Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2017

5 Indicator Tables

5.1 General Health

Table 7: Self-assessed general health “Good” or “Very good”, SSCQ 2017; changes since 2016 and 2012

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	73.9	± 0.8	0.5		0.1
Age	16-24	83.8	± 2.4	-2.3		-4.0	↓
	25-34	84.4	± 1.6	1.7		-0.8
	35-44	80.4	± 1.8	0.1		0.0
	45-54	75.2	± 1.8	2.3		1.6
	55-64	68.9	± 1.8	2.2		1.9
	65-74	63.1	± 1.9	0.0		3.2	↑
	75+	52.8	± 2.2	-1.2		3.6	↑
Gender	Men	75.3	± 1.1	1.9	↑	0.9
	Women	72.5	± 1.0	-0.7		-0.6
Disability	Limiting Condition	28.9	± 1.5	-0.5		1.0	↑
	No limiting condition	88.2	± 0.7	0.4		-0.1
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	72.0	± 0.9	0.5		-0.6	↓
	White: Other British	77.1	± 1.9	-0.1		3.0	↑
	White: Polish	86.1	± 5.6	-2.3		-4.2
	White: Other*	84.3	± 3.0	0.8		2.0
	Asian**	79.8	± 4.9	-0.6		-1.2
	All other ethnic groups***	86.6	± 4.2	5.1		-3.9
Religion	None	76.5	± 1.1	0.7		-0.6	↓
	Church of Scotland	69.3	± 1.5	0.4		-0.7
	Roman Catholic	71.8	± 2.0	-0.1		-0.5
	Other Christian	76.3	± 2.5	-0.5		1.7
	Muslim	78.2	± 7.0	7.2		0.8
	Other	70.3	± 5.0	-0.1		-4.4
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	74.1	± 0.8	0.4		0.2
	LGB & Other	75.9	± 4.8	5.7		3.3
SIMD	1=Most deprived	62.7	± 1.9	0.5		1.3
	2	67.3	± 1.8	-1.1		-2.0
	3	75.6	± 1.6	0.9		0.1
	4	79.8	± 1.5	1.9		1.1
	5=Least deprived	82.8	± 1.4	-0.1		-0.5
Country of Birth	Scotland	72.2	± 0.9	0.7		-0.7	↓
	Rest of UK	76.8	± 2.1	-0.6		3.0
	Rest of EU	85.6	± 2.6	-0.8		0.0
	Rest of World	81.7	± 3.4	-0.1		-0.7

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults reporting good/very good health.

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults reporting good/very good health.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.2 Limiting long-term health conditions

Table 8: Limiting long-term health conditions, SSCQ 2017; changes since 2016 and 2012

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	23.7	± 0.7	-0.6		-0.3
Age	16-24	13.6	± 2.1	-0.5		5.0	↑
	25-34	12.3	± 1.4	-0.5		0.4
	35-44	15.3	± 1.6	-1.1		-0.8
	45-54	21.9	± 1.7	-1.4		-0.4
	55-64	29.1	± 1.8	0.7		-2.0	↓
	65-74	36.1	± 2.0	-0.2		-3.5	↓
	75+	47.0	± 2.2	-2.1		-7.1	↓
Gender	Men	21.1	± 1.0	-1.5	↓	-1.3
	Women	26.0	± 1.0	0.2		0.6	↑
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	25.1	± 0.9	-1.0		-0.2
	White: Other British	24.3	± 2.0	0.7		0.5
	White: Polish	10.6	± 4.2	3.6		2.4
	White: Other*	14.2	± 2.8	1.8		-0.8
	Asian**	12.3	± 3.8	2.0		1.5
	All other ethnic groups***	13.1	± 4.7	-1.9		1.9
Religion	None	20.0	± 1.0	-1.0		1.0	↑
	Church of Scotland	30.4	± 1.5	-0.3		0.6
	Roman Catholic	24.1	± 1.9	-2.1		-2.0
	Other Christian	26.1	± 2.6	3.9	↑	2.1
	Muslim	14.1	± 5.9	-3.6		2.4
	Other	27.6	± 4.8	2.7		4.7
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	23.2	± 0.7	-0.7		-0.5
	LGB & Other	26.0	± 5.1	-2.9		0.8
SIMD	1=Most deprived	31.7	± 1.9	-1.5		-2.5
	2	28.3	± 1.7	-0.4		0.8
	3	22.6	± 1.5	-0.6		0.1
	4	19.0	± 1.4	-1.4		-0.7
	5=Least deprived	17.6	± 1.4	1.1		1.4	↑
Country of Birth	Scotland	25.0	± 0.9	-0.9		0.5	↑
	Rest of UK	23.5	± 2.0	0.2		0.0
	Rest of EU	11.5	± 2.4	2.0		-1.1
	Rest of World	15.1	± 2.8	2.5		1.8

