Acknowledgements
In 2005 and 2006, the Scottish Household Survey continued to develop and also to enjoy the support of a wide variety of people through their contribution to the work of the survey or by their use and dissemination of the survey findings. Once again, as the survey contractors, we are grateful for this continuing support.
The survey is overseen by a Technical Group, who are, in turn, supported by a broad network of administrators, researchers and statisticians from within and outwith the Scottish Executive.
The ongoing support of the Technical Group remains a vital ingredient in the success of the survey. This group also plays a major role in promoting the dissemination of the survey findings and the use of the data within the Scottish Executive and in the wider policy and research communities. The dissemination of the SHS has resulted in considerable growth in the use of the data to examine important policy issues. The questionnaire used in the survey during 2005 and 2006 contained a number of changes that reflect emerging policy issues and the commitment of everyone involved in the survey to ensure that the SHS makes a major contribution to informed policy-making.
The research team would like to thank Elinor Devlin, Lisa Taylor, Emma MacCallum, Frank Dixon, Mairi MacAskill, John Tibbitt, Robert Williams and Duncan Gray for their continuing support and guidance during 2005 and 2006 and for their assistance and patience in the drafting of this report.
Finally, special thanks are due to the 31,013 households who agreed to take part in the Survey during the course of 2005 and 2006 and the 120 interviewers who undertook the data collection.
In spite of all this support, any errors that may remain in this report are, of course, our own.
TNS System Three
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