Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2015: Attitudes to Social Networks, Civic Participation and Co-production

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

Table A1: To what extent do you feel like you belong to your local area? (2015)

	%
A great deal	31
Quite a lot	37
Some	18
Not very much	11
None at all	2
(Don't know)	*
(Refused)	-
Sample size	1288

Table A2: Would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people? (2000 - 2015)

	2000	2004	2006	2009	2013	2015
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Most people can be trusted	46	54	51	51	52	50
Can't be too careful in dealing with people	53	45	44	46	46	48
(Don't know)	1	1	5	3	3	2
(Refused)	-	-	*	-	*	-
Sample Size	1663	1637	1594	1482	1497	1228

Table A3: % who feel they belong to their local area 'a great deal' or 'quite a lot' by gender, tenure, children in household, social trust (2015)

	% agreeing that 'they belong to their local area ' a great deal' or 'quite a lot'	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
ALL	68	1288	1288
Gender
Male	65	617	582
Female	71	671	706
Tenure
Owner	70	826	827
Social renter	67	310	308
Private renter	53	140	137
Children in the household
No children in the household	72	902	956
Children in the household (0-17 years old)	59	376	326
Social trust
Most people can be trusted	73	646	660
You can't be too careful when dealing with people	62	620	604

Note: only factors where the difference is significant at the 95 level are shown in the table above

Table A4: % who agree/disagree with the statement 'I feel that there are people in this area I could turn to for advice and support.' (2006-2015)

	2006	2009	2013	2015
	%	%	%	%
Agree strongly	39	23	24	29
Agree	45	48	49	47
Neither agree nor disagree	3	11	12	11
Disagree	11	15	12	9
Disagree strongly	3	2	2	3
(Don't know)	-	*	*	*
(Refused)	-	-	*	-
Sample Size	1594	1482	1497	1288

Table A5: % who agree/disagree with the statement 'I feel that there are people in this area I could turn to for advice and support' by sex, tenure, urban/rural classification, social trust (2015)

	Agree/Agree strongly	Disagree/Disagree strongly	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
	%	%
ALL	77	23	1288	1288
Sex
Male	74	26	617	582
Female	79	21	671	706
Tenure
Owner	79	21	826	827
Social renter	72	27	310	308
Private renter	70	30	140	137
Rent-free, squatting etc.	100	0	9	12
Urban / Rural Classification
Large urban areas	72	28	517	344
Other urban areas	76	23	410	353
Accessible small towns	82	18	114	143
Remote / Very remote small towns	88	12	51	98
Accessible rural	81	18	125	188
Remote rural /Very remote rural	89	11	72	162
Social trust
Most people can be trusted	84	15	646	660
You can't be too careful in dealing with people	69	31	620	604

Table A6: How often, if at all, do you meet socially with friends, relatives, neighbours or work colleagues? By age, main economic activity, tenure, urban/rural classification, social trust (2015)

	Every day or most days	A few times a week	Once a week/ a few times a month	Once a month/ few times a year/ very rarely/ never	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
	%	%	%	%
ALL	27	33	29	11	1288	1288
Age
18-29	49	33	15	3	239	143
30-39	19	41	32	8	227	193
40-64	23	26	36	16	533	582
65+	22	40	25	13	288	368
Main economic activity
Education/training	61	18	16	5	59	36
In work/wait take up work	25	31	34	10	707	660
Unemployed	34	37	20	10	81	69
Retired	21	40	25	14	303	385
Other	32	29	23	16	137	137
Tenure
Owner	24	33	31	12	826	827
Social renter	35	31	21	13	310	308
Private renter	24	37	32	7	140	137
Rent-free, squatting etc.	48	25	14	12	9	12
Urban / Rural Classification
Large urban areas	26	35	27	13	517	344
Other urban areas	32	31	28	9	410	353
Accessible small towns	25	36	32	8	114	143
Remote / Very remote small towns	18	33	33	15	51	98
Accessible rural	22	30	31	17	125	188
Remote rural /Very remote rural	23	26	39	12	72	162
Social trust
Most people can be trusted	26	36	29	8	646	660
You can't be too careful in dealing with people	27	30	28	15	620	604

