Scotland's People: Annual Report: Results from the 2003/2004 Scottish Household Survey

Table 4.46: Experience of housing difficulties for those reporting never having been homeless
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data/All 2004
Adult population who report having never experienced homelessness

	Percentage experienced
Applied to Council for housing as threatened with homelessness	1
Applied to Council for housing as actually homelessness	1
Slept rough	0
Stayed with friends/relatives as nowhere else to live	2
Stayed in emergency/temporary accommodation	1
Stayed in some other form of insecure accommodation	0
None of these	97
Base	24,309

Please note that as of Quarter 2, 2003, the SHS also assesses homelessness in the broader context of housing difficulties, in addition to the narrower self-assessed definition used in previous sweeps (whether respondent has lost their home with no alternative accommodation to go to). The broader definition includes experiencing any of the housing difficulties listed in the table above. Table 4.47 to Table 4.50 use the narrow definition of homelessness while the broader definition is used in Table 4.51 to Table 4.55.

Table 4.47: Whether adults have ever experienced homelessness by age
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Yes	4	7	6	4	2	1	4
No	96	93	94	96	98	99	96
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,316	4,208	5,393	6,775	6,387	3,667	28,746

See base text of Table 4.46 for definition of homelessness.

Table 4.48: Whether adults have ever experienced homelessness by current household type
Column percentages, 2003/2004
Adult population

	Single adult	Small Adult	Single parent	Small family	Large family	Large adult	Older smaller	Single pensioner	All
Yes	11	4	17	4	4	1	1	3	4
No	89	96	83	96	96	99	99	97	96
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	4,920	4,644	1,755	3,807	1,794	2,487	4,340	4,999	28,746

See base text of Table 4.46 for definition of homelessness.

Table 4.49: Number of times experienced homelessness in the past two years
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 data/All 2004
Adult population

	Percentage of all adults	Percentage of all that have ever experienced homelessness
Once	1	40
Twice	0	2
Three times	0	1
Four times	0	0
Five times or more	0	1
None in the last two years	99	56
Base	28,746	1,283

See base text of Table 4.46 for definition of homelessness.

Table 4.50: Characteristics of adults who have ever experienced homelessness

Column percentages, 2003/2004 data

Adult population who have ever experienced homelessness (Base of all sub-tables = 1,466)

Sex		Current tenure
Male	43	Rent - Local Authority/Scottish Homes	48
Female	57	Buying with help of loan/mortgage	20
		Rent - Housing Association/Co-op	15
Age band		Rent - private landlord	10
16 to 24	10	Owned outright	7
25 to 34	25	Other	3
35 to 44	30
45 to 59	22	Urban or rural location
60 to 74	10	Large urban areas	43
75 plus	3	Other urban areas	30
		Accessible small towns	10
Household type		Remote small towns	3
Single adult	27	Accessible rural	9
Small adult	16	Remote rural	4
Single parent	15
Small family	16	Current economic activity
Large family	10	Full time employment	25
Large adult	5	Permanently sick or disabled	15
Older smaller	5	Looking after home/family	16
Single pensioner	6	Unemployed and seeking work	12
		Part time employment	11
Long-term illness or disability		Permanently retired from work	10
Yes	37	Self employed	2
No	63	Unable to work due to short term ill-health	4
		Higher/further education	3
		Other	1
		Government work/training scheme	1

See base text of Table 4.46 for definition of homelessness.

Table 4.51: Tenure prior to homelessness
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003 /All 2004 data
Adult population who have experienced any form of homelessness

	All
Rent - Local Authority/Housing Association	37
Owner-occupied property	24
Rent - private landlord	20
With other family members	11
Other institution (e.g. care, prison)	2
Tied accommodation	2
Abroad	1
Forces accommodation	1
Other	1
Supported accommodation	0
Tenancy with voluntary organisation	0
Total	100
Base	1,618

See base text of Table 4.46 for definition of homelessness.

Table 4.52: First permanent accommodation after homelessness
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003/All 2004 data
Adult population who have experienced any form of homelessness

	All
Rent - Local authority /Housing Association	61
Rent - private landlord	19
Owner-occupied property	11
With other family mambers	5
Other institution (e.g. care, prison)	1
Tenancy with voluntary organisation	1
Temporary accomodation	1
Supported accommodation	1
Tied accomodation	0
Other	1
Total	100
Base	1,618

See base text of Table 4.46 for definition of homelessness.

Table 4.53: Who approached for help during last period of homelessness
Column percentages, Q2,3,4 2003/All 2004 data
Adult population who have experienced any form of homelessness

	All
Local Authority housing/homelessness department	51
Family	47
Friends	30
Local Authority social work department	13
Voluntary/specialist homelessness accommodation or support agency	6
Advice service	4
Healthcare services	3
Other	5
None of these	7
Base	1,618

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed. See base text of Table 4.46 for definition of homelessness.

