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Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2008

2. Uses

Estimates of the number of households, and statistics about dwellings and households, are mainly used for informing local authority decisions about housing need and service provision. They are also used as the denominator for other statistics, such as the percentage of households receiving benefits. Household estimates are used in the production of forward household projections for Scotland, every two years (available from the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) website at http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/housholds/household-projections).

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