Table A7: In the last few years, have you ever done any of the things on this card as a way of registering what you personally thought about an issue? (2004- 2015)

	2004 Ever done	2005 Ever done	2009 Done in last few years	2013 Done in last few years	2015 Done in last few years
	%	%	%	%	%
No, have not done any of these	26	26	45	39	31
Contacted an MP or MSP	24	26	17	16	18
Contacted a government department directly	11	12	5	7	8
Contacted my local Council	NA	NA	23	26	27
Responded to a consultation document	13	12	7	10	11
Attended a public meeting	31	29	14	15	18
Contacted radio, TV or a newspaper	9	10	5	7	7
Signed a petition (including online petitions)	59	56	28	38	43
Raised the issue in an organisation I already belong to	8	8	5	7	8
Gone on a protest or demonstration	13	12	4	6	9
Attended an event organised as part of a consultation exercise	10	10	6	8	10
Spoken to an influential person	15	17	9	11	13
Formed a group of like-minded people	5	5	2	3	3
Joined an existing organisation	9	8	4	7	8
Actively took part in a campaign (e.g. leafleting, stuffing envelopes etc.)	9	9	3	5	7
Given money to a campaign or organisation	27	25	13	22	28
Sample size	1637	1549	1482	1497	1288

Table A8: Whether done something as a way of registering what they personally thought about an issue by education, income, SIMD, social trust (2015)

	Yes	No	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
	%	%
ALL	69	31	1288	1288
Education
Degree/HE	83	17	491	487
Highers/A-levels	68	32	279	242
Standard Gd/ GCSE	59	41	274	287
None	53	47	239	265
Household income
Up to 14,300	65	35	236	278
14,300 up to 26,000	64	36	248	264
26,000 up to 44,200	74	26	285	272
Over 44,200	79	21	287	256
DK	57	43	86	79
Ref / NA	59	41	147	139
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2012 Quintiles
Most deprived	60	40	224	178
2	68	32	267	246
3	69	31	284	320
4	70	30	270	332
Least deprived	77	23	242	212
Social trust
Most people can be trusted	74	26	646	660
You can't be too careful in dealing with people	63	37	620	604
Current working status
In education	83	17	59	36
In work	73	27	707	660
Unemployed	63	37	81	69
Retired	63	37	303	385
Other	60	40	137	137

Table A9: Which, if any, of these did you do in connection with the Scottish independence referendum campaign that took place last September? (2015)

	2015
	%
No, have not done any of these (in relation to the referendum)	69
Contacted an MP or MSP	7
Contacted a government department directly	2
Contacted my local Council 2	3
Responded to a consultation document	4
Attended a public meeting	12
Contacted radio, TV or a newspaper	3
Signed a petition (including online petitions) 3	11
Raised the issue in an organisation I already belong to	2
Gone on a protest or demonstration	6
Attended an event organised as part of a consultation exercise	4
Spoken to an influential person	6
Formed a group of like-minded people	2
Joined an existing organisation	6
Actively took part in a campaign (e.g. leafleting, stuffing envelopes etc.)	7
Given money to a campaign or organisation	9
Don't know/ refused	*
Sample size	858

Table A10: Whether active about an issue in connection with the Scottish independence referendum campaign by age and education (2015)

	Yes	No	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
	%	%
ALL	31	69	887	858
Age
18-29	44	56	239	143
30-39	30	69	227	193
40-64	28	72	533	582
65+	26	74	288	368
Education
Degree/ HE	31	68	407	393
Highers/A-levels	41	59	189	162
Standard Gd/ GCSE	27	73	162	170
None	18	82	127	129

Table A11: Whether given up some of their time to do any of the things listed by gender, education, SIMD, urban/rural classification, social trust (2015)

