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The Census 2011 Microdata Teaching File for Scotland data collection forms part of the statistical outputs from the 2011 UK Census. The Teaching File is an open access dataset constructed from the safeguarded microdata sample of individuals (see SNs 7834 and 7835 for background information). Converted by the UK Data Service Census Support Service, it is an SPSS/Stata version of the spreadsheet Microdata Teaching File for Scotland produced by National Records of Scotland (NRS), drawn from data collected in the 2011 Census. The file was produced by NRS with a variables list and a user guide – all of which are considered the essential and definitive companions to the data. The original spreadsheet format Microdata Teaching File is an open government file is available from the NRS Census 2011 Microdata Teaching File webpage. More information about the teaching file and Census 2011, including forms and links to other Census data, are available both on the NRS site or via the UK Data Service Census Support webpages.

Main Topics:

Topics covered include: age, economic activity, ethnicity, health, industry, marital status, occupation, religion, whether UK born.

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

1% sample of people in the 2011 Census output database for Scotland.

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

This teaching dataset has been created from the Census 2011 Scotland database, which was collected by postal survey and web-based survey.