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1. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2002/08/15258/9951
2. revised report pub. March 2004 at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SHCS/NationalReport2002
3. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SHCS/FuelPoverty
4. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SHCS/KeyFindings2003-04
5. See Fuel Poverty in Scotland at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SHCS/FuelPoverty for a description of the differences between the two definitions.
6. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SHCS/FuelPoverty
7. The 2002 annual report records there were 201,000 households in fuel poverty in 2002 under the SHCS 1996 definition, compared to 738,000 in 1996.
8. Welfare benefits included in this analysis (qualifying benefits for the Warm Deal) are: attendance allowance, council tax benefit, disability living allowance, housing benefit, income support, industrial injuries disablement benefit, job seeker's allowance, war disablement pension, and working tax credit.
9. Note that 1996 figures are only roughly comparable with 2002 and 2003/04 figures because of the change in definition of fuel poverty.
10. See the key findings for 2003/04 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SHCS/KeyFindings2003-04
11. The relative importance of each factor was calculated using a linear regression model with whether a household was in fuel poverty as the dependent variable. A number of independent variables were considered, including the type of dwelling, the size of the dwelling, the age of the dwelling, the external wall construction, the extent of central heating, the primary fuel used for heating, the predominant type of glazing, the presence of any mould or condensation, the NHER of the dwelling, the tenure, the household type, the household income, the health of the residents, the number of dependent children, and the claiming of Warm Deal qualifying benefits. The variable with the largest positive or negative t-value was considered the most important.

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