Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2013: core module - attitudes to Government, the economy, health and social care services, and social capital in Scotland

Annex A - Detailed Tables

Notes on tables

• '*' indicates less than 0.5 percent but greater than zero
• '-' indicates no respondents gave this answer
• All figures are rounded to the nearest whole number

Chapter 2 detailed tables

Table A.1: How much do you trust the UK Government to work in Scotland's best long-term interest? (column %)

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Just about always	3	1	2	2	2	2
Most of the time	29	16	20	17	19	20
Only some of the time	52	54	55	51	58	50
Almost never	14	26	22	26	20	26
(Don't know)	-	-	-	-	-	2
(Not answered)	-	-	-	-	-	*
Sample size	1482	1663	1605	1665	1508	1637
	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Just about always	2	2	3	2	3	3
Most of the time	21	19	32	23	19	15
Only some of the time	53	52	44	48	51	49
Almost never	21	24	18	24	23	31
(Don't know)	3	3	3	3	3	2
(Not answered)	*	-	*	-	-	-
Sample size	1549	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197
	2012	2013
	%	%
Just about always	4	3
Most of the time	28	23
Only some of the time	45	45
Almost never	22	27
(Don't know)	2	3
(Not answered)	-	-
Sample size	1229	1497

Table A.2: How much do you trust the Scottish Government/Executive /Parliament* to work in Scotland's best interests?

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Just about always	26	9	13	9	10	9
Most of the time	55	45	52	43	52	43
Only some of the time	14	34	29	34	31	37
Almost never	2	9	5	11	4	10
(Don't know)	-	-	-	-	-	2
(Not answered)	-	-	-	-	-	*
Sample size	1482	1663	1605	1665	1508	1637
	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Just about always	10	8	14	14	13	20
Most of the time	46	43	57	47	47	51
Only some of the time	33	37	22	31	31	23
Almost never	7	8	4	5	6	5
(Don't know)	3	3	4	3	2	1
(Not answered)	*	-	*	*	*	-
Sample size	1549	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197
	2012	2013
	%	%
Just about always	16	16
Most of the time	46	43
Only some of the time	28	31
Almost never	9	8
(Don't know)	2	2
(Not answered)	-	*
Sample size	1229	1497

*Prior to 2004, the question asked about the Parliament. In 2004 an experiment was run whereby half the sample was asked about the Scottish Parliament and half was asked about the Scottish Executive. The change of wording made negligible difference to the responses given therefore the combined results are shown here. In 2009, the wording was changed again to ask about the Scottish Government, following the September 2007 name change.

Table A.3: How much do you trust the UK Government to make fair decisions? (column %)

	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%
A great deal	2	3	2	3	3	2
Quite a lot	21	30	17	21	15	17
Some	46	43	48	44	42	39
Not very much	23	17	24	23	27	28
Not at all	6	4	7	7	11	11
(Don't know)	3	3	2	2	1	2
(Not answered)	-	*	*	-	-	-
Sample size	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1497

Table A.4: How much do you trust the Scottish Government to make fair decisions? (column %)

	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%
A great deal	3	4	4	4	8	5
Quite a lot	29	42	32	32	38	33
Some	46	39	46	46	39	42
Not very much	15	8	13	13	11	14
Not at all	5	2	3	3	3	4
(Don't know)	3	4	3	2	1	2
(Not answered)	*	*	*	-	-	-
Sample size	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1497

Table A.5: How much would you say you've seen or heard about the work of the UK Government over the last twelve months?

	2004	2005	2006	2009	2010	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
A great deal	11	12	14	23	21	13	13
Quite a lot	23	27	27	29	27	32	25
Some	29	26	26	23	26	26	33
Not very much	31	29	26	19	21	22	23
Nothing at all	5	5	6	4	4	6	4
(Don't know)	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
(Not answered)	-	*	-	-	-	-	-
Sample size	1637	1549	1594	1482	1495	1197	1497

Note: this question was not asked on SSA 2007

Table A.6: And how much would you say you've seen or heard about the work of the Scottish Government/Executive* over the last twelve months?

