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Census 2011 Individual in Scotland

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Summary

The Individual Secure Microdata Sample is a 10 percent sample of individual person records in the 2011 census output database for Scotland.

Description

The Individual Secure Microdata Sample is a 10 percent sample of individual person records in the 2011 census output database for Scotland. Census data are collected every 10 years in Scotland. Census data for the 2011 Census was the 27th of March 2011. Full information on how the 2011 Census in Scotland was conducted is available on the Scotland Census website. The Individual Secure Microdata Sample file includes person-level data on 145 variables. The lowest level of geography is Council Area. The dataset includes: people resident in households and communal establishments; and both usual residents and schoolchildren or full-time students living away from home during term time.

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About this data

Data creator
Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland
Temporal coverage
27 March 2011
Frequency
Historical
Dataset theme
Society
Restrictions for access
Limited to specific individuals
Project approval
Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
Search keywords
Demography Population

Metadata

Metadata

Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
Society
Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
Survey
Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
Scotland
Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
27 March 2011
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Historical
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
Council Area
Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource
Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland
Data contributorsThe name(s) of any organisation(s), other than the data supplier or provider, that have data which are included in this dataset resource
Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used
Restricted
Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset
Bespoke disclosure rules apply
Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform
Limited to specific individuals
Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published
Research outputs must be sent to the data owner
Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource
Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset
No requirements
AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
Census