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The general objectives of this, the second Scottish House Condition Survey are: to enable physical quality of Scotland's housing stock to be monitored at a national level; the contribute to our understanding of factors which influence the physical condition of the housing stock; to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the households and link the characteristics of both dwelling and occupants. Specific objectives introduced related to establishing the thermal efficiency of the stock and the extent to which dwellings are accessible to people with impaired mobility. In February 2000, new data files were added and the User Guide updated for the second edition of this study. The changes included: addition of summaries of individual benefit showing which data is imputed and which supplied by respondent, addition of summaries of income source showing which data is imputed and which supplied by respondent, and additional variables relating to housing needs. The dwelling disrepair variables have been updated. Also, a key was added to the longitudinal element to enable a link between the 1991 and 1996 SCHS studies, and a sub-sample of the physical data has been re-collected. The introductory documentation was also updated and contains information on the newly deposited and updated data. For the third edition of the study (July 2002), the Physical Derived Variables file p96eder5.por was replaced, and two new data files, marketvalue.por (Market Valuation Study data) and p96eder7.por (Fuel Poverty data) added to the dataset. The documentation was also updated accordingly.
Main Topics:
Physical Survey: dwelling description; characterisitcs of common block; locality; amenities; services and fittings; repairs required/defects and residual life of building components; thermal efficiency; whether dwelling conformed with barrier free standards; whether dwelling met the statutory Tolerable Standard. Socio-economic Interview: household composition; tenure; employment details; income and housing costs; satisfaction with present housing; impact of damp and condensation on household; heating arrangements and fuel costs; repairs and improvement works undertaken and cost and quality; existence of, and requirements for, housing adaptation; housing mobility and aspirations; neighbourhood environment.
Systematic random sample from PAF; systematic random sample from SHCS 1991 issued addresses in core sample; two-stage sample from housing association address lists.
Face-to-face interview
(CAPI); Physical inspection of dwellings by a qualified surveyor.
