Scottish Islands Survey, 2023

<p>The Scottish Islands Survey (2023) <span>gathered views about different aspects of island life from Scottish island residents. The topics explored in the survey aligned with the objectives set out in the Scottish Government’s National Islands Plan (2019), including housing, transport, economic development and communities, plus a focus on how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting island residents. The data contributes to measuring progress towards the objectives set out in the National Islands Plan (2019) as well as the development of a new National Islands Plan to be published in 2025. The 2023 survey builds on data gathered in the National Islands Plan Survey (2020). Surveys were distributed to 20,000 adult residents of 75 inhabited islands in November 2023.</span></p><p><span><span style="font-style: italic;">Data formats</span><br>An .rds version of the data file for R users is included alongside the Excel version, in the Excel download zip file.</span></p>

<p>《2023年苏格兰群岛调查》（Scottish Islands Survey, 2023）收集了苏格兰群岛居民对其生活各方面的看法。调查涵盖的主题与苏格兰政府《2019年国家群岛计划》（National Islands Plan, 2019）设定的目标相契合，包括住房、交通、经济发展与社区等领域，同时重点关注生活成本危机对群岛居民的影响。该数据不仅有助于衡量《2019年国家群岛计划》目标的实现进度，也为2025年即将发布的新版国家群岛计划的制定提供支撑。2023年调查以《2020年国家群岛计划调查》（National Islands Plan Survey, 2020）所收集的数据为基础，于2023年11月面向75个有人居住岛屿的2万名成年居民发放。</p><p><span style="font-style: italic;">数据格式</span><br>数据文件包含供R语言用户使用的.rds版本，该版本与Excel版本一同打包在Excel下载压缩文件中。</p>