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Transport across Scotland: some Scottish Household Survey results for parts of Scotland

Table 15 "95% confidence limits" for estimates which are based on SHS sub-samples of various sizes
e.g. an estimate of 55% which is based on a sample of 800
(I.e. the n corresponding to "100%" is 800)
has 95% confidence limits of 55% +/- 3.8%-points
(i.e. 51.2% to 58.8%)

Sub sample size. (i.e the "n=" value corresponding to 100%)

Estimate

5% or 95%

10% or 90%

15% or 85%

20%or 80%

25% or 75%

30% or 70%

35% or 65%

40% or 60%

45% or 55%

50%

percentage points ( + / - )

100

4.7

6.5

7.7

8.6

9.3

9.9

10.3

10.6

10.7

10.8

200

3.3

4.6

5.4

6.1

6.6

7.0

7.3

7.5

7.6

7.6

300

2.7

3.7

4.4

5.0

5.4

5.7

5.9

6.1

6.2

6.2

400

2.3

3.2

3.8

4.3

4.7

4.9

5.1

5.3

5.4

5.4

500

2.1

2.9

3.4

3.9

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.8

600

1.9

2.6

3.1

3.5

3.8

4.0

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.4

700

1.8

2.4

2.9

3.3

3.5

3.7

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.1

800

1.7

2.3

2.7

3.0

3.3

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.8

900

1.6

2.2

2.6

2.9

3.1

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.6

1,000

1.5

2.0

2.4

2.7

3.0

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

1,200

1.4

1.9

2.2

2.5

2.7

2.9

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.1

1,400

1.3

1.7

2.1

2.3

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.9

2.9

1,600

1.2

1.6

1.9

2.2

2.3

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.7

1,800

1.1

1.5

1.8

2.0

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2,000

1.1

1.4

1.7

1.9

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.4

2,500

0.9

1.3

1.5

1.7

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.2

3,000

0.9

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

1.9

2.0

2.0

3,500

0.8

1.1

1.3

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.8

4,000

0.7

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.7

5,000

0.7

0.9

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

6,000

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

7,000

0.6

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

8,000

0.5

0.7

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

9,000

0.5

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

10,000

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.9

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

12,000

0.4

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

14,000

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

16,000

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.9

18,000

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

20,000

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.8

25,000

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

30,000

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

35,000

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.6

40,000

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

45,000

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

50,000

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

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