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults with a limiting long-term condition

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults with a limiting long-term condition.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.3 Smoking

Table 9: Smoking prevalence, SSCQ 2017; changes from 2016 and 2012

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	17.9	± 0.7	-1.6	↓	-5.8	↓
Age	16-24	16.8	± 2.3	-1.9		-6.8	↓
	25-34	22.1	± 1.9	-1.0		-6.3	↓
	35-44	19.5	± 1.7	-4.6	↓	-9.9	↓
	45-54	20.0	± 1.6	-3.5	↓	-6.6	↓
	55-64	20.4	± 1.6	0.3		-3.8	↓
	65-74	13.5	± 1.3	-0.8		-4.4	↓
	75+	8.5	± 1.2	1.6		0.8
Gender	Men	19.6	± 1.0	-1.8	↓	-5.8	↓
	Women	16.4	± 0.9	-1.4	↓	-5.8	↓
Disability	Limiting Condition	25.2	± 1.4	-1.0		-4.7	↓
	No limiting condition	15.7	± 0.7	-1.7	↓	-6.1	↓
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	18.9	± 0.8	-1.5	↓	-6.0	↓
	White: Other British	13.6	± 1.7	-1.2		-5.2	↓
	White: Polish	27.1	± 5.8	-1.8		-8.1
	White: Other*	17.0	± 3.1	-4.2		-6.7	↓
	Asian**	7.3	± 3.0	-3.8		-3.4
	All other ethnic groups***	14.7	± 4.7	-1.4		1.3
Religion	None	19.7	± 1.0	-2.8	↓	-7.9	↓
	Church of Scotland	15.5	± 1.2	0.4		-4.1	↓
	Roman Catholic	20.5	± 1.9	-1.6		-6.5	↓
	Other Christian	10.9	± 1.8	-1.4		-4.9	↓
	Muslim	10.0	± 4.6	-6.7		-4.4
	Other	19.8	± 4.7	0.8		-5.6
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	17.7	± 0.7	-1.5	↓	-6.0	↓
	LGB & Other	22.8	± 4.8	-6.4		-11.5	↓
SIMD	1=Most deprived	30.4	± 1.9	-1.9		-8.1	↓
	2	22.8	± 1.7	-2.0		-5.9	↓
	3	17.5	± 1.5	-0.2		-5.7	↓
	4	11.9	± 1.2	-2.5	↓	-5.6	↓
	5=Least deprived	8.5	± 1.1	-1.0		-2.9	↓
Country of Birth	Scotland	18.8	± 0.8	-1.4	↓	-5.9	↓
	Rest of UK	13.6	± 1.8	-1.7		-6.1	↓
	Rest of EU	22.0	± 3.1	-2.5		-6.2	↓
	Rest of World	9.3	± 2.2	-5.0	↓	-5.4	↓

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults who reported to currently smoke.

