Scottish Household Survey

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Scottish Household Survey

• Nic Krzyzanowski
• SHS Project Manager
• Communities Analytical Services

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Outline

• Overview
• Methodology
• Topics
• Dissemination
• Management
• Future Developments

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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

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Methodology

• Continuous survey approx 13,500 households
• No geographical exclusions, and designed to be
• Nationally representative every quarter
• Representative for larger LAs every year
• All LAs (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

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Topics

• Two part interview
• Highest Income Householder
• Randomly Selected Adult
• Culture and Sport module
• www.scotland.gov.uk/SHSTopics

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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

• Property type
• Lowest level of floor
• Tenure

• Shares rooms with other households
• Kitchen / Bathroom / WC / Other
• Number of bedrooms

• Access to e-mail/internet from home
• Access to broadband

• How much household recycled in the past month
• Glass bottles and jars / Plastic bottles / Metal
  cans / Newspaper etc

• Badge holders
• Thistle/taxi card holders
• Availability of cars
• Availability of bicycles
• Access to public transport

• Number HIH responsible for
• Childcare
• Type / Cost / Thoughts
• Schooling
• School / Name and location / Distance from home /
  Satisfaction / Mode of transport / Public
  transport

• Long-standing illness, health problem or
  disability
• Condition / Length of time
• Require regular help or care
• Provider / Hours needed / Length of time

• Paid work
• Now / Last 5 years
• Number of current jobs
• Main job
• Type / Size

• Complex!!!
• HIH / Spouse or Partner / Random Adult
• Income from paid employment / self-employment
• Benefit income
• Other regular income

• Bank / building society account
• Other saving or investments
• Total value
• Use of credit
• Borrowing

• Mortgage/Loan on property
• Endowment/Repayment mortgage
• Repayments
• Amount outstanding
• Rent costs

• Home contents insurance

• Number of people in household
• Highest Income Householder
• Name
• Gender
• Age
• Economic activity
• Relationship to HIH

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Topics Adult

• 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

• Marital status
• Cultural / Ethnic background
• Religion

• Current address
• Time there / Change in tenure
• Previous home
• Tenure / Postcode
• Homelessness
• Experience

• Opinions of neighbourhood
• Satisfaction / Green / Crime
• Anti-social behaviour
• Experience / Reported
• Harassment
• Experience / Reason
• Social networks
• Family / Neighbourhood

• Qualifications
• Held / Currently
• Internet use
• Access / Uses / Use of Local Council or
  Government websites
• Barriers to use / Likelihood and aspirations for
  use

• Driving license
• Car use
• Problems for drivers
• Park and ride
• Traffic Scotland

• Very complex!!
• Travel patterns of the Scottish population
• Travel on previous day
• Journey purpose
• Means of transport used
• Journey Distance
• Duration
• Times of day

• Traffic growth
• Traffic congestion
• Work related travel
• Travel to work
• Motorcyle / Moped / Scooter
• Cycling and walking
• Local public transport
• Use / Attitude / Crime and safety
• Young Scot National Entitlement card
• Journey planning
• Sources / Transport Direct / Traveline Scotland
• Traffic calming
• Road Safety

• Quality
• Usage
• Satisfaction

• Participation
• Attendance
• Sports

• Type
• Frequency
• Amount
• Reasons for stopping

• Rating of health (last 12 months)
• Long-standing illness, health problem or
  disability
• Type / Limitations / Home adaptations
• Help and Care
• Smoking behaviour

• As for Household section
• Income from paid employment / self-employment
• Benefit income
• Other regular income

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Dissemination

• Dissemination strategy
• Increase identity, awareness and use of the SHS
• Particular focus on
• Publications
• Access to data
• Website review

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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

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Dissemination Geography data

• National
• Local Authority Identifier
• Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
• Decile / Quintile / 15 most deprived
• Urban/Rural Classification

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Dissemination Example output
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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)

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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 LAs
• Move to fully unclustered design

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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

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Questions

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