	2004	2005	2006	2009	2010	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
A great deal	9	7	8	14	11	13	11
Quite a lot	21	24	27	32	27	36	30
Some	30	28	31	29	31	27	33
Not very much	33	34	26	20	26	20	22
Nothing at all	7	7	7	4	4	3	4
(Don't know)	1	1	1	1	1	*	1
(Not answered)	-	*	-	-	-	-	-
Sample size	1637	1549	1594	1482	1495	1197	1197

Note: this question was not asked on SSA 2007

* Prior to 2009, the question asked about the 'Scottish Executive'.

Table A.7: In general how good would you say the Scottish Executive/Government* is at listening to people's views before it takes decisions?

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Very good	1	3	2	2	4	3	6	4
Quite good	31	32	34	41	44	41	50	42
Not very good	41	38	39	35	33	37	26	33
Not at all good	17	16	14	9	8	11	8	12
(Don't know)	10	12	11	13	11	8	9	9
(Not answered)	*	*	-	*	-	-	-	-
Sample size	1637	1549	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1497

*From 2004-2007, the question asked about the Scottish Executive. In 2009, the question was amended to ask about the Scottish Government.

Table A.8: And how good would you say the UK Government is at listening to people's views before it takes decisions?

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Very good	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1
Quite good	14	15	17	21	17	21	18	20
Not very good	50	52	49	50	51	51	48	49
Not at all good	30	25	27	21	23	20	27	24
(Don't know)	6	7	7	8	7	7	6	6
(Not answered)	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	-
Sample size	1637	1549	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1497

Table A.9: From what you have seen and heard so far do you think that having a Scottish parliament is giving ordinary people…

	1997*	1999**	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
...more say in how Scotland is governed	79	64	44	38	31	39	31
...less say	2	2	3	4	4	4	6
...or, is it making no difference	17	32	51	56	62	54	60
(Don't know)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
(Not answered)	-	-	-	-	-	-	*
Sample size	882	1482	1663	1605	1665	1508	1637
	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
...more say in how Scotland is governed	37	37	47	47	42	60	46
...less say	5	5	3	3	4	3	6
...or, is it making no difference	55	55	45	47	50	33	47
(Don't know)	4	4	4	3	4	4	31
(Not answered)	*	-	*	*	-	-	-
Sample size	1549	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1229
	2013
	%
...more say in how Scotland is governed	46
...less say	5
...or, is it making no difference	45
(Don't know)	3
(Not answered)	-
Sample size	1497

*1997 data source = Referendum study

**1999-2009 data source = Scottish Social Attitudes survey

Note: The question wording in each year was:

1999 "Will a Scottish Parliament…"

2000 "Do you think that having a Scottish parliament is going to…"

2001 onwards "Do you think that having a Scottish Parliament is giving…"

Table A.10 Which of the following do you think has most influence over the way Scotland is run?

	1999*	2000	2001	2003	2004	2005
	%	%	%	%	%	%
The Scottish Government**	41	13	15	17	19	23
The UK Government at Westminster	39	66	66	64	48	47
Local Councils in Scotland	8 5	10	9	7	20	15
The European Union	5	4	7	5	6	8
(Don't know)	8	8	-	6	7	7
(Not answered)	-	-	-	-	*	*
Sample size	1482	1663	1605	1508	1637	1549
	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012
	%	%	%	%	%	%
The Scottish Government	24	28	33	37	38	34
The UK Government at Westminster	38	47	39	45	38	41
Local Councils in Scotland	18	8	11	7	13	10
The European Union	11	9	10	7	7	9
(Don't know)	9	7	7	5	4	6
(Not answered)	*	*	-	-	-	-
Sample size	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1229
	2013
	%
The Scottish Government	30
The UK Government at Westminster	47
Local Councils in Scotland	12
The European Union	7
(Don't know)	4
(Not answered)	-
Sample size	1497

Note:

*In 1999 the question wording was: "When the new parliament starts work, which of the following do you think will have most influence over the way Scotland is run"

**In 2004 an experiment was run whereby half the sample was asked about the Scottish Parliament and half was asked about the Scottish Executive. The change of wording made negligible difference to the responses given, therefore the combined results are shown here. In 2009, the wording was changed again to ask about the 'Scottish Government', rather than the 'Scottish Executive', following the September 2007 name change.

Table A.11 Which of the following do you think ought to have most influence over the way Scotland is run?