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults who reported to currently smoke.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.4 Mental Wellbeing

Table 10: Average SWEMWBS score, SSCQ 2017; changes since 2016 and 2014

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2014
Scotland	All	24.2	± 0.1	-0.1		-0.2	↓
Age	16-24	24.0	± 0.3	-0.4	↓	-0.5	↓
	25-34	24.3	± 0.2	-0.2		-0.6	↓
	35-44	24.1	± 0.2	-0.1		-0.2
	45-54	24.0	± 0.2	0.0		-0.3	↓
	55-64	24.4	± 0.2	0.2		0.0
	65-74	24.7	± 0.2	0.0		-0.1
	75+	24.2	± 0.2	-0.1		0.2
Gender	Men	24.3	± 0.1	-0.1		-0.2	↓
	Women	24.2	± 0.1	-0.1		-0.2	↓
Disability	Limiting Condition	22.2	± 0.1	-0.1		-0.1
	No limiting condition	24.9	± 0.1	-0.1		-0.3	↓
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	24.2	± 0.1	-0.1		-0.2	↓
	White: Other British	24.3	± 0.2	-0.2		-0.4	↓
	White: Polish	24.6	± 0.6	0.0		-0.4
	White: Other*	24.8	± 0.3	0.0		-0.3
	Asian**	24.3	± 0.5	-0.2		-0.4
	All other ethnic groups***	24.8	± 0.6	0.4		-0.8
Religion	None	24.1	± 0.1	-0.1		-0.3	↓
	Church of Scotland	24.4	± 0.1	-0.2		-0.1
	Roman Catholic	24.4	± 0.2	0.1		-0.2
	Other Christian	24.7	± 0.3	0.1		0.2
	Muslim	24.0	± 0.7	-0.3		-0.6
	Other	24.0	± 0.5	-0.1		-0.5
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	24.3	± 0.1	-0.1		-0.2	↓
	LGB & Other	23.3	± 0.5	-0.2		0.2
SIMD	1=Most deprived	23.5	± 0.1	0.0		-0.1
	2	23.8	± 0.2	-0.3	↓	-0.5	↓
	3	24.4	± 0.2	-0.1		-0.4	↓
	4	24.7	± 0.2	0.0		-0.2
	5=Least deprived	24.7	± 0.2	-0.1		-0.1
Country of Birth	Scotland	24.2	± 0.1	-0.1		-0.2	↓
	Rest of UK	24.3	± 0.2	0.0		-0.4	↓
	Rest of EU	24.7	± 0.3	-0.1		-0.7	↓
	Rest of World	24.7	± 0.4	0.2		-0.3

↑ a significant increase in mental wellbeing.

↓ a significant decrease in mental wellbeing.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.5 Provision of unpaid care

Table 11: Provision of unpaid care, SSCQ 2017; changes since 2016 and 2014

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	17.4	± 0.7	0.4		-0.5
Age	16-24	12.3	± 2.3	0.6		4.1	↑
	25-34	12.9	± 1.6	1.0		0.0
	35-44	16.0	± 1.7	-0.3		-2.1
	45-54	23.4	± 1.8	0.8		-1.9
	55-64	23.5	± 1.7	-0.1		-1.3
	65-74	18.5	± 1.6	1.0		-2.0	↓
	75+	12.1	± 1.5	-0.5		0.4
Gender	Men	14.4	± 0.9	0.5		-1.3	↓
	Women	20.2	± 1.0	0.4		0.3
Disability	Limiting Condition	18.6	± 1.3	-0.4		0.2
	No limiting condition	17.1	± 0.8	0.7		-0.6	↓
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	18.8	± 0.8	0.7		-0.2
	White: Other British	16.3	± 1.8	-0.6		-0.7
	White: Polish	9.2	± 5.3	3.9		3.2
	White: Other*	6.6	± 2.2	-2.9		-5.5	↓
	Asian**	11.6	± 4.4	1.7		1.6
	All other ethnic groups***	10.6	± 4.7	1.6		2.1
Religion	None	16.2	± 1.0	0.5		0.5
	Church of Scotland	20.1	± 1.3	0.9		-0.6
	Roman Catholic	17.2	± 1.8	0.0		-1.5
	Other Christian	17.2	± 2.3	-1.2		-1.9
	Muslim	15.6	± 7.0	5.3		1.6
	Other	17.5	± 4.5	0.7		0.8
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	17.5	± 0.7	0.4		-0.5
	LGB & Other	20.4	± 5.0	2.7		-0.7
SIMD	1=Most deprived	19.0	± 1.6	1.3		1.4
	2	17.2	± 1.6	-0.3		-1.5
	3	16.4	± 1.4	0.1		-1.1
	4	17.1	± 1.4	0.9		-0.6
	5=Least deprived	17.4	± 1.6	0.2		-0.4
Country of Birth	Scotland	18.9	± 0.8	0.8		-0.1
	Rest of UK	15.1	± 1.8	-1.3		-2.0
	Rest of EU	6.9	± 2.0	-0.3		-1.8
	Rest of World	11.4	± 3.2	1.4		1.1

