Counting Travellers in Scotland, 1992

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The prime purpose of the 1992 count was to provide an up to date estimate of the total numbers of Traveller households in Scotland, together with their distribution District by District. The secondary purpose was to obtain information about the nature of the Traveller population to assess current demographic profiles and the nature of accommodation used by Travellers.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The key topics covered by this dataset are Local Authority Area; site name; site location description; total number of households on the site; site type; site description; household type (family unit v. other grouping); Travellers v. New Age Travellers; accommodation occupied; approximate length of time at the location; whether normally based in Scotland; total number of people in household; number of people in specified age groups; source of information; other relevant information.