Data

Confidence in Policing - Scottish Survey Core Questions


Description

Survey respondents, regardless of whether they had ever been in contact with the police, were asked how confident they were in the ability of the police in their local area to undertake six specific aspects of police work.

The Scottish Survey Core Questions is an innovative project drawing together multiple household surveys to provide a large sample for subnational analysis. For more information on this source, see the SSCQ website.


Metadata

Theme Crime and Justice
OrganisationScottish Government
License UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Published
Last updated
Update frequencyannual
Reference period2012 to 2017
Geographic coverageCouncil Areas, Country
ContactSSCQ@gov.scot

Data quality

Completeness

Not assessed

Uniqueness

Not assessed

Consistency

The preferred source of statistics for time series at Scotland level is the Scottish Crime & Justice Survey. Comparisons of results between SSCQ and the SCJS are provided in the SSCQ annual report. By pooling three surveys, SSCQ provides results at sub-national level that are often impossible with a smaller sample.

Timeliness

Results from the SSCQ are generally published a year or more after the conclusion of fieldwork period, and after results from the three constituent surveys are published.

Validity

Not assessed

Accuracy

SSCQ results are published with specific 95% confidence intervals, which account for the varying designs of constituent surveys. Confidence intervals provide a measure of the accuracy of point estimates, and should be considered when quoting statistics from this source. More information is provided in the SSCQ annual report.

Quality management

Not assessed


Additional details

Revisions

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Confidentiality policy

Not assessed