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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 total 100%. In tables where multiple responses are allowed, totals may be more than 100%.
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.
Economic status
The household respondent was asked to select which economic status category best described the current position of each member of the household. As economic status is self-defined in the SHS, it may differ from other sources. The categories are as follows:
Household type
The household type variable used here is defined as follows:
A single pensioner is one adult of pensionable age and no children
A single parent is an adult of any age and one or more children.
A single adult is an adult of non-pensionable age and no children.
An older smaller household is one adult of non-pensionable age and one of pensionable age and no children or two adults of pensionable age and no children.
A large adult household is three or more adults and no children.
A small adult household is two adults of non-pensionable age and no children.
A large family is two adults and three or more children or three or more adults and one or more children.
Small family households are two adults and one or two children.
Pensionable age refers to men aged 65 and over and to women aged 60 and over
The household working status is constructed from the economic status information about the highest income householder 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.
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).
While in general, the level of missing data throughout the SHS was minimal, there was an appreciable level of item non-response in relation to the income information. Incomplete data resulted in around 34% of households having no computed total net income. Imputation of income information was carried out. This is a process whereby complete information given by a 'similar' household is used for respondents that are missing information on income. Income is collected as a variety of different components, which are summed to create total net household income. Income was imputed for each component using either Hot Deck imputation, where the sample is divided into subgroups based on relevant characteristics, or Predictive Mean where a statistical model is constructed and the value is predicted using this model. After imputation, income data is unavailable for only 2.5% of households.
Near and frequent bus service
A 'near and frequent' bus service is defined as where a bus stop is less than 15 minutes walk from the respondents home and where a bus leaves from the stop at least every twenty minutes.
A 'near and infrequent' bus service is defined as one where a bus stop is less than 15 minutes walk from the respondents home but where the bus leaves less frequently than every 20 minutes.
A 'far and frequent' service is defined as one where a bus stop is more than 15 minutes walk from the respondents home and where a bus leaves from the stop at least every 20 minutes.
A 'far and infrequent' service is defined as one where a bus stop is more than 15 minutes walk from the respondents home and where the bus leaves less frequently than every 20 minutes.
Urban/rural classification
An urban/rural classification of Scotland has been developed based on settlement size and remoteness (measured by drive times). The six-fold and eight-fold classifications are outlined below:
| 6-fold urban/rural classification | |
| 1. The four cities | settlements sized over 125,000 |
| 2. Other urban |
Urban areas (settlements 10,000 - 125,000) |
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3. Small accessible towns | Settlements 3-10,000 population and within a 30 minute drive time of a settlement of 10,000 or more |
| 4. Small remote towns | Settlements 3-10,000 population and more than a 30 minute drive time of a settlement of 10,000 or more |
| 5. Accessible rural |
Settlements less than 3,000 population and within a 30 minute drive time of a settlement of 10,000 or more |
| 6. Remote rural | Settlements less than 3,000 population and more than a 30 minute drive time of a settlement of 10,000 or more |
Bulletin
| 8-fold urban/rural classification | |
| 1. The four cities | The four cities (settlements over 125,000) |
| 2. Other urban |
Urban areas (settlements 10,000 - 125,000) |
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3. Accessible small towns | Settlements sized between 3,000 and 10,000 and within a 30 minute drivetime from a settlement of 10,000 or more |
| 4. Remote small towns | Settlements sized between 3,000 and 10,000 and between a 30 and 60 minute drivetime from a settlement of 10,000 or more |
| 5. Very remote small towns | Settlements sized between 3,000 and 10,000 and over 60 minutes from a settlement of 10,000 or more |
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6. Accessible rural | Settlements of less than 3,000 and within a 30 minute drivetime from a settlement of 10,000 or more |
| 7. Remote rural |
Settlements of less than 3,000 and between 30 and 60 minutes from a settlement of 10,000 or more |
| 8. Very remote rural | Settlements of less than 3,000 and over60 minutes from a settlement of 10,000 or more |
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