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Scotland's Census 2011

Summary

Abstract

Scotland’s 2011 Census is the official count of every person and household in the country, on 27th March 2011.

Keywords

2011 Census Person Scotland Household

Publisher

Documentation

Description

Custom extracts of census data can be provided, for projects which demonstrate public benefit. The census consists of a wide range of socio-economic, demographic and health information. Census information can be used to identify cohorts for analysis.
  • Associated media

    • Available resource files can be downloaded below.

      File name

      Synthetic Data Scotland Census 2011 Codebook For Researchers

      Type

      .XLSX

  • Is part of
    • Scotland's Census

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    council area, country, dz11, national parks, oa11, ward, WPC, wz11

Temporal

  • Start date
    27/03/2011
  • End date
    27/03/2011
  • Frequency
    Static
  • Distribution release date
    Not available

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Scotland’s 2011 census is the official count of every person and household in the country. 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. Census records are used for research and statistical purposes.
  • Source
    Other
  • Collection situation
    Not available

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    Access through application to the Statistics Public Benefit and Privacy Panel

Requesting access to this data

This is a secure dataset that can only be accessed by researchers from approved organisations.

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    For research and statistical purposes only, No information that identifies individual people can be published
  • Resource creator
    National Records of Scotland
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Csv, excel

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
  • Linkage opportunity
    Can be linked to other datasets through linkage key created by NRS Indexing (Trusted Third Party). Can be used to create cohorts for linkage studies.
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

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