National Islands Plan Survey
National Islands Plan Survey
Data
National Islands Plan Survey
Description
The National Islands Plan Survey gathered data relating to the National Islands Plan objectives, with a view to:
* improving the availability of data held about Scotland's islands
* measuring aspects of the National Islands Plan consistently within and across Scotland's island communities
* providing baseline data against which to measure the effectiveness of the Plan
The National Islands Plan Survey gathers the views of island residents to improve the islands' evidence base and help measure progress towards the Plan's strategic objectives.
The survey can be found on the Scottish Government Publications webpage which hosts a PDF version of the questionnaire.
Metadata
| Theme | Population |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Scottish Government |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| Published | |
| Last updated | |
| Next update | 1 Jan 2023 |
| Update frequency | annual |
| Reference period | 2021 to 2021 |
| Contact | ruralstatistics@gov.scot |
Data quality
Completeness
Findings from the National Islands Plan Survey are presented in the Final Report. There is also an online results explorer that shows tables and charts for each survey question by island region, age group, gender, household income, long term health condition/disability, and household type, which can be found on the Scottish National Islands Plan Survey results explorer.
Uniqueness
Not assessed.
Consistency
The first National Islands Plan Survey gathered baseline data regarding the objectives set out in the National Islands Plan. Future surveys will enable comparison across years.
Timeliness
Data for the 2021 survey was collected in 2020, and reported on in 2021. Further surveys of island residents will take place every three years.
Validity
The first National Islands Plan Survey was designed to improve the availability of data held about Scotland's islands, measure aspects of the National Islands Plan consistently within and across Scotland’s island communities, and provide baseline data against which to measure the effectiveness of the Plan.
Accuracy
Data is not provided at island level. Rather, nine subregions were defined, and used to calculate the survey sample, based on the combination of subregion, gender and age group. Question and variable names may differ from the exact wordings used in the survey.
Quality management
Full details of the methodology can be accessed on the Scottish Government publications webpage which hosts a PDF of the final report. The Scottish Government undertakes quality management checks prior to finalising the dataset for publication
Additional details
Revisions
Not assessed
Confidentiality policy
Where the number of responses for a group is less than 5, data have been redacted to ensure confidentiality. The dataset does not include some variables related to personal or demographic characteristics, where there is a risk of potentially disclosing individuals. Some variables in the dataset represent summaries of responses to questions, rather than 'actual' responses to questions.