	1999	2000	2001	2003	2004	2005
	%	%	%	%	%	%
The Scottish Government*	74	72	74	66	67	67
The UK Government at Westminster	13	13	14	20	12	13
Local Councils in Scotland	8	10	8	9	17	15
The European Union	1	1	1	1	1	1
(Don't know)	-	5	-	-	3	4
(Not answered)	-	-	-	-	*	*
Sample size	1482	1663	1605	1508	1637	1549
	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012
	%	%	%	%	%	%
The Scottish Government*	64	71	72	74	73	63
The UK Government at Westminster	11	14	13	16	13	24
Local Councils in Scotland	19	9	11	6	11	8
The European Union	1	1	*	1	1	1
(Don't know)	4	4	3	3	2	4
(Not answered)	*	*	-	-	-	*
Sample size	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1229
	2013
	%
The Scottish Government	63
The UK Government at Westminster	20
Local Councils in Scotland	13
The European Union	1
(Don't know)	3
(Not answered)	*
Sample size	1497

*In 2004 an experiment was run whereby half the sample was asked about the Scottish Parliament and half was asked about the Scottish Executive. The change of wording made negligible difference to the responses given, therefore the combined results are shown here. In 2009, the wording was changed again to ask about the 'Scottish Government', rather than the 'Scottish Executive', following the September 2007 name change.

Table A.12: From what you have seen and heard so far do you think that having a Scottish parliament is giving Scotland.....

	1997 Ref	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
...a stronger voice in the United Kingdom	70	70	52	52	39	49	35
...a weaker voice in the United Kingdom	9	7	6	6	7	7	7
...or, is it making no difference?	17	20	40	40	52	41	55
(Don't know)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
(Not answered)	-	-	-	-	-	-	*
Sample size	882	1482	1663	1605	1665	1508	1637
	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
...a stronger voice in the United Kingdom	41	43	61	52	49	69	59
...a weaker voice in the United Kingdom	6	6	4	5	6	3	6
...or, is it making no difference?	50	49	32	40	42	26	33
(Don't know)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
(Not answered)	*	-	*	*	-	-	-
Sample size	1549	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1229
	2013 Ref
	%
...a stronger voice in the United Kingdom	57
...a weaker voice in the United Kingdom	6
...or, is it making no difference?	34
(Don't know)	2
(Not answered)	-
Sample size	1497

Note:

The question wording in each year was:

1999 "Will a Scottish Parliament…"

2000 "Do you think that having a Scottish parliament is going to…"

2001 onwards "Do you think that having a Scottish Parliament is giving…"

Table A.13a How confident are you that official statistics published by the Scottish Government^[43] are accurate?

	2007	2009	2013
	%	%	%
0 (Not confident at all)	3	4	5
1	2	3	2
2	4	4	4
3	6	6	9
4	9	10	13
5	22	23	21
6	15	14	13
7	16	14	16
8	10	10	10
9	2	3	3
10 (Very confident)	2	2	1
Don't know	9	7	4
Not answered	*	-	-
MEAN[44]	5.43	5.32	5.15
Sample size	1508	1482	1497

Table A.13b What is the main reason for your views about the accuracy of official statistics published by the Scottish Government^[45]?

	2007	2009	2013
	%	%	%
NOT CONFIDENT
Don't trust official statistics, from personal experience	8	11	10
Heard / read something bad about official statistics	2	2	2
Official statistics are difficult to count or measure	5	5	4
The Scottish Government has a vested interest in results	4	4	9
Official statistics are misrepresented or spun by politicians	20	21	22
Statistics alone do not tell whole story	14	14	11
CONFIDENT
Trust official statistics, from personal experience	9	7	8
Heard / read something good about official statistics	4	3	5
Official statistics are easy to count or measure	3	4	5
The Scottish Government does not have a vested interest in results	4	4	3
OTHER		5	7
No opinion / Don't understand statistics	7	12	6
It depends on the type of statistics	3	2	3
Don't Know	11	5	4
Sample size	1508	1482	1497

Table A.14: Trust Scottish Government / Executive 'just about always / most of the time' to act in Scotland's best interests, by economic, demographic, social and political attitudes, 2011 and 2013 (cell %)

