Living In Scotland: An Urban-Rural Analysis Of The Scottish Household Survey
Footnotes
1. These sample sizes are slightly different from those which appear in some earlier SHS publications due to subsequent data 'cleaning' (e.g. deletion of duplicate entries, etc.).
2. There are minor differences in sample sizes shown in this report, compared with the 2001 report. For an explanation see footnote 1 above.
3. Results of the 2001 SHS indicate that among adults with one or more job, those in rural areas are more likely to have two or more. See Scotland's People. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive National Statistics Publications (Table 3.9).
4. For more information about the limitations of the income data see http://intranet/content/departments/dd/HomePage/scottish_household_survey/Default.htm
5. Data for the working age population is also presented in Appendix 4, but shows negligible differences from that for all households.
6. Unless otherwise specified pensioner households have been defined throughout this report as those in which the head of household (male or female) is over 60 years of age.
7. Figures for household poverty were produced prior to November 2002 and therefore do not reflect the latest adjusted figures.
8. The incidence of total household poverty was 25% in 1999/2000, however within the SHS this adjusts to 22%. This is due to differences in data sampling and measurement between the SHS and other official sources.
9. The tables that follow could not be tested for significance.
10. Figures for child poverty were produced prior to November 2002 and therefore do not reflect the latest adjusted figures.
11. Logistic regression is a useful means of measuring the probability of an event occurring for binomial data. The output is in terms of odds ratios compared to the likelihood of this event occurring.
12. Odds Ratios are a way of comparing whether the probability of an event is the same for two groups: an odds ratio of 1 shows equal likelihood, greater than 1 shows higher likelihood in the first group while less than 1 shows lower likelihood in the first group.
13. It should perhaps be noted that some councils provide care through private contractors, and that many who receive care may not be very sure who, (ultimately) makes the provision.