Local Service Satisfaction - Scottish Surveys Core Questions

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.

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The preferred source of statistics for time series at Scotland level before 2015 was the Scottish Household Survey. Comparisons of results between SSCQ and the SHS 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.

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

The pooling of Core Questions results in an annual sample of around 20,000 respondents, providing unprecedented precision of estimates at national level. This sample size enables the detailed and reliable analysis of national indicators by protected equalities characteristics such as ethnic group, religion, country of birth, sexual orientation, age, and gender. Further variables are education level, economic activity, tenure, car access and household type. Multi-level analysis is available on request.

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.

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

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

This dataset does not contain any sensitive or personal information.