Publication - Research and analysis

Public Attitudes to Poverty, Inequality and Welfare in Scotland and Britain

Published: 24 March 2015
ISBN: 9781785441967

This report sets out public attitudes to poverty, inequality and welfare in Scotland and Britain, from a range of previously published sources. The report focuses on Scottish findings wherever possible, presenting British data as a proxy where Scottish data is not available.

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey

Supporting documents

References

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http://www.bsa-31.natcen.ac.uk/read-the-report/benefits/introduction.aspx

Baumberg, Ben, Bell, Kate and Gaffney, Declan (2013) Benefits Stigma in Britain, http://www.turn2us.org.uk/PDF/Benefits%20Stigma%20in%20Britain.pdf

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Clery, Elizabeth; Lee, Lucy and Kunz, Sarah (2013) Public Attitudes to Poverty and Welfare, 1983-2011, analysis using British Social Attitudes Data

http://www.natcen.ac.uk/media/137637/poverty-and-welfare.pdf

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http://www.scotcen.org.uk/media/265694/ssa_is-it-really-all-just-about-economics.pdf

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Hall, Suzanne; Leary, Katrina and Greevy Helen (2014) "Public Attitudes to Poverty", Joseph Rowntree Foundation

http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/Attitudes_towards_poverty_full.pdf

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Pearce, Nick and Taylor, Eleanor (2013) British Social Attitudes 30, NatCen Social Research

http://bsa-30.natcen.ac.uk/read-the-report/spending-and-welfare/welfare-benefits.aspx

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What Scotland Thinks Website http://whatscotlandthinks.org/ssa?query=Search+Scottish+Social+Attitudes+survey+questions