The Scottish Government

Social Focus Reports

• Men and Women in Scotland
  This report provides an overview of some of the similarities and differences between men and women living and working in Scotland today.
• Urban Rural Scotland
  This report explores the relationship between people living in urban, rural, and remote areas of Scotland.
• Disability
  A compendium publication exploring the characteristics and position of disabled people in Scotland.

• Deprived Areas
  A compendium of statistics providing detailed information on the depth and concentration of poverty and disadvantage in deprived areas.

• Scottish Social Statistics
  A broad compendium publication covering the ten key social policy areas.

Other publications

• Volunteering in Scotland: Evidence from the Scottish Household Survey 2000 (7 January 2001)
• Scottish Transport Review articles-many of which report SHS data

• Older People in Scotland: results from the first year of the Scottish Household Survey -Charlotte MacDonald with Helen Storkey and Gillian Raab, Napier University

• Older people in Scotland : results from the Scottish Household Survey 1999-2002 Raab, G ( Napier University ) and MacDonald, C
  An analysis of the last 4 years of Scottish Household Survey (SHS) data relating to older people, describing the characteristics of older people and their households, their circumstances and factors which affect their quality of life.
• Ryley, T. (2006) Use of non-motorised modes and life stage: evidence from Edinburgh, Journal of Transport Geography. Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 367-375. Please obtain actual article from Journal.

• All Our Futures: Planning for a Scotland with an Ageing Population: 3 The Evidence Base 2007
• Digital Inclusion Strategy 2006

SHS Method and Design

• Census Linked Survey of non-response (February 2005)
  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.

• Comparison of Income related Data between Surveys of Scottish Households Raab, G (Napier University) and MacDonald, C & Macintyre, C
  Provides a comparative analysis of income data in the Scottish House Conditions Survey (SHCS), the Scottish Household Survey (SHS), and the Scottish sample of the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data set from the Family Resources Survey (FRS)

Providing short analysis of particular areas of research interest, produced between 1999 and 2002.

• No. 8 Housing, plus Revised Bulletin 8 tables
• No. 7 Life Cycles
• No. 6 Geographical areas and area types
• No. 5 Men and women's experiences of living in Scotland
• No. 4 Health, care, childcare and volunteering
• No. 3 Neighbourhoods
• No. 2 Households
• No. 1verview of main topic areas covered in survey