Health and Wellbeing Census Scotland 2021- 2022

An errata was published on 25/04/2024 in the following documents:

Substance use - supplementary tables

Table 1f - suppressed two numbers for Asian ethnic group
Table 2a, 3a, 4a - excluded "Unknown" respondents as a response option and from the base cohort and recalculated percentages, consistent with methodology across the HWB Census analysis.
Table 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b - correction to response aggregations: "I buy cigarettes/tobacco from someone else" is included in % reporting "buy cigarettes from friends or relatives / someone else"; "Friends give me cigarettes/tobacco"  is correctly grouped in "My mother, father, carer, brother, sister, friends gives me cigarettes/tobacco or I take cigarettes/tobacco without asking or I get cigarettes/tobacco in some other way"; "I ask someone else under the age of 18 to buy me cigarettes/tobacco" is included in  "My mother, father, carer, brother, sister, friends gives me cigarettes/tobacco or I take cigarettes/tobacco without asking or I get cigarettes/tobacco in some other way", previously incorrectly omitted.
Table 5a - excluded "Unknown" respondents as a response option and from the base cohort and recalculated percentages, consistent with methodology across the HWB Census analysis. Suppression applied to two numbers for Angus, suppression applied to two numbers for Dumfries & Galloway. Numbers in the columns "Regular smoker" and "Prefer not to say" corrected, previously transposed.
Table 5b - suppression applied to two numbers for Stirling
Table 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6h, 6i - included full breakdown of response options, in addition to the published "Use of e-cigarettes" and "regular vaper" measures
Table 7a - excluded "Unknown" respondents as a response option and from the base cohort and recalculated percentages, consistent with methodology across the HWB Census analysis
Table 7b - correction to response aggregations: "I buy e-cigarettes/refills from someone else" is included in % reporting "buy e-cigarettes/refills from friends or relatives / someone else"; "Friends give me e-cigarettes/refills"  is correctly grouped in "My mother, father, carer, brother, sister, friends gives me e-cigarettes/refills or I take e-cigarettes/refills without asking or I get e-cigarettes/refills in some other way"; "I ask someone else under the age of 18 to buy me e-cigarettes/refills" is included in  "My mother, father, carer, brother, sister, friends gives me e-cigarettes/refills or I take e-cigarettes/refills without asking or I get e-cigarettes/refills in some other way", previously incorrectly omitted.
Table 8a - excluded "Unknown" respondents as a response option and from the base cohort and recalculated percentages, consistent with methodology across the HWB Census analysis
Table 8b - correction to response aggregations: "I buy e-cigarettes/refills from someone else" is included in % reporting "buy e-cigarettes/refills from friends or relatives / someone else"; "Friends give me e-cigarettes/refills"  is correctly grouped in "My mother, father, carer, brother, sister, friends gives me e-cigarettes/refills or I take e-cigarettes/refills without asking or I get e-cigarettes/refills in some other way"; "I ask someone else under the age of 18 to buy me e-cigarettes/refills" is included in  "My mother, father, carer, brother, sister, friends gives me e-cigarettes/refills or I take e-cigarettes/refills without asking or I get cigarettes/tobacco in some other way", previously incorrectly omitted.
Table 9a - excluded "Unknown" respondents as a response option and from the base cohort and recalculated percentages, consistent with methodology across the HWB Census analysis
Table 9b - correction to response aggregations: "I buy cigarettes/tobacco from someone else" is included in % reporting "buy cigarettes from friends or relatives / someone else"; "Friends give me cigarettes/tobacco"  is correctly grouped in "My mother, father, carer, brother, sister, friends gives me cigarettes/tobacco or I take cigarettes/tobacco without asking or I get cigarettes/tobacco in some other way"; "I ask someone else under the age of 18 to buy me cigarettes/tobacco" is included in  "My mother, father, carer, brother, sister, friends gives me cigarettes/tobacco or I take cigarettes/tobacco without asking or I get e-cigarettes/refills in some other way", previously incorrectly omitted.

Table 10a - excluded "Unknown" respondents consistent with methodology across HWB census analysis, recalculated the percentages for "I am a non-smoker but have used e-cigarettes at least once" and "I am a non-smoker but use e-cigarettes at least once a week"
Table 10b - correction to base cohorts and recalculated percentages;  correction to response aggregations: "I buy e-cigarettes/refills from someone else" is included in % reporting "buy e-cigarettes/refills from friends or relatives / someone else"; "Friends give me e-cigarettes/refills"  is correctly grouped in "My mother, father, carer, brother, sister, friends gives me e-cigarettes/refills or I take e-cigarettes/refills without asking or I get e-cigarettes/refills in some other way"; "I ask someone else under the age of 18 to buy me e-cigarettes/refills" is included in  "My mother, father, carer, brother, sister, friends gives me e-cigarettes/refills or I take e-cigarettes/refills without asking or I get e-cigarettes/refills in some other way", previously incorrectly omitted. Suppression applied to two numbers for North Ayrshire.
Table 11c - unsuppressed four numbers for Unknown sex as they were previously incorrectly suppressed
Table 11f - suppressed two numbers for Mixed or multiple ethnic groups
Table 15a - suppressed two numbers for Angus
Table 15b - suppressed two numbers for Angus
Table 16a - excluded "Unknown" respondents as a response option and from the base cohort, consistent with methodology across HWB Census analysis and recalculated percentages
Table 16c - corrected the base cohort and recalculated the percentages
Table 17a - excluded "Unknown" respondents as a response option and from the base cohort and recalculated percentages, consistent with methodology across HWB Census analysis
Table 17b - corrected rounding applied to total % for "I take drugs once or twice a month or I take drugs at least once a week or more"
Table 17c - corrected base cohort for "Male" and "Total", and recalculated percentages. Corrected rounding applied to "Female" percentages.
Table 18a - excluded "Unknown" respondents as a response option and from the base cohort and recalculated percentages, consistent with methodology across HWB Census analysis
Table 18b - corrected rounding applied to the Total % for "I take drugs once or twice a month or I take drugs at least once a week or more" 
Table 18c - corrected base cohort and recalculated percentages. Corrected rounding applied.
Table 19a - excluded "Unknown" respondents as a response option and from the base cohort and recalculated percentages, consistent with methodology across HWB Census analysis
Table 19b - corrected column labelling, applying correct column labels to the correct columns
Table 19c - corrected the "total" percentages and number of respondents
Table 20f - include the percentage in the "total" column - incorrectly displayed the number of respondents

An errata was published on 23/05/2023 in the following documents: 

Neighbourhood and life at home - supplementary tables

Table 3: the totals (number of responses) were corrected for "Most of the time, I have enough money to do the same things as my friends."

Table 4: the totals (number of responses) were corrected for "Most of the time, I have enough money to do the same things as my friends."

Mental Health and wellbeing - supplementary tables

Table 2: some figures in the Shetland Island column have had suppression applied

Mental Health and wellbeing (WEMWBS) - supplementary tables

Table 6 : the order of columns for Asian groups was corrected 

Table 7 : some of the totals (number of responses) were corrected

Table 8 : some of the totals (number of responses) were corrected

Relationships and sexual health - supplementary tables

Table 2:  the Renfrewshire percentages required a small correction to question item 6