Statistics
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Updating our statistical geographies – Data Zones, Intermediate Zones and ITLs
10th July 2024 by Lee Bunce
Geography plays an important role in the production of official statistics. Everything happens somewhere, and presenting our statistics geographically is crucial to ensuring that statistics can properly support citizens and policy makers to make informed decisions about communities. It is important then that we ensure the geographical boundaries we use in our statistics remain fit...
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Our plans for small area statistics – consulting on Data Zones and Intermediate Zones
26th January 2024 by Lee Bunce
The publication of statistics at a local level is important so that citizens and policy makers can make better informed decisions about their local communities. To support the production of small area statistics it is vital that we have solid statistical foundations in place. In Scotland, the statistical building blocks we use are Data Zones...