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults providing unpaid care.

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults providing unpaid care.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.6 Perception of crime in local area

Table 12: Crime in local area has fallen or stayed the same in the past two years, SSCQ 2017; changes from 2016 and 2012

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	75.2	± 0.8	-2.3	↓	-0.6
Age	16-24	76.0	± 3.5	-3.7		-0.6
	25-34	75.4	± 2.4	-1.8		-0.3
	35-44	73.9	± 2.2	-2.1		-0.9
	45-54	72.7	± 2.1	-3.5	↓	-2.0
	55-64	76.4	± 1.8	-1.2		-0.1
	65-74	76.5	± 1.8	-1.6		-0.5
	75+	77.0	± 1.9	-2.5		0.8
Gender	Men	78.4	± 1.2	-1.2		0.6
	Women	72.4	± 1.2	-3.3	↓	-1.6
Disability	Limiting Condition	71.9	± 1.6	-3.7	↓	-0.1
	No limiting condition	76.3	± 1.0	-1.9	↓	-0.9
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	74.9	± 0.9	-2.5	↓	-0.3
	White: Other British	78.3	± 2.2	-1.1		-0.8
	White: Polish	74.0	± 7.5	2.5		-6.8
	White: Other*	75.9	± 4.5	-4.2		-4.7
	Asian**	70.4	± 7.5	-3.0		-7.2
	All other ethnic groups***	75.2	± 7.5	-2.0		7.9
Religion	None	75.6	± 1.2	-2.2	↓	-0.4
	Church of Scotland	75.5	± 1.5	-2.4	↓	-0.6
	Roman Catholic	74.0	± 2.3	-2.1		0.8
	Other Christian	76.2	± 2.9	-3.1		-3.6
	Muslim	68.5	± 10.3	-7.8		-7.8
	Other	73.6	± 5.9	0.9		0.5
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	75.2	± 0.9	-2.5	↓	-0.6
	LGB & Other	74.4	± 6.0	1.1		-4.5
SIMD	1=Most deprived	72.1	± 2.0	-3.2	↓	2.8
	2	71.7	± 2.0	-4.8	↓	-0.5
	3	75.4	± 1.9	-2.0		-0.6
	4	80.0	± 1.7	0.1		0.5
	5=Least deprived	76.5	± 1.9	-2.0		-4.9	↓
Country of Birth	Scotland	74.9	± 0.9	-2.3	↓	-0.6
	Rest of UK	78.0	± 2.3	-1.6		-1.6
	Rest of EU	74.7	± 4.3	-2.2		-3.1
	Rest of World	74.8	± 4.7	-3.9		-2.1

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults reporting that crime has stayed the same or decreased in their local area in the past two years.

