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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2025: Technical Report

Published
17 June 2026
From
Director of Performance, Delivery and Resilience
Directorate
Performance, Delivery and Resilience Directorate
Topic
Constitution and democracy, Economy, Equality and rights, +3 more … Health and social care, Money and tax, Public sector
ISBN
9781807752842

Technical report supporting the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2025 core module and attitudes towards discrimination module.

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Appendix B – Sample characteristics

Table 1 Sample distribution
Demographics Population Unweighted respondents Respondent weighted by pre-calibration weight Respondent weighted by final weight
Age & sex % % % %
M 16–24 6.4 2.0 2.5 6.3
M 25–34 7.6 5.8 5.5 7.6
M 35–44 7.5 7.3 7.0 7.6
M 45–54 7.1 7.8 8.4 7.2
M 55–59 4.2 3.8 3.9 4.2
M 60–64 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.0
M 65–69 3.5 4.4 4.3 3.4
M 70+ 7.7 8.8 8.1 7.7
F 16–24 6.4 4.2 5.0 6.3
F 25–34 7.9 9.8 9.4 8.0
F 35–44 7.9 9.6 9.7 8.0
F 45–54 7.6 8.7 9.9 7.6
F 55–59 4.5 5.2 5.5 4.5
F 60–64 4.3 5.1 5.0 4.3
F 65–69 3.7 4.6 4.1 3.7
F 70+ 9.6 8.8 7.5 9.6
Age & education % % % %
16-34 Degree/equivalent 12.8 15.2 14.9 12.8
16-34 other qualification 13.5 5.8 6.6 13.5
35-54 Degree/equivalent 17.8 24.5 25.0 17.8
35-54 other qualification 10.7 7.2 8.2 10.7
55-69 Degree/equivalent 10.7 16.2 15.8 10.7
55-69 other qualification 10.7 8.4 8.3 10.7
70+ 17.3 17.6 15.6 17.3
No qualification 6.5 5.1 5.5 6.4
Tenure % % % %
Owned outright 33.9 39.3 37.7 34.0
Mortgage owned/shared ownership 31.9 31.8 32.3 31.9
Rent or other 34.2 28.9 30.0 34.1
Ethnicity % % % %
White 93.2 93.1 92.6 93.2
BAME 6.8 6.9 7.4 6.8
Economic activity % % % %
Employed 59.5 56.4 57.4 59.6
Unemployed 2.3 4.0 4.0 2.3
Other/inactive 38.2 39.6 38.5 38.1
SIMD % % % %
1st Quintile 18.7 22.4 19.9 18.7
2 19.3 16.0 18.5 19.3
3 20.1 16.6 20.0 20.0
4 21.2 19.2 22.5 21.2
5th Quintile 20.8 25.9 19.1 20.8
Base 4,650,067 3,043 3,101 3,043
Table 2 Between-household non-response model
Variable B S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
Population-density (quintiles) n/a 9.156 4 0.057 n/a
1 (lowest) (baseline) S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
2 0.036 0.078 0.214 1 0.644 1.037
3 0.162 0.081 3.978 1 0.046 1.176
4 -0.048 0.092 0.272 1 0.602 0.953
5 (highest) 0.113 0.096 1.401 1 0.237 1.120
Percentage higher socio-economic status (NS-SEC12) (quintiles) n/a 19.072 4 <.001 n/a
1 (lowest) (baseline) S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
2 0.141 0.080 3.114 1 0.078 1.151
3 0.115 0.084 1.869 1 0.172 1.122
4 -0.039 0.087 0.196 1 0.658 0.962
5 (highest) 0.262 0.091 8.241 1 0.004 1.299
Percentage owner-occupied (quintiles) n/a 22.914 4 <.001 n/a
1 (lowest) (baseline) S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
2 0.162 0.084 3.706 1 0.054 1.176
3 0.297 0.092 10.481 1 0.001 1.346
4 0.482 0.104 21.668 1 <.001 1.620
5 (highest) 0.493 0.122 16.231 1 <.001 1.637
Rural (baseline) S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
Urban -0.243 0.074 10.67 1 0.001 0.785
Output Area Classification (eight categories) n/a 10.793 7 0.148 n/a
1 Retired Professionals (baseline) S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
2 Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites -0.067 0.080 0.704 1 0.401 0.935
3 Multicultural and Educated Urbanites 0.217 0.138 2.488 1 0.115 1.242
4 Low-Skilled Migrant and Student Communities -0.018 0.260 0.005 1 0.944 0.982
5 Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals -0.148 0.128 1.340 1 0.247 0.862
6 Baseline UK -0.004 0.128 0.001 1 0.974 0.996
7 Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce -0.077 0.109 0.493 1 0.482 0.926
8 Legacy Communities -0.061 0.115 0.283 1 0.594 0.941
Percentage 65+ (quintiles) n/a 6.757 4 0.149 n/a
1 (lowest) (baseline) S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
2 -0.067 0.084 0.622 1 0.430 0.936
3 -0.031 0.086 0.129 1 0.719 0.970
4 -0.198 0.090 4.817 1 0.028 0.821
5 (highest) -0.086 0.093 0.842 1 0.359 0.918
Index of Multiple deprivation (quintiles) n/a 13.485 4 0.009 n/a
1 (lowest) (baseline) S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
2 0.049 0.085 0.335 1 0.563 1.050
3 0.045 0.092 0.239 1 0.625 1.046
4 0.096 0.098 0.962 1 0.327 1.100
5 (highest) 0.305 0.104 8.641 1 0.003 1.357
Constant -1.746 0.146 143.659 1 <.001 0.174
Table 3 Within-household non-response model
Variable B S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
Number of eligible adults in hh (trimmed at 4) n/a 2.641 2 0.267 n/a
2 (baseline)
3 -0.088 0.149 0.352 1 0.553 0.915
4+ -0.351 0.224 2.449 1 0.118 0.704
Children under 16 in hh (binary)
No (baseline)
Yes -0.135 0.122 1.229 1 0.268 0.873
Tenure n/a 1.549 2 0.461 n/a
Ownership - outright (baseline) S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
Ownership - mortgage/shared 0.036 0.129 0.078 1 0.779 1.037
Renting/other -0.133 0.136 0.957 1 0.328 0.875
Household Education (degree/no degree/not asked) n/a 1.284 2 0.526 n/a
Yes (baseline) S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
No 0.036 0.154 0.056 1 0.812 1.037
Not asked[12] 0.126 0.116 1.176 1 0.278 1.135
Pre-tax weekly household income (Quartiles) n/a 41.427 4 <.001 n/a
Missing (baseline) S.E. Wald Df Sig. Odds
Less than £450 1.131 0.206 30.097 1 <.001 3.100
£450 - £799 1.000 0.177 31.849 1 <.001 2.719
£800 - £1,399 0.949 0.175 29.548 1 <.001 2.582
£1,400 or more 0.832 0.185 20.137 1 <.001 2.297
Constant -0.951 0.176 29.264 1 <.001 0.386

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