	Yes	No	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
	%	%
ALL	46	54	1288	1288
Gender
Male	40	60	617	582
Female	51	49	671	706
Education
Degree/ HE	51	49	491	487
Highers/A-levels	52	48	279	242
Standard Gd/ GCSE	43	57	274	287
None	31	69	238	265
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2012 Quintiles
Most deprived	42	58	224	178
2	37	63	267	246
3	50	50	284	320
4	46	54	270	332
Least deprived	53	47	242	212
Urban / Rural Classification
Large urban areas	41	59	517	344
Other urban areas	48	52	410	353
Accessible small towns	48	52	114	143
Remote / Very remote small towns	36	64	51	98
Accessible rural	56	44	125	188
Remote rural /Very remote rural	54	46	72	162
Social trust
Most people can be trusted	49	51	646	660
You can't be too careful in dealing with people	42	58	620	604

Table A12: How much do you agree, or disagree, that people in this area are able to find ways to improve things around here when they want to? (2015)

	2015
	%
Agree strongly	10
Agree	51
Neither agree nor disagree	26
Disagree	10
Disagree strongly	1
(Don't know)	2
(Refused)	-
Sample Size	1228

Table A13: % who agree that 'people in this area are able to find ways to improve things around here when they want to' by urban/rural classification, social trust (2015)

	% agreeing that 'people in this area are able to find ways to improve things around here when they want to'	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
ALL	61	1288	1288
Urban / Rural Classification
Large urban areas	56	517	344
Other urban areas	57	410	353
Accessible small towns	64	114	143
Remote / Very remote small towns	76	51	98
Accessible rural	73	125	188
Remote rural /Very remote rural	77	72	162
Social trust
Most people can be trusted	67	646	660
You can't be too careful in dealing with people	53	620	604

Table A14: How often do you use the internet to find out about or make contact with community groups or organisations that are based in your local area? (2015)

	2015
	%
Very often	9
Quite often	16
Not very often	23
Not at all often	13
Never	40
(Don't know)	*
(Refused)	-
Sample Size	1228

Table A15: How often do you use the internet to find out about or make contact with local community groups by gender, age, education, income, main economic activity, tenure, urban/rural classification, children in the household (2015)

	Very often/ Often	Not very/ Not at all often	Never	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
	%	%	%
ALL	25	35	40	1288	1288
Gender
Male	20	38	42	617	582
Female	30	33	37	671	706
Age
18-29	28	35	36	227	193
30-39	32	46	22	533	582
40-64	26	37	37	288	368
65+	14	24	62	227	193
Education
Degree/ HE	32	43	24	491	487
Highers/A-levels	28	37	34	279	242
Standard Gd/ GCSE	22	33	45	274	287
None	9	20	70	238	265
Household income
Up to 14,300	19	23	57	236	278
14,300 up to 26,000	25	33	42	248	264
26,000 up to 44,200	31	45	24	285	272
Over 44,200	30	42	28	287	256
DK	10	43	47	86	79
Ref / NA	20	23	55	147	139
Main economic activity
Education/training	40	30	24	59	36
In work/wait take up work	27	41	32	707	660
Unemployed	26	34	40	81	69
Retired	16	26	58	303	385
Other	28	28	44	137	137
Tenure
Owner	24	33	31	826	827
Social renter	35	31	21	310	308
Private renter	24	37	32	140	137
Rent-free, squatting etc.	48	25	14	9	12
Urban / Rural Classification
Large urban areas	22	34	43	517	344
Other urban areas	21	39	40	410	353
Accessible small towns	39	32	30	114	143
Remote / Very remote small towns	27	31	43	51	98
Accessible rural	30	32	38	125	188
Remote rural /Very remote rural	29	42	30	72	162
Children in the household
No children in HH	21	33	45	902	956
Children 0-17 in HH	33	41	26	376	326
Social trust
Most people can be trusted	29	42	29	646	660
You can't be too careful in dealing with people	20	30	50	620	604

Table A16: Whether people should or should not be involved in making decisions how local public services are planned and run by education, disability, social trust (2015)