	2011	Sample size	2013	Sample size	Change 2011 to 2013
ALL	71	1197	59	1497	-12
Self rated hardship
Comfortable / very comfortable	70	653	62	825	-8
Neither comfortable nor struggling	73	333	54	441	-19
Struggling on present income	69	205	58	216	-11
Working Status
Education/Training	75	33	68	36	-7
Working	75	611	63	733	-12
Unemployed	70	58	59	74	-11
Retired	66	356	52	491	-14
Other	63	139	50	161	-13
Age
18-29	72	143	69	177	-3
30-39	76	182	59	203	-17
40-64	72	531	58	668	-14
65+	66	337	50	447	-16
Trust in other people
Most people can be trusted	81	452	64	820	-17
You can't be too careful	65	731	52	631	-13
Confidence in Scottish Government official statistics
Very confident	N/A	N/A	88	306	N/A
Moderately confident	N/A	N/A	54	708	N/A
Not very confident	N/A	N/A	27	420	N/A
Don't know	N/A	N/A	57	61	N/A
Who ought to have most influence in the way Scotland is run
Scottish Government	77	876	67	938	-10
UK Government at Westminster	55	158	39	314	-15
Local councils in Scotland	56	127	54	179	-2
Other / Don't know	48	36	40	62	-8
How much seen / heard of Scottish Government in last 12 months
A great deal / quite a lot	80	583	66	637	-14
Some	75	331	59	484	-16
Not very much / nothing at all	50	277	47	366	-3

Table A. 14 (Contd): Trust Scottish Government / Executive 'just about always' / 'most of the time' to act in Scotland's best interests by economic, demographic, social and political attitudes, 2011 and 2013 (cell %)

	2011	Sample size	2013	Sample size	Change 2011 to 2013
ALL	71	1197	59	1497	-12
Constitutional preference
UK Govt should make all decisions	33	64	26	132	-7
UK Govt tax, benefits, defence and foreign affairs, Scottish Parliament everything else	67	273	48	410	-19
UK Govt defence and foreign affairs, Scottish Parliament everything else	75	357	60	437	-15
Scottish Parliament should make all decisions	76	473	77	465	+1
National Identity
Scottish	70	346	63	368	-7
More Scottish than British	74	381	61	438	-13
Equally Scottish and British	69	278	52	432	-17
More British than Scottish / British	70	130	53	166	-17
Other	71	62	67	91	-4
Party identification
Conservative	70	124	41	203	-29
Labour	70	353	58	440	-12
Lib Dem	69	68	50	80	-19
SNP	84	397	80	347	-4
None / Other	55	255	52	424	-3
Interest in politics
A great deal/quite a lot	83	398	62	487	-21
Some	73	351	61	518	-12
Not very much/none	60	448	53	490	-7

Table A.15: % who are very confident about the accuracy of Scottish Government official statistics, by economic, demographic, social and political attitudes, 2013 (cell %)

	2013	Sample size
ALL	30	1497
Self rated hardship
Comfortable / very comfortable	32	800
Neither comfortable nor struggling	28	418
Struggling on present income	34	207
Working Status
Education/Training	50	34
Working	33	707
Unemployed	37	69
Retired	24	471
Other	24	155
Age
18-29	45	164
30-39	33	192
40-64	28	652
65+	24	428
Trust in other people
Most people can be trusted	20	793
You can't be too careful	23	601
Who ought to have most influence in the way Scotland is run
Scottish Government	38	907
UK Government at Westminster	20	304
Local councils in Scotland	19	171
Other / Don't know	8	52
How much seen / heard of Scottish Government in last 12 months
A great deal / quite a lot	37	625
Some	31	465
Not very much / nothing at all	20	340

Table A.15 (Contd): % who are very confident about the accuracy of Scottish Government official statistics by economic, demographic, social and political attitudes, 2013 (cell %)

	2013	Sample size
ALL	30	1497
Constitutional preference
UK Govt should make all decisions	11	130
UK Govt tax, benefits, defence and foreign affairs, Scottish Parliament everything else	15	399
UK Govt defence and foreign affairs, Scottish Parliament everything else	33	425
Scottish Parliament should make all decisions	48	445
National Identity
Scottish	39	344
More Scottish than British	32	429
Equally Scottish and British	23	420
More British than Scottish / British	22	163
Other	47	80
Party identification
Conservative	18	200
Labour	28	432
Lib Dem	27	78
SNP	55	336
None / Other	21	389
Interest in politics
A great deal/quite a lot	36	480
Some	34	509
Not very much/none	22	447

