Scottish Government

Scottish Household Survey
Fieldwork outcomes 2003

Steven Hope
MORI Scotland

Chris Martin
TNS Social

A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication

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Contents

Background to the SHS
2. Fieldwork targets and outcomes
Sample performance
Fieldwork performance
3. Weighting
Design weighting
No additional corrective weighting
4. Data quality
5. Survey design factors and complex standard errors
Scottish Executive Statistical Services
Correspondence and enquiries

List of Tables

Table 2-1: Mosaic profile of sampled addresses and all Scottish households
Table 2-2: Deadwood rate assumptions and actual deadwood
Table 2-3: Summary of outcomes at issued addresses for 2003 sample
Table 2-4: Trends in SHS response rates 1999 to 2003
Table 2-5: Household interview targets and numbers achieved in each local authority, 2003
Table 2-6: Random adult (RA) response rates, 2003
Table 3-1: Weights to account for disproportionate sampling and differences in household response rates by local authority and quarter, 2003
Table 3-2: Weights to account for disproportionate sampling and differences in random adult response rates by local authority and quarter, 2003
Table 4-1: Comparison of household types in the 2001 Census and the 2003 SHS
Table 4-2: Comparison of key variables in the 2001 Census, 1996 Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) and the 2003 SHS
Table 4-3: Comparison of weighted and unweighted age and sex profile of 2003 SHS data with 2001 Census estimates
Table 4-4: Comparison of key variables relating to driving and transport
Table 4-5: Comparison of ethnicity in Census 2001 and 2003 SHS
Table 4-6: Comparison of 2003/2004 SE urban/rural classification and 2003 SHS
Table 4-7: Comparison of economic activity variables among adults of working age
Table 5-1: Design factors and confidence intervals for key variables in 2003 data