected other data. A public notification of this revision will be made, accompanied by documentation to explain its nature.
Annual Report 2007
Release of Annual Report 2007 and associated methodological reports - please view our Annual Publications page for further information.
A number of Web Tables are also being published to support the Annual Report.
New Project Manager
From 4th August, Nic Krzyzanowskil will be taking over as SHS project manager. All correspondence should continue to go through the SHS mailbox.