December 2005
SHS DATA
2003/2004 Main Dataset
The full SHS 2003/2004 dataset and SHS Lite 2003/2004 is now available at the data archive. The travel diary 2004 dataset, will be available shortly.
Please note, if you are not a registered user of the data archive, you will need an Athens password to register. Please refer to our FAQs on accessing data for more information.
You can contact us direct if you would like a CD and user guide for our SHS Lite 2003/2004 dataset - a condensed version of the main dataset.
SHS CONTRACT 2007-2010
The SHS has been running for two four-year sweeps (a total of eight consecutive years) and the current contract with MORI/TNS is scheduled to finish at the end of 2007. An expression of interest advert for the third four-year sweep (2007-2010) will be advertised in Contrax Weekly, the SHS website and the Scottish Executive Social Research website in January next year.
SHS REVIEW 2005
The SHS underwent an externally commissioned review throughout the summer of 2005. The review focused on providing information and options on many issues such as the purpose, design, subject coverage, data, management and future development of the survey.
The final contractors report and executive summary are now available from the SHS Review page of our website.
SHS USER DAY 2006
The SHS User Day 2006 will take place on 7th March 2006. A draft list of speakers is available on the User Events webpage
We will open up to bookings at the beginning of next year via our website and this distribution list.
SHS 2007 QUESTIONNAIRE CONSULTATION
The SHS questionnaire is currently undergoing a comprehensive consultation and will be revised for 2007 and 2008.
Further details of this and how to make suggestions are available on the questionnaire consultation page of our website.
PUBLICATIONS
SHS Analytical Topic Reports
The first two SHS analytical topic reports on: Mode Choice and Accessibility and Transport have been published. The main reports and research findings can be accessed from our website. Please contact us if you would like hard copies of the full reports.
New Quarterly Publication
Key trends from quarter 2 (2005) SHS data are now available from our website.
Forthcoming Publications
- 'Household Transport in 2004' will be published tomorrow.
- 'Transport across Scotland in 2003 and 2004' will be published in January.
Both of the above publications contain SHS data
August 2005
Scottish Household Survey 2003/2004 Results
The Scottish Household Survey 2003/2004 annual reports were published on the 4th August 2005, providing national and local authority level data. The full reports can be accessed from the annual publications page. Please contact the SHS Team if you require hard copies of the reports.
click here for related news release and brief overview of national results.
July 2005
SHS Website Updates
2001/2002 Webtables
The 2001/2002 data tables are now on the SHS website. This provides a facility for data analysis by the 32 local authorities.
The 2003/2004 Webtables will be available on the website in September.
SHS User Community
We have added an interactive database with details of our user community using SHS data to inform research. Type in a keyword or search by organisation type to find out about the wide ranging use of SHS data.
Please let us know if you would like the details of your research with SHS data added into the database.
SHS & the Anti-Social Behaviour Strategy
A new ' ASB & the SHS' page has been added to our website. It provides links to a document will be particularly useful to our users in community safety partnerships who need to know what SHS data is used for core ASB indicators.
SHS Annual Reports
The SHS 2003/2004 annual reports and dataset will be published on the 4th August. This will follow the same format as last year with 4 separate reports:
Annual Report
Methodology
Fieldwork Outcomes
2005/2006 Questionnaire
The 2003/2004 questionnaire document published last year is still available on request from the SHS team.
Please contact the SHS team, providing your full postal address, if you wish to be on our distribution list for hard copies of the 2003/2004 reports and the 2005/6 questionnaire.
ESDS Scottish Government Dataset Meeting
8th September Edinburgh University Data Library
The Scottish Household Survey team will be presenting at this event. Click here for more information and to book a place.
May 2005
SHS Topic List
The SHS topic list has now been updated to include changes from 2005. Click here to download a word version.
April 2005
Questionnaire Update
What's in and what's out?
Changes were made to 2003/2004 questionnaire after a consulation excercise in the summer of 2004. A summary document of the changes is now available from the survey content page. The 2005 questionnaire will be published in August 2005.
SHS Review
Would you like your views heard?
You can now contribute to the SHS review by downloading the Review Questionnaire
Web Update
The Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics website has now been updated with a number of indicators from 2001/2002 SHS.
Publications
Scottish Household Survey Travel Diary results for 2003 is now on the website.
March 2005
SHS Review up-date
The Project Initiation document is now on our website.
How to get results
2001/2002 data tables will be appearing on the website soon.
February 2005
Statistical Publications Notice- Qtr 3 2004
The statistical publications notice for Scottish Household Survey qtr 3 2004 data was published on the 23rd February 2005. Click here for the recent data trends on social justice, transport and housing.
User Event
The SHS User Event will be held on the 1st March 2005. Click here for more details. Presentations will be availabe on the website after the event for those of you who cannot make it.
FAQ up-date
We have up-dated our frequently asked questions on accessing the data on our website - everything you need to know about how to conduct a follow-up study, get a table that isn't already published or get a special data set created just for you.
Transport Statistics publications of SHS results
"Household Transport in 2003 - some SHS results" was published in November. Click here to access the information.
Two more bulletins will be published in March 2005:
"SHS Travel Diary results for 2003"
"Bus and Coach Statistics 2003-04" - this includes more detailed analyses of the results of some of the SHS's bus-related questions.
Copies are (or will be) available from:
SE Web site - go to www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/latest
Blackwell's Bookshop, 53 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1YS - price £2 each. Tel: 0131 622 8283 FAX: 0131 622 8258.
Other Publications
The Census -linked survey of non-response is now on our website.
This report presents information on the characteristics of non-respondents to the Scottish Household Survey (SHS) using linked data from the 2001 Census and the SHS sample from April to June 2001.Census data were successfully linked to 90.2% of the records included in the study.
The non-response rate for households matched with census records was 28.3% (13.3% non-contacts and 15.0% refusals).
Other results included:
SHS households that were difficult to contact tended to be:
- single adult households;
- households with one adult in employment;
- households consisting of people who did not form a family;
- renting from private landlords, Registered Social Landlords or Housing Associations;
- living in purpose built flats or maisonettes;
- occupying one to three rooms only or
- without a car or van.
The Household Reference Person of refusing households tended to be:
- older,
- widowed,
- not academically qualified or
- retired.
The main report can be accessed via the other publications page
SHS Review up-date
The invitations to tender on the SHS review have been sent out.