{"id":1705,"date":"2010-08-25T16:44:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T16:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2010-08-25T16:44:57","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T16:44:57","slug":"scottish-household-survey-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1705","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Household survey out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Scotland&#8217;s Chief Statistician today published the Scottish Household Survey (SHS) 2009 Annual Report.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nThe SHS is a survey of households across the whole of Scotland, and is  designed to provide reliable and up-to-date information on the  composition, characteristics and behaviour of Scottish households and  individuals on a range of issues, both nationally and at a sub-national  level.<\/p>\n<p>It covers a wide range of key topics including household composition;  housing; neighbourhoods and communities; economic activity; finance and  childcare; education; transport; internet and broadband; health and  caring; local services; volunteering; culture and sport. An associated  publication, Main Transport Trends 2010, is also being published. This  includes a summary of a range of transport statistics in Scotland to  present main trends, including some comparisons with Great Britain (or  the UK).<\/p>\n<p>Some of the main results from the SHS, set out in more detail in the main report, are:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Neighbourhoods and communities<br \/>\n<\/span>93.6 per cent of adults rate their neighbourhood as a very or fairly  good place to live. This rating has been consistently high since the  first SHS in 1999 but this year&#8217;s percentage is the highest positive  rating reported in that time.<\/p>\n<p>Adults living in rural areas of Scotland are more likely to say their  neighbourhood is &#8216;very good&#8217; (79 per cent of those living in remote  rural areas for example) as compared to those from urban (49 per cent of  those in large urban areas). Similarly, adults typically rate their  neighbourhoods lower when they live within higher levels of deprivation.<\/p>\n<p>The aspect of neighbourhoods that people who rate their neighbourhood  positively like most about their area is a &#8216;sense of community.&#8217; 71 per  cent of adults say they like the sense of community in their  neighbourhood.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\nVolunteering<br \/>\n<\/span>Around three-in-ten adults (28 per cent) have provided unpaid help  to organisations or individuals in the last 12 months. \u00a0Unpaid help is  most likely to be provided by those who are self-employed (37 per cent)  and those in higher or further education (36 per cent).<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Culture and sport<br \/>\n<\/span>Almost three-quarters (74 per cent) have participated in cultural activities in the last 12 months.<br \/>\n74 per cent of adults attended cultural events or visited cultural places in the last 12 months.<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/Topics\/Statistics\/16002\/PublicationAnnual\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;\">Scottish Government News Release: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/News\/Releases\/2010\/08\/23102257\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;\">Scottish Household Survey &#8211; Annual Report: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/Topics\/Statistics\/16002\/PublicationAnnual\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><br \/>\nScottish Household Survey: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/Topics\/Statistics\/16002\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nSearch Planning Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningresource.co.uk\/news\/login\/1023592\/\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland&#8217;s Chief Statistician today published the Scottish Household Survey (SHS) 2009 Annual Report. 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