Version: 1.0.9 | Published: 12 Mar 2025 | Updated: 56 days ago
2010 EU Farm Structure Survey and Rural Payments data for Scotland
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
CITATION INCOMPLETE
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
The 2010 EU Farm Structure Survey (FSS) gathered information on the main activities of farm holdings alongside information on labour and diversification activities. The bulk of the FSS was collected through an expanded June Agricultural Census alongside administrative sources. The Survey of Agricultural Production Methods (SAPM) formed part of the 2010 EU Farm Structure Survey and recorded details of farming practices across Scotland. https://www.gov.scot/publications/results-from-the-survey-of-farm-structure-and-methods-2010/ The survey and the questions asked were determined by a European Commission requirement and were carried out across the whole of the EU. Rural payments 2010 data shows agricultural and environmental payments made by Rural Payments and Inspections Division (RPID part of SG) for those holdings included in the FSS dataset. Data linking is done through probabilistic matching to the NRS Population spine using Names, Surnames, Postcodes, Sex, Age band and where available UPRN. High linkage rates require good overlap of the test and spine populations. In this case we have farm businesses (and representatives at those business addresses) being matched to individual level population data which uses their place of residence. This can cause issues with matching as an individual’s residence location is not necessarily their business location and the representative may be a business manager (who oversees a number of farms and may not live on a farm) rather than an individual farmer. High linkage rates also require high rates of data completeness across all of the variables used for matching. This is not the case for the farm business data. Additionally, the representative’s age is recorded using age bands which has lower discriminatory power to match unique individuals than using full date of birth. Together, these factors have resulted in a lower linkage rate (46%) than observed for other ingested datasets.
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
Scotland
Geographical Levels:
- full postcode
- NUTS3
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2010
End Date:
31 December 2010
Frequency:
IRREGULAR
Provenance
Source:
ELECTRONIC SURVEY
Purpose:
ADMINISTRATIVE
Collection Situation:
National data providers
Access and Governance
Usage
Condition of Access:
Access needs approval
Condition of Use:
Application of Statistical Disclosure Control
Resource Creator:
Scottish Government
Access
Access Service:
- Access to this data is through submitting a completed application form to the mailbox: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot. The application form is available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-statistics-request-our-data/
- Find out about accessing secure datasets for research at https://www.researchdata.scot/accessing-data/data-access-overview/
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
Scottish Government
Data Processor:
Not applicable
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV
Enrichment and Linkage
Linkage Opportunity:
These datasets have been created through the ADR Scotland programme to enable
linkage by using the National Records of Scotland population spine.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/national-records-of-scotland-indexing-team