The Individual Secure Microdata Sample is a 10 percent sample of individual person records in the 2011 census output database for Scotland. Census data are collected every 10 years in Scotland. Census data for the 2011 Census was the 27th of March 2011. Full information on how the 2011 Census in Scotland was conducted is available on the Scotland Census website. The Individual Secure Microdata Sample file includes person-level data on 145 variables. The lowest level of geography is Council Area. The dataset includes: people resident in households and communal establishments; and both usual residents and schoolchildren or full-time students living away from home during term time. User guide, codebook, quality document and metadata are available at:

https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/secure-microdata-background-and-guidance/