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In all tables, percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Nil percent is indicated by a dash (-). Figures between 0% and 0.5% are indicated by a zero (0). Figures between 0.5% and 1.0% are rounded to 1%.
In some tables where figures have been rounded, the sum of constituent items may not always agree exactly with the total shown.
For the purposes of the survey, a household is defined as one person or a group of people living in accommodation as their only or main residence and either sharing at least one meal a day or sharing the living accommodation.
The highest income householder is taken as the household reference person for the first part of the interview. This must be a person in whose name the accommodation is owned or rented or be otherwise responsible for the accommodation.
In households with joint householders, the person with the highest income is taken as the household reference person. If householders have exactly the same income, the older is taken as the household reference person.
The term adult is used to refer to those aged 16 and over (except where otherwise stated).
In each household one of the adult members is randomly selected to take part in the second half of the interview. This person is referred to as the random adult. The random adult is automatically the 'household respondent' in one-adult households and may be the same in households with more than one adult.
The term household income refers to net income (i.e. after taxation and other deductions) from employment, benefits and other sources, which is brought into the household by the highest income householder and/or their spouse or partner. This includes any contribution to household finances made by other household members (e.g. dig money). Cases with missing information (because of refusals or 'don't knows') in relation to any of the main components of household income are excluded from the analyses in this bulletin. 60% of households are included in the household income analysis.
The current analysis does not include any imputation of income data. Imputation may be used in future analyses to provide household income data for all cases.
The household type variable used here is based on that used by the Scottish House Condition Survey and is defined as follows:
A single pensioner is 1 adult of pensionable age and no children
A single parent is an adult of any age and 1 or more children.
A single adult is an adult of non-pensionable age and no children.
An older smaller household is an adult of non-pensionable age and 1 of pensionable age and no children or 2 adults of pensionable age and no children.
A large adult household is 3 or more adults and no children.
A small adult household is 2 adults of non-pensionable age and no children.
A large family is 2 adults and 3 or more children or 3 or more adults and 1 or more children.
Small family households are 2 adults and 1 or 2 children.
Neighbourhood is self-defined by the respondent. If queried, a neighbour-hood is described at the interviewer's discretion as 'the street you live in and the streets nearby' (urban areas) or 'the local area' (rural areas).
The household working status is constructed from the economic status information about the HIH and, where applicable, his or her spouse/partner. Individuals are included as working where they work full- or part-time or if they are self-employed.
Details of the descriptors used in the 1998/1999 Scottish MOSAIC typology is provided in Box 2. Further information about MOSAIC can be obtained from Experian (the company's web site is at www.experian.com
Box 2: Descriptors and Typical Locations of MOSAIC Areas
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Group |
Type |
Descriptor |
% |
Typical Location |
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L1 High Income |
M1 |
Monied Society |
0.66 |
Bearsden |
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M2 |
Designer Development |
1.24 |
Newton Mearns |
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M3 |
Upmarket Families |
2.70 |
Linlithgow |
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M4 |
Ageing Professionals |
2.87 |
North Berwick |
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M5 |
Wealthy Greys |
0.78 |
Prestwick |
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M6 |
Stable Couples |
2.26 |
Largs |
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L2 Middle Income |
M7 |
Commuter Estates |
1.67 |
Strathaven |
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M8 |
White Collar Semis |
2.97 |
Clarkston |
|
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M9 |
Mature Families |
1.86 |
Renfrew |
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M10 |
Hi-tec Mortgagers |
3.99 |
Carluke |
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M11 |
Independent Elders |
2.84 |
Carnoustie |
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M12 |
Brand New Area |
0.78 |
Prestonpans |
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L3 Low Income |
M13 |
Young Homemakers |
1.88 |
Corstorphine |
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M14 |
Shiftwork Semis |
1.15 |
Hawick |
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M15 |
Inter-war Surburbia |
2.93 |
Kirklintilloch |
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M16 |
Small Town Outer |
2.48 |
East Kilbride |
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M17 |
Low-rise Right to Buy |
0.74 |
Alloa |
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L4 Better off |
M18 |
New Town Terraces |
2.63 |
Cumbernauld |
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M19 |
Blue Collar Families |
4.24 |
Bathgate |
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M20 |
Traditional Estates |
1.93 |
Wishaw |
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M21 |
Crowded Terraces |
3.13 |
Clydebank |
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M22 |
Low Paid Factory |
4.68 |
Hamilton |
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L5 Disadvantaged |
M23 |
Older Blue Collar |
4.20 |
Falkirk |
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M24 |
Poor Pensioners |
3.16 |
Dalkeith |
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M25 |
Low-Rise Survivors |
3.09 |
Airdrie |
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M26 |
Deprived Schemes |
0.59 |
Glenrothes |
|
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L6 Families in |
M27 |
Welfare Dependency |
3.32 |
Drumchapel |
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M28 |
Overspill Families |
4.22 |
Easterhouse |
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M29 |
Can't Pay Won't Pay |
2.22 |
Craigmillar |
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L7 Renting Singles |
M30 |
Ethnic Towers |
2.46 |
Leith |
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M31 |
Flats for Old People |
3.64 |
Coatbridge |
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M32 |
Sheltered Elderly |
2.30 |
Paisley |
|
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M33 |
Private Renters |
2.55 |
Shawlands |
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L8 Singles and Flats |
M34 |
Low Income Single |
1.72 |
Montrose |
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M35 |
Sociable Tenements |
1.67 |
Cathcart |
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M36 |
Student Flats |
1.15 |
St. Andrews |
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M37 |
Multi-let Tenements |
1.47 |
Leith |
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M38 |
Town Centre Singles |
2.00 |
Oban |
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M39 |
Inner City Elite |
1.71 |
Kelvinside |
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L9 Country Dwellers |
M40 |
Gentrified Villages |
0.73 |
Aberfoyle |
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M41 |
Country Cottages |
1.13 |
Peterhead |
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M42 |
Rural and Retired |
0.79 |
Stranraer |
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M43 |
Rural Low Status |
2.11 |
Fort William |
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M44 |
Tied/Tenant Farmers |
1.88 |
Lockerbie |
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M45 |
Farms and Crofts |
1.42 |
Kirkwall |
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L10 Institutional Areas |
M46 |
Military Bases |
0.32 |
Lossiemouth |
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M47 |
Non-Private Housing |
0.13 |
Muirhouse |
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100% |
Totals |
100% |
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Central Research Unit
Scottish Executive
Area 2-J
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Tel: 0131 244 7557
Fax: 0131 244 7573
Email: shs@scotland.gov.uk
Further information about the survey can be found on the SHS website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/shs
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