Publication - Statistics

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2025: Core module

Published: 17 June 2026
From: Director of Performance, Delivery and Resilience
Directorate: Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate
Topic: Constitution and democracy, Economy, Health and social care, +2 more … Money and tax, Public sector
ISBN: 9781807752903

This report presents findings from the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey core module 2025. In 2025 the core module asked questions covering attitudes to: trust in government, the health service, the standard of living, democratic engagement, and tax, spending, and redistribution of income.

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Footnotes

1 The change in methodology in 2021 impacted the nature of the sample and responses received, meaning that the telephone survey findings were not comparable with previous SSAS data.

2 With the exception of 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2024.

3 2024 for questions on satisfaction with the NHS and attitudes towards taxes and spending; 2023 otherwise.

4 Scottish Government Economy Statistics

5 Office for National Statistics Consumer Price Inflation

6 Bank of England Interest Rate

7 Scottish Government Labour Market Statistics

8 Office for National Statistics Pay As You Earn statistics

9 Scottish Government Economy Statistics

10 NHS in Scotland 2025: Finance and performance

11 Health and Care Experience Survey 2025 to 2026: National Report - gov.scot

12 Stage of treatment waiting times – new outpatients, inpatients and day cases 26 May 2026 - Stage of treatment waiting times - Publications - Public Health Scotland – this is the most recent published data at the time this report was published.

13 See Annex A for more detail.