Table A.16: % who think that the Scottish Government ought to, but does not, have the most influence over the way Scotland is run by economic, demographic, social and political attitudes, 2011 and 2013 (cell %)

	2011	Sample size	2013	Sample size	Change 2011 to 2013
ALL	38	1197	37	1497	-1
Self rated hardship
Comfortable / very comfortable	36	653	34	827	-2
Neither comfortable nor struggling	38	333	39	441	+1
Struggling on present income	43	205	45	216	+2
Working Status
Education/Training	29	33	39	36	+10
Working	41	611	38	734	-3
Unemployed	37	58	42	74	+5
Retired	31	356	34	491	+3
Other	38	139	38	162	+0
Age
18-29	37	143	42	177	+5
30-39	44	182	35	203	-9
40-64	39	531	39	669	+0
65+	30	337	31	448	+1
Sex
Male	39	528	38	669	-1
Female	37	669	36	828	-1
Trust in other people
Most people can be trusted	32	452	36	822	+4
You can't be too careful	42	731	38	631	-4
How much seen / heard of Scottish Government in last 12 months
A great deal / quite a lot	36	583	35	638	-1
Some	38	331	40	484	+2
Not very much / nothing at all	42	277	38	367	-4

Table A.16 (contd): % who think that the Scottish Government ought to, but does not, have the most influence over the way Scotland is run by economic, demographic, social and political attitudes, 2011 and 2013 (cell %)

	2011	Sample size	2013	Sample size	Change 2011 to 2013
ALL	38	1197	37	1497	-1
Constitutional preference
UK Govt should make all decisions	7	473	12	133	+5
UK Govt tax, benefits, defence and foreign affairs, Scottish Parliament everything else	29	357	26	410	-3
UK Govt defence and foreign affairs, Scottish Parliament everything else	41	273	41	438	+0
Scottish Parliament should make all decisions	44	64	52	465	+8
National Identity
Scottish	49	346	46	368	-3
More Scottish than British	37	381	40	439	+3
Equally Scottish and British	33	278	32	432	-1
More British than Scottish / British	21	130	24	166	-3
Other	30	62	34	92	+4
Party identification
Conservative	26	124	25	203	-1
Labour	35	353	35	441	+0
Lib Dem	22	68	28	80	+6
SNP	41	397	49	347	+8
None / Other	44	255	36	425	-8
Interest in politics
A great deal/quite a lot	31	398	40	488	+9
Some	38	351	34	518	-4
Not very much/none	43	448	38	491	-5

Chapter 3 detailed tables

Table A.17: What about the Scotland's economy? Has it got stronger or weaker since (month of interview) previous year?

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
A lot stronger	3	2	2	2	1	*	2	1	1
A little stronger	25	21	28	28	7	11	16	13	23
Stayed the same	29	34	28	36	11	15	16	20	31
A little weaker	22	19	18	10	43	41	39	41	28
A lot weaker	5	3	2	1	29	23	18	17	8
(Don't know)	17	22	21	22	8	9	9	9	9
Sample size	1637	1549	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1229	1497

Table A.18: What about the general standard of living in Scotland? Has it increased or fallen since (month of interview) previous year?

	1999	2001	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Increased a lot	2	3	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	2	2	5
Increased a little	27	27	30	27	25	30	27	13	11	9	10	10
Stayed the same	43	45	36	40	45	37	41	25	28	19	23	25
Fallen a little	18	15	17	18	17	17	16	38	38	39	39	38
Fallen a lot	6	4	7	6	4	5	4	16	16	29	22	20
(Don't know)	5	6	7	5	7	6	9	4	4	2	4	2
Sample size	1482	1605	1508	1637	1549	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1229	1497

Note:

The question wording in each year was:

1999 and 2001 "Thinking back to the UK general election in 1997"

2003 "Thinking back to the last Scottish election in 1999"

2004 onwards "since (month of interview) (previous year)".

