Data

Household Tenure - Scottish Survey Core Questions


Description

A respondent on behalf of the household is asked if they own the accomodation outright, if they are buying it through a loan or mortgage or if they are tenants. They are then asked from whom they rent the property - from a private individual or organisation or from a local authority or housing association.

The Scottish Survey Core Questions is an innovative project drawing together multiple household surveys to provide a large sample for subnational analysis. The three surveys used are the Scottish Household Survey (SHS), Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) and Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS). For more information on this source, see the SSCQ website.


Metadata

Theme Housing
OrganisationScottish Government
License UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Published
Last updated
Update frequencyannual
Reference period2012 to 2019
Geographic coverageCouncil Areas, Electoral Wards, United Kingdom Parliamentary Constituencies, Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies, Country
ContactSSCQ@gov.scot

Data quality

Completeness

In addition to the data presented here, SSCQ reports, documentation and tables for download are available on the SSCQ webpages of the Scottish Government website.

Uniqueness

Not assessed

Consistency

The SSCQ provides results at sub-national level that are often impossible with smaller samples. Measures of household tenure are also provided by the Scottish Household Survey.

Earlier results (2012-2015 and 2014-2017) from the survey are presented here for Electoral Wards using the 2007 to 2016 boundaries. These may not be comparable to other datasets which use the current Electoral Ward boundaries. Details on live and archived geographies can be found in the Standard Geography Code Register.

Timeliness

Results from the SSCQ are generally published a year after the conclusion of fieldwork period, and after results from the constituent survey are published.

Validity

SSCQ affords the production of reliable and detailed information on the composition, characteristics and attitudes of Scottish households and adults across a number of topic areas including equality characteristics, housing, employment and perceptions of health and crime.

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 technical report.

Quality management

Further information on the methodologies used to produce these statistics can be found in the SSCQ technical reports.


Additional details

Revisions

Revisions are dealt with in accordance with the Scottish Government Statistics Revisions Policy.

Confidentiality policy

This dataset does not contain any sensitive or personal information.