Scottish Household Survey

Jonathan Waite  SHS Research Officer

Communities Analytical Services

Outline

• Overview

• Methodology

• Topics

• Dissemination

• Management

• Future Developments

Overview

• Sample of general population in private residences in Scotland– Composition, characteristics and behaviour of

Scottish households and individuals• Meeting needs of Government and Parliament

– e.g. tracking five National Indicators (public services, smoking, neighbourhood, journeys to work, and traffic congestion)

• But what about:– How evidence relates to local policy

Methodology

• Continuous survey approx 13,500 households• No geographical exclusions, and designed to be

– Nationally representative every quarter– Representative for larger LA’s every year– All LA’s (regardless of size) over a two-year period

• Using face-to-face CAPI, approx 45 minutes• Draw sample via multi-stage stratified design• Have to apply post-survey weighting

Topics

• Two part interview– Highest Income Householder– Randomly Selected Adult

• Culture and Sport module

www.scotland.gov.uk/SHSTopics

Topics: “Household”• Household Composition• Accommodation• Sharing Accommodation• Internet Access• Recycling• Driving and Transport• Young People in the Household• Health and Disability• Employment of Highest Income Householder• Household Income• Financial Services, Savings and Housing Costs• Mortgage and Rent• Household Finances

• Individual• Accommodation• Neighbourhoods and Community

Safety• Education and Training• Travel and Transport• Travel Diary• More Travel!• Convenience of Local Services• Culture and Sport• Volunteering• Health and Disability• Random Adult Employment• Random Adult Income

Topics: “Adult”

Dissemination

• Dissemination strategy– Increase identity, awareness and use of the

SHS

• Particular focus on– Publications– Access to data– Website review

Dissemination: Data• UK Data Archive www.data-archive.ac.uk

– Two-year sweep data up to 2005-06• SHS Lite (CD-ROM from SHS Project Team)

– Two-year sweep data up to 2005-06– Simplified dataset, summarised complex variables

• SHS Interactive Tables– LA level results, through SHS website– Though out of date and currently being reviewed

• Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics www.sns.gov.uk• Request analysis by SHS Project team

www.scotland.gov.uk/SHSData

Dissemination: Geography data

• National

• Local Authority Identifier

• Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation– Decile / Quintile / 15% most deprived

• Urban/Rural Classification

Dissemination: Example output

Management

• SHS Project Team– Project Manager, Research Officer, Database

Administrator– Joint working with Scottish House Condition

Survey

• SHS Operations Management Group

• SHS Steering Group (coming soon)

Future Developments

• Survey review– Concurrent review with SHCS through 2010– Wider implications of all surveys in Scotland

• Survey methodology improvements– Reviewing weighting strategy– Income imputation– Dissemination strategy– Annually representative for all LA’s– Move to fully unclustered design

How can you help?

• Representation on SHS Steering Group

• Contribute to survey review– Aims and purpose– Questionnaire content

• Secondary analysis of data

www.scotland.gov.uk/SHSUsers

Questions

?SHS Project Team• 0131 244 8420• shs@scotland.gsi.gov.uk• www.scotland.gov.uk/shs