Acknowledgements
We would like to express our thanks to the many people who have provided data for this report, and also our thanks to those who gave comments and advice on earlier drafts. In particular our thanks are due to Laura Turney, Charles Brown, Leyla Charlaff, Dharshi Santhakumaran, and Catherine Bisset at the Scottish Executive; staff of the Scottish Executive's statistical services; Philippa Bonella and Sally Witcher for their advice as members of the research advisory group for this project; and Dr Fiona Mackay for advice and comments on women's political participation. We are grateful for the research assistance provided by Audrey MacDougall, and for administrative support from Fiona Anderson and Vivien Smith at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh. Thanks are also due to all those who responded to our questionnaire about recent research on gender issues in Scotland, and to those who contributed their views as users of gender statistics. We have benefited greatly from the assistance and advice of others in producing this report. Any remaining inaccuracies in interpretation of the data remain our responsibility.