Mental Wellbeing - Scottish Surveys Core Questions
type: Dataset
theme: Health and Social Care
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.
consistency: The Scottish Health Survey provides the full WEMWBS score, SWEMWBS being a shortened version in the harmonised questionnaires. Comparisons of results between SSCQ and the SHeS 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 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](https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/sns/SNSRef/StanGeoCodeRegister).
uniqueness: Not assessed
completeness: Not assessed
comment: Mental wellbeing by tenure, household type, age, sex and disability. The Scottish Survey Core Questions is an innovative project drawing together multiple household surveys to provide a large sample for subnational analysis.
update frequency: annual
license id: uk-ogl
confidentiality: Not assessed
quality management: Not assessed
geographical coverage: S08
geographical coverage: S12
geographical coverage: S13
geographical coverage: S14
geographical coverage: S16
geographical coverage: S92
will be updated: false
reference period: PeriodOfTime
  start date: 2014
  end date: 2017
description: 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](http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/About/Surveys/SSCQ/). SWEMWBS is a shortened version of the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale. The SWEMWBS scale runs from 7 for the lowest levels of mental wellbeing to 35 for the highest. Further information is provided in the SSCQ annual report.
version notes: Not assessed
issued: 2026-08-13T12:54:35.186932
modified: 2026-08-13T12:55:52.766983
contact point: Organization
contact point: Kind

Health and Social Care
type: Concept

Scottish Government
type: Agent

mental-wellbeing-sscq.csv
type: Distribution
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description: Data file for Mental Wellbeing - Scottish Surveys Core Questions
format: CSV
access URL: https://admin.data.gov.scot/resource/fdd89d2d-aaeb-406e-8922-ba2d1316eac2/download
issued: 2026-08-13T12:55:52.782128
modified: 2026-08-13T12:55:52.775828