Table A.19: Sample sizes for Table 3.3 (Perceptions of own ability to live on present income 2007, 2009-2011, 2013)

	2007	2009	2010	2011	2013
Self-rated hardship
Living very/fairly comfortably	794	699	796	653	827
Coping	563	590	445	332	441
Finding if difficult/very difficult	148	183	238	205	216

Table A.20: What are changes in the economy and standards of living in Scotland mainly the result of…? (2006-07, 2009-2013)

	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Economy2
Scottish Government policies	28	28	14	18	24	23	24
UK Government policies	21	24	31	35	38	34	28
Some other reason	18	15	36	30	19	25	27
Standard of living
Scottish Government policies	21	19	15	16	13	17	11
UK Government policies	33	37	31	39	47	41	44
Some other reason	22	22	34	30	25	26	28
Sample size	1594	1508	1482	1495	1197	1229	1497

Note the wording of this question was changed in 2010, from asking people whether they were living comfortably, coping or finding it difficult on their income, to asking whether they were living comfortably, struggling, or neither.

Chapter 4 detailed tables

Table A.21: Satisfaction with they way the NHS runs nowadays in Scotland (1999, 2005-2007, 2011)

	1999	2005	2006	2007	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Very satisfied	9	7	6	10	12	13
Quite satisfied	46	33	39	41	44	49
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	17	16	18	14	20	12
Quite dissatisfied	19	27	29	22	17	19
Very dissatisfied	7	16	8	11	6	6
Don't know	1	*	1	1	1	1
Not answered	*	-	*	*	-	-
Sample Size	1482	1549	1594	1508	1197	1497

Table A.22: Satisfaction with the way the NHS runs nowadays in UK (BSA, 1999-2013)

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Very / Quite satisfied	46	42	39	40	44	44	48	49
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	20	19	20	18	18	20	20	16
Very / Quite dissatisfied	33	39	41	41	37	37	31	34
Sample Size	3143	3426	2188	2287	2293	3199	3193	2143
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Very / Quite satisfied	51	58	64	70	58	60	60
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	19	16	16	12	18	16	22
Very / Quite dissatisfied	30	25	19	18	24	23	17
Sample Size	3078	3358	3421	3297	1096	1103	1063

Table A.23: Sample sizes for Table 4.2 (2011 & 2013)

% private companies/ charities definitely/ probably provide better quality services	Sample sizes (2011 & 2013)
	2011	2013
ALL	1197	1497
Gender
Men	528	669
Women	669	828
Age
18-29	143	177
30-39	182	203
40-64	531	669
65+	337	448
Annual household income
Up to £14,300	322	346
Over £14,300 to £26,000	208	303
Over £26,000 to £44,200	233	241
Over £44,200	205	260
Highest educational qualification
Degree/Higher Education	403	509
Highers/A-levels	216	236
Standard Grades/GCSEs	290	382
No recognised qualification	284	360
Self-rated health
Very good	361	402
Good	465	647
Fair	257	325
Bad or very bad	113	118
Occupational sector
Private sector	573	734
Public sector/ Charity	391	481
Self-employed	135	282
Position on political left-right scale
Left	390	477
Centre	341	398
Right	423	456

Chapter 5 detailed tables

Table A.24: All things considered, how satisfied are you with your (main) job? (2007, 2009-2011, 2013)

	2007	2009	2010	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%
0 (extremely dissatisfied/ unhappy)	1	1	2	3	1
1	1	3	3	*	*
2	3	1	3	2	1
3	3	5	3	4	3
4	4	3	4	4	4
5	10	10	7	9	9
6	9	7	6	8	8
7	18	18	23	17	21
8	28	28	24	28	27
9	15	10	13	12	13
10 (extremely satisfied/ happy)	9	15	13	13	12
Don't know	*	*	*	*	1
Not answered	-	-	-	-	*
MEAN1	7.04	7.14	7.08	7.07	7.23
Sample size	827	765	756	604	737

¹ - Means are calculated on sample excluding don't know/not answered.

Table A.25: (And) all things considered how satisfied are you with your family or personal life? (2007, 2009-2011, 2013)

	2007	2009	2010	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%
0 (extremely dissatisfied/ unhappy)	*	*	*	*	*
1	*	*	*	*	*
2	*	*	*	*	1
3	1	1	1	1	1
4	2	1	2	2	1
5	3	5	5	4	4
6	4	4	4	3	4
7	11	9	10	10	10
8	23	22	20	22	24
9	23	22	23	22	23
10 (extremely satisfied/ happy)	31	36	34	35	32
Don't know	1	*	*	*	*
Not answered	*	*	*	-	*
MEAN1	8.41	8.46	8.39	8.43	8.39
Sample size	1508	1482	1495	1197	1497

¹ - Means are calculated on sample excluding don't know/not answered.

