Scottish Government

Steven Hope
MORI Scotland

Chris Martin
TNS Social

ISSN 0950 2254
ISBN 0 7559 4737 1

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A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication

Contents

1. Survey overview
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

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 2003/2004 sample

Table 2-4: Trends in SHS response rates 1999 to 2004

Table 2-5: Household interview targets and numbers achieved in each local authority, 2003/2004

Table 2-6: Random adult ( RA) response rates, 2003/2004

Table 3-1: Weights to account for disproportionate sampling and differences in household response rates by local authority and quarter, 2003/2004

Table 3-2: Weights to account for disproportionate sampling and differences in random adult response rates by local authority and quarter, 2003/2004

Table 4-1: Comparison of household types in the 2001 Census and the 2003/2004 SHS

Table 4-2: Comparison of key variables in the 2001 Census and the 2003/2004 SHS

Table 4-3: Comparison of weighted and unweighted age and sex profile of 2003/2004 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 2003/2004 SHS

Table 4-6: Comparison of all Scottish households, all sampled households, all eligible households and participating households by urban/rural classification

Table 4-7: Comparison of 2003/2004 SE urban/rural classification of eligible addresses and 2003/2004 participating households

Table 4-8: Comparison of economic activity variables among adults of working age

Table 1-1: Design factors and confidence intervals for key variables in 2003/2004 data