Table 4.54: Who received help from during last period of homelessness
Column percentages Q2,3,4 2003/All 2004 data
Adult population who have experienced any form of homelessness

	All
Family	47
Local Authority housing/homelessness department	41
Friends	30
LA social work department	8
Voluntary/specialist homelessness accommodation or support agency	5
Advice service	2
Healthcare services	2
Other	4
None of these	9
Base	1,618

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed. See base text of Table 4.46 for definition of homelessness.

Table 4.55: Reasons for lack of support from individuals/ organisations when homeless
Column percentages Q2,3,4 2003/All 2004 data
Adult population who have experienced some form of homelessness and not obtained support from individuals/organisations approached.

	All
Not eligible for support	27
Waiting period for support too long	14
Support not available (i.e. lack of resources)	14
Support not available (i.e. unwilling to help)	13
Available support did not match needs	19
Other	25
Base	475

Table 4.56: Frequency of travelling by bus in the evening by sex and age
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Most days	3	2	9	4	2	2	1	1	3
At least once a week,	7	6	14	8	5	4	5	4	6
At least once a month	4	3	9	4	4	3	3	1	4
Less than once a month	9	8	11	10	9	8	7	5	8
Never	78	80	57	74	80	83	83	89	79
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	12,240	16,502	2,316	4,208	5,391	6,775	6,386	3,666	28,742

Table 4.57: Perceptions of safety from crime during evening bus travel by sex, age and whether evening bus user
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	Male	Female	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Users of evening buses
Very safe	29	17	22	25	24	22	22	21	23
Fairly safe	59	63	64	60	61	63	58	56	61
Not particularly safe	8	15	12	11	11	11	13	13	12
Not safe at all	2	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3
Don't know	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,576	3,067	936	1,040	1,052	1,155	1,084	376	5,643
Non-users of evening buses
Very safe	17	7	16	14	13	13	8	5	11
Fairly safe	36	31	39	39	37	35	29	21	33
Not particularly safe	10	18	15	15	14	15	15	14	15
Not safe at all	5	13	8	8	8	8	11	15	9
Don't know	31	32	21	24	27	30	37	44	31
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	9,664	13,435	1,380	3,168	4,339	5,620	5,302	3,290	23,099
All
Very safe	20	9	19	17	15	15	10	7	14
Fairly safe	41	37	50	45	42	39	34	25	39
Not particularly safe	10	17	14	14	13	14	15	14	14
Not safe at all	4	11	5	6	7	7	10	14	8
Don't know	24	26	13	18	22	25	32	40	25
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	12,240	16,502	2,316	4,208	5,391	6,775	6,386	3,666	28,742

Table 4.58: Perceptions of safety from crime during evening bus travel by net annual household income and whether evening bus user
Column percentages, 2003/2004 data
Adult population

	£0 - £6,000	£6,001 - £10,000	£10,001 - £15,000	£15,001 -£20,000	£20,001 - £25,000	£25,001 - £30,000	£30,001 - £40,000	Over £40,000	All (income known)
Users of evening buses
Very safe	24	22	20	21	24	26	28	28	23
Fairly safe	58	58	63	63	60	61	62	61	61
Not particularly safe	12	14	13	10	12	12	8	7	11
Not safe at all	4	4	3	4	2	0	1	1	2
Don't know	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	2
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	540	1,100	1,200	790	552	423	466	310	5,381
Non-users of evening buses
Very safe	9	8	10	12	13	13	14	15	12
Fairly safe	27	28	31	33	36	37	37	42	34
Not particularly safe	16	16	14	15	14	15	14	12	15
Not safe at all	13	13	12	8	7	7	6	5	9
Don't know	35	36	33	32	29	27	28	26	31
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	1,928	4,395	4,631	3,240	2,575	2,045	2,264	1,252	22,330
All
Very safe	13	11	12	14	15	16	17	18	14
Fairly safe	34	34	38	39	41	42	42	46	39
Not particularly safe	15	15	14	14	14	15	13	11	14
Not safe at all	11	11	10	7	6	5	5	4	8
Don't know	27	29	27	25	24	22	23	21	25
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Base	2,468	5,495	5,831	4,030	3,127	2,468	2,730	1,562	27,711

Figure 4-2: Percentage of women and men in each age group who feel walking alone in their local neighbourhood after dark is unsafe

Figure 4-2: Percentage of women and men in each age group who feel walking alone in their local neighbourhood after dark is unsafe

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