	Definitely should	Probably should	Probablyshould not	Definitely should not	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
	%	%	%	%
ALL	53	43	3	-	1288	1288
Education
Degree/HE	58	39	2	-	491	487
Highers/A-levels	53	45	2	-	279	242
Standard Gd/ GCSE	52	45	3	-	274	287
None	43	50	6	-	239	265
Disability or long-term illness
Yes	57	40	2	-	466	510
No	50	45	3	-	820	776
Social trust
Most people can be trusted	56	42	2	-	646	660
You can't be too careful in dealing with people	49	46	4	-	620	604

Table A17: Whether people should or should not be involved in making decisions about how money is spent on different local public services by tenure, SIMD (2015)

	Definitely should	Probably should	Probably should not	Definitely should not	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
	%	%	%	%
ALL	34	48	16	2	1288	1288
Tenure
Owner	32	50	15	2	826	827
Social renter	40	41	16	1	310	308
Private renter	27	53	17	0	140	137
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2012 Quintiles
Most deprived	41	40	16	1	224	178
2	30	50	18	1	267	246
3	39	43	14	2	284	320
4	32	51	15	2	270	332
Least deprived	27	55	16	1	242	212

Table A18: Whether people should or should not be able to volunteer alongside paid staff by age, education, main economic activity, children in the household (2015)

	Definitely should	Probably should	Probably should not	Definitely should not	Weighted bases	Unweighted bases
	%	%	%	%
ALL	35	51	10	2	1288	1288
Age
18-29	45	44	8	1	227	193
30-39	45	51	4	0	533	582
40-64	31	52	12	3	288	368
65+	28	56	12	3	227	193
Education
Degree/ HE	38	46	13	2	491	487
Highers/A-levels	38	54	4	2	279	242
Standard Gd/ GCSE	36	52	10	2	274	287
None	27	57	10	3	239	265
Main economic activity
Education/training	55	32	7		59	36
In work/wait take up work	37	51	9	2	707	660
Unemployed	39	51	7	2	81	69
Retired	27	55	13	2	303	385
Other	35	50	11	3	137	137
Children in the household
No children in HH	32	53	11	2	902	956
Children 0-17 in HH	42	49	7	1	376	326

Regression models

Table A19: Factors associated with feeling that you belong to your local area 'a great deal' or 'quite a lot' (2015)

Dependent variable encoding 1 = Those who think that they belong to their local area ' a great deal'/ 'quite a lot' 0 = All other respondents	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval
Gender (p = 0.013)
Male (reference)	1.00
Female	1.47	1.08- 2.00
Tenure (p = 0.031)
Owner	1.00
Social renter	1.07	0.71-1.62
Private renter	0.55	0.34- 0.88
Children in the household (p = 0.052)
No school-aged children in the household	1.00
School-aged children in the household	1.49	0.99- 2.23
Social trust (p = 0.09)
Most people can be trusted	1.00
You can't be too careful when dealing with people	0.61	0.42-0.88

Nagelkerke R2 = 9.5%
Other factors included in model but which were not significant after other factors were accounted for were: age, education, household income, employment status, whether or not the respondent has a disability, Urban-rural, SIMD

Table A20: Factors associated with agreeing/agreeing strongly that 'People in this area are able to find ways to improve things if they want to' (2015)

Dependent variable encoding 1 = Those who 'agree'/ 'agree strongly' that 'People in this area are able to find ways to improve things if they want to' 0 = All other respondents	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval
Urban/rural (p=0.01)
Large urban areas (reference)	1.00
Other urban areas	1.07	0.70- 1.43
Accessible small towns	1.43	0.84- 2.46
Remote/very remote small towns	2.64	1.38- 5.03
Accessible rural	2.00	1.12- 3.57
Remote rural/ very remote rural	2.43	1.21- 4.88
Social trust (p = 0.00)
Most people can be trusted	1.00
You can't be too careful when dealing with people	0.51	0.39-0.67

Nagelkerke R2 = 9.3%
Other factors included in model but which were not significant after other factors were accounted for were: gender, age, education, household income, employment status, tenure (owner-occupier, private renter, or social renter), whether or not the respondent has a disability, whether or not there are school-aged children in the household, SIMD