General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people SPRING 2007 CENSUS CONSULTATION Some Findings Peter Scrimgeour, Head of Census, GROS 22 August 2007

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Questionnaire development process: Key Dates GROS Census Consultation: Mar - Jun 07 GROS User Consultation meetings: May 07 (Provisional) decision on 2011 questionnaire length at UK Census Committee (UKCC): July 07 SR2007 Bid to Ministers: Aug 07 GROS Consultation findings published: Sep 07

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Questionnaire development process: Key Dates cont… Topics/questions agreed at UKCC: Mar 08 Rehearsal questionnaire agreed at UKCC: Jul Questionnaire agreed at UKCC: Sep 09

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people SUMMARY OF CONSULTATION FINDINGS

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people 128 responses overall from outside SE

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 1: 3 or 4 pages of personal questions 53 responses received Just over half in favour of 4 pages (51%) A quarter of respondents in favour of 3 pages A quarter did not indicate preference – but majority of these wanted ‘key data’- driven decision

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 2: Housing Quality 57 responses received General support for new format Central Heating question Some support for information on State of Repairs Limited support for energy efficiency question Very limited support for crofting question

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 3: Income 63 responses received Just over 80% in favour Just less than 10% commented against Preference for personal income question, but household sufficient if space constraints

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 4: Health and Care 60 responses received Strong support for extended question on limiting long term illness Support for carers question General support for 5 point scale used in general health question

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 5: Religion of upbringing 58 responses received Majority content with proposal to drop religion of upbringing question Very limited support for retention

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 6: Travel to work or study 55 responses received Majority support a combined question on travel to work or study Suggestion of tick-box to identify which Limited support for a question on travel to work only

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 7: Language 82 responses received Majority in favour of question collecting information on languages English and Gaelic most requested Also requested Eastern European and minority ethnic languages, BSL Polarised views on Scots language

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 8: Migration 58 responses received Support for address one year ago and country of birth Some support for month and year of entry Little support for citizenship question

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 9: NS-SEC & Labour market 44 responses received Majority opposed to collection of less detailed data Strong support for retention of questions on industry and hours worked Less support for question on size of workplace

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 10: Qualifications 56 responses received Majority support, and state clear requirement for, retention of question on qualifications

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 11: Second residences 48 responses received Responses split on whether data would be used Very limited comment on population definitions – some concern around ‘usual residents and visitors’

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 12: Ethnicity 77 responses received in total Multiple questions within this consultation point Some misunderstanding of concept of national identity Preference for 2006 Census Test question over 2001 Census question Reasons given included removal of colour labels, more detailed breakdown of categories, more accepted terminology Where preference for 2001 classification was stated this was based mainly around continuity/comparability and concern about ability to monitor discrimination on basis of colour

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 13: Internet completion 62 responses received in total Strong support for internet facility to be made available Greater convenience, accessibility Support qualified on grounds of security, confidentiality, robustness of IT systems etc.

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 14: Gaelic language policy 38 responses received in total Most favour a policy to promote use of Gaelic language Of those who gave suggestions, most favoured Gaelic or bilingual questionnaire

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 15: Census Outputs 65 responses received in total Outputs should be free at point of delivery Flexible table generation online Facility for comparing 2001/2011 results Effective and standard approach to output geographies Majority indicated preference for outputs to be available online

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Consultation point 16: Geography 55 responses received in total Most supported a similar approach to that taken in 2001 Respondents content with size of output areas and ‘frozen’ geography Comparability of data is priority

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Issues for consideration – 3 or 4 pages of personal questions Questions under consideration which gained strong support Qualifications Industry Limiting long term illness Language

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Issues for consideration – 3 or 4 pages of personal questions Questions under consideration which gained some support Month and year of entry Central heating State of repairs Second residences

General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people Issues for consideration – 3 or 4 pages of personal questions Questions likely to be excluded which gained little support Religion of upbringing Citizenship

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