Community Wellbeing and Social Environment
The SHS is designed to provide reliable and up-to-date information on the composition, characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of private households and individuals, both nationally and at a sub-national level and to examine the physical condition of Scotland's homes. It covers a wide range of topics to allow links to be made between different policy areas.
Some tables include missing values. This is where the base on which percentages would be calculated is less than 50 and this data is judged to be insufficiently robust for publication.
The Scottish Government conducts several major population surveys that are used to inform the policy debate in Scotland and in some instances the surveys can be complementary. [The Long-Term Survey Strategy 2018-2022](https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00533188.pdf), of which the SHS is a central element, aims to ensure that the Scottish Government's population surveys continue to meet key information needs while maximising the analytical potential of the data they generate. A guide is available providing more information on [Scotland's surveys](http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/About/scotlandsurveys).
A glossary of terms used in the Scottish Household Survey is available in [the annual report](https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-people-annual-report-results-2018-scottish-household-survey/pages/15/).
How strongly adults in Scotland feel they belong to their immediate neighbourhood, from the Scottish Household Survey (SHS)
The Scottish Household Survey complies with statistical disclosure control principles and the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. It is therefore not possible to calculate how many respondents gave a certain answer based on the results of this survey.
Full details of the methodology and fieldwork outcomes for the Scottish Household Survey can be accessed [here](https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationMethodology).
Community belonging - Scottish Household Survey
Every year Scottish Household Survey (SHS) asks adults how strongly they feel they belong to their immediate neighbourhood. The data is reported here on person level and is available by: \u2022 Local Authority \u2022 Gender of the randomly selected adult *In the 2018 Scottish Household Survey the gender question was revised. In previous years interviewers asked if household members were 'male' or 'female'. In the 2018 survey the options given were: 'man/boy', 'woman/girl' and two additional responses: 'identified in another way' and 'refused'. In order to remain harmonised with other statistics.gov.scot datasets, the previous response options 'male' and 'female' will be maintained.* \u2022 Urban/Rural Classification \u2022 SIMD \u2022 Type Of Tenure \u2022 Household Type \u2022 Ethnicity \u2022 Walking distance to nearest green-space. The most recent annual publication can be accessed at [http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/16002/Publications](http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/16002/Publications) The full questionnaire for each year can be accessed at: [https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationQuestionnaire](https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/16002/PublicationQuestionnaire) And the survey data for the full Scottish Household Survey is available from [the UK Data Service](https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000048#!/abstract).
The Scottish Household Survey is not subject to scheduled revision. Revisions and corrections to previously published statistics are dealt with in accordance with the Scottish Government Statistician Group corporate policy statement on revisions and corrections - a copy of which is available on [the Scottish Government website](https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/About/CPSonRevisionsCorrections/Q/EditMode/on/ForceUpdate/on)
Data file for Community belonging - Scottish Household Survey