Scottish Census (ScoC)

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Measures describe a question asked to a participant during a survey or an item of information requested from a manager when they fill out a data return. For example, ‘Who do you live with?’ is a measure and the possible responses might be, mother, father, brother, sister etc.

	Need/provision/receipt	Description of measure	Start Year	Age range	Age from	Age to	Informant	Multiple rater	Reporting term	Sweep title	Standard instrument	Question/Data item	Response scale	Notes	Physical health measures	Dataset
	Provision;	Unpaid care provided	2011	0-120	0	120	Participant	Yes	Current	2011 Census	No	Do you look after, or give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of either: • long-term physical / mental ill-health / disability; or • problems related to old age? Do not count anything you do as part of your paid employment	No Yes, 1 – 19 hours a week Yes, 20 – 34 hours a week Yes, 35 – 49 hours a week Yes, 50 or more hours a week		General health	ScoC
	Provision;	Unpaid care provided	2021	0-120	0	120	Participant	Yes	Current	2022 Census	No	Do you look after, or give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of either: • long-term physical / mental ill-health / disability; or • problems related to old age? Do not count anything you do as part of your paid employment	No Yes, 1 – 19 hours a week Yes, 20 – 34 hours a week Yes, 35 – 49 hours a week Yes, 50 or more hours a week		General health	ScoC

Aims

Scotland’s Census is the official count of every person and household in the country. There has been a census in Scotland every 10 years since 1801, except 1941. The 2021 census in Scotland was moved to 2022 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The answers people give to census questions help build up a picture of the population. Government and other service providers rely on census data to make important decisions. These can include how money will be spent on: schools, roads, hospitals etc.

Institution

National Records of Scotland

Geographic coverage - Nations

Scotland;

Start date

1801

Minimum age at recruitment

Sample Size

5,454,000

Sample

Study design

Census

Sample details

All Scottish households must complete the census by law.

Sex

All

Sample Characteristics

General population

Sample size at most recent sweep

5,454,000 approx.

Data Access

https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/census-results/download-data/census-table-data/

Complementary Data

Genetic Data Collected

Linked Data

HDR UK Innovation Gateway

Website

www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk

Notes

Related Measures

Education, Ethnicity and race, Faith/religion, Household composition, Housing, Language and literacy, Mental health measures, Migration and immigration, Parenting and family, Sexuality and gender identity, Transport services, Work and employment,

Study Code

ScoC

Reference paper(s)

https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/census-results/at-a-glance/

Funders

National Records of Scotland

Catalogue of Social Care Data

UNITING SOCIAL CARE DATA

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