Table A.26: And your general standard of living? (2007, 2009-2011, 2013)

	2007	2009	2010	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%
0 (extremely dissatisfied/ unhappy)	*	*	*	1	*
1	*	*	1	*	*
2	1	1	*	1	1
3	1	2	1	2	1
4	3	3	3	2	3
5	5	7	7	6	8
6	7	8	9	7	9
7	17	16	18	16	17
8	30	27	27	27	30
9	19	18	18	18	16
10 (extremely satisfied/ happy)	16	17	16	19	15
Don't know	*	*	*	-	-
Not answered	*	-	-	-	-
MEAN1	7.79	7.64	7.68	7.75	7.63
Sample size	1508	1482	1495	1197	1497

¹ - Means are calculated on sample excluding don't know/not answered.

Table A.27: And all things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays? (2007, 2009-2011, 2013)

	2007	2009	2010	2011	2013
	%	%	%	%	%
0 (extremely dissatisfied/ unhappy)	*	*	1	1	*
1	*	*	*	*	*
2	*	*	*	1	*
3	1	1	1	1	1
4	1	2	1	1	1
5	5	5	6	5	7
6	7	5	6	7	3
7	14	14	14	16	15
8	30	29	27	26	29
9	23	23	22	21	21
10 (extremely satisfied/ happy)	19	21	21	22	21
Don't know	*	-	*	*	*
Not answered	*	*	*	-	*
MEAN1	8.06	8.04	8.00	7.95	8.05
Sample size	1508	1482	1495	1197	1497

¹ - Means are calculated on sample excluding don't know/not answered.

Table A.28: If my home was empty I could count on one of my neighbours to keep an eye on it (2006, 2009, 2013)

	2006	2009	2013
	%	%	%
Agree strongly	44	38	37
Agree	47	47	49
Neither agree nor disagree	2	4	3
Disagree	5	7	8
Disagree strongly	2	3	2
Don't Know	-	*	*
Not Answered	-	*	*
Sample Size	1594	1482	1497

Note that in 2006 the question asked 'I could count on one of my friends or relatives in this area to keep an eye on it

Table A.29: I feel that there are people in this area I could turn to for advice and support (2006, 2009, 2013)

	2006	2009	2013
	%	%	%
Agree strongly	39	23	24
Agree	45	48	49
Neither agree nor disagree	3	11	12
Disagree	11	15	12
Disagree strongly	3	2	2
Don't Know	-	*	*
Not Answered	-	-	*
Sample Size	1594	1482	1497

Note that in 2006 the question asked 'I have friends or relatives in this area I feel I could turn to for advice or support'

Table A.30: In the last few years1, have you ever done any of the things on this card as a way of registering what you personally thought about an issue? (2009, 2013)

	2009	2013
	%	%
No, have not done any of these	45	39
Contacted an MP or MSP	17	16
Contacted a government department directly	5	7
Contacted my local Council2	23	26
Responded to a consultation document	7	10
Attended a public meeting	14	15
Contacted radio, TV or a newspaper	5	7
Signed a petition (including online petitions)3	28	38
Raised the issue in an organisation I already belong to	5	7
Gone on a protest or demonstration	4	6
Attended an event organised as part of a consultation exercise	6	8
Spoken to an influential person	9	11
Formed a group of like-minded people	2	3
Joined an existing organisation	4	7
Actively took part in a campaign (e.g. leafleting, stuffing envelopes etc)	3	5
Given money to a campaign or organisation	13	22
Sample size	1482	1497

Table A.31: How likely to attend a meetings with people in your area to discuss how to improve local services like schools, transport and parks? (2011, 2013)

	2011	2013
	%	%
Very Likely	16	18
Fairly Likely	35	33
Fairly Unlikely	24	26
Very Unlikely	22	22
Can't Choose	2	1
Refusal	-	-
Sample size	1197	1340

Table A.32: Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people? (2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013)

	2000	2004	2006	2009	2013
	%	%	%	%	%
Most people can be trusted	46	54	51	51	52
Can't be too careful in dealing with people	53	45	44	46	46
Don't Know	1	1	5	3	3
Not Answered	-	-	*	-	*
Sample Size	1663	1637	1594	1482	1497