1.  Scottish Household Survey Review Outcomes John Tibbitt Senior Principal Research Officer Development Department, Analytical Services

2.  Review Structure  Contractor: Ewen McCaig  Review Team  Internal and external representation  Advisory group for contractor project  Review Board  Representatives from policy and external advisors  Support Review Team  Consider outcomes of Review Team and contractors work  Put forward recommendations on future of SHS  Contractor to provide options and implications  Review Board to make final recommendations

3.  Recommendations  Increase questionnaire content  Reduce biased image of survey  Modularise questionnaire  Need for more content  Questionnaire consultation  Address survey image  Improve coherence and relevance of data  Uncluster the sample  Important design feature  May have cost implications  Maintain contact management record  Needed to sustain customer contact and data use awareness  Maintain two way contact with policy via core team relationship  Effective consultation and dissemination

4.  Modularisation Questionnaire Consultation  Complete reappraisal of existing questionnaire  Ownership to question level  ‘Lead analysts’ consult with policy colleagues  Submit proposed packages by end of March  To adopt modular design lead analysts need to consider:  Geographical coverage  Sub-population coverage  Frequency of reporting  Sample size  Packages evaluated by SHS Team and Technical Group  Relevance to SE policy  Analysis and dissemination  Level of reporting required

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6. Survey Design Procurement for next contract (2007-2010)  Invitation to Tender issued to 9 companies  Cost for both clustered and unclustered design  Consideration of implications of modular design  Award contract July 2006  New design in field January 2007

7.  Next Steps  Ideally, the SHS would like to move to:  Modular design  Unclustered sampling  However, need to assess responses from:  Lead analysts  Tenderers Only then, can we assess the practicalities and costs of implementing these changes.