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults reporting that crime has stayed the same or decreased in their local area in the past two years.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.7 Confidence in the police to prevent crime (A) 

Table 13: Very or fairly confident in the police to prevent crime, SSCQ 2017; changes from 2016 and 2012

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	55.8	± 0.9	-1.7	↓	-1.4
Age	16-24	63.7	± 3.4	-2.3		-0.2
	25-34	59.1	± 2.3	-3.4	↓	1.5	↑
	35-44	57.8	± 2.3	0.8		0.7
	45-54	51.7	± 2.2	-3.0		-2.6
	55-64	52.6	± 2.1	0.8		-2.3	↓
	65-74	52.1	± 2.0	-1.8		-3.4	↓
	75+	53.6	± 2.3	-3.4	↓	-4.0	↓
Gender	Men	55.5	± 1.4	-1.7		-1.4
	Women	56.0	± 1.2	-1.7		-1.5
Disability	Limiting Condition	51.1	± 1.8	-1.8		-1.3
	No limiting condition	57.3	± 1.1	-1.7	↓	-1.2
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	54.9	± 1.1	-1.9	↓	-1.2
	White: Other British	56.4	± 2.5	-1.6		-3.1	↓
	White: Polish	52.3	± 7.7	-11.6	↓	-12.2
	White: Other*	59.0	± 4.6	-0.3		1.1
	Asian**	67.9	± 6.0	4.5		2.8
	All other ethnic groups***	66.8	± 6.7	0.9		2.8
Religion	None	56.3	± 1.4	-1.4		0.0
	Church of Scotland	53.6	± 1.7	-3.2	↓	-4.4	↓
	Roman Catholic	54.9	± 2.5	-1.3		-0.9
	Other Christian	58.2	± 3.1	-2.3		0.7
	Muslim	62.5	± 8.1	0.7		-1.0
	Other	61.3	± 5.9	1.0		-0.6
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	55.6	± 1.0	-1.9	↓	-1.5
	LGB & Other	59.2	± 6.2	3.9		2.0
SIMD	1=Most deprived	52.2	± 2.1	-0.4		1.5
	2	52.8	± 2.1	-2.4		-3.3
	3	56.9	± 2.0	-2.6		-1.2
	4	56.5	± 2.0	-2.0		-1.5	↓
	5=Least deprived	60.0	± 2.1	-1.4		-2.9
Country of Birth	Scotland	54.8	± 1.0	-1.6	↓	-1.8	↓
	Rest of UK	57.5	± 2.7	-1.5		-2.1
	Rest of EU	57.5	± 4.2	-4.6		-4.4
	Rest of World	65.0	± 4.4	-2.7		0.5

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.8 Confidence in the police to respond quickly to calls and information from the public (B) 

Table 14: Very or fairly confident in the police to respond quickly to calls, SSCQ 2017; changes from 2016 and 2012

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	64.9	± 0.9	-1.1		-0.7
Age	16-24	72.1	± 3.2	-3.4		1.8
	25-34	70.5	± 2.2	-1.5		0.9
	35-44	68.7	± 2.2	-0.4		0.6
	45-54	60.7	± 2.2	-0.6		-1.7	↓
	55-64	61.6	± 2.0	2.3		-0.2
	65-74	57.1	± 2.0	-3.3	↓	-4.1	↓
	75+	62.8	± 2.2	-1.9		-1.5
Gender	Men	63.3	± 1.3	-1.5		-0.9
	Women	66.3	± 1.2	-0.8		-0.4
Disability	Limiting Condition	59.8	± 1.7	-1.6		-1.5
	No limiting condition	66.6	± 1.0	-0.9		0.0
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	64.0	± 1.0	-1.4	↓	-0.5
	White: Other British	67.4	± 2.4	0.6		-0.5
	White: Polish	62.8	± 7.7	-8.5		-7.9
	White: Other*	69.1	± 4.4	-1.2		-3.4
	Asian**	71.2	± 6.0	-2.9		1.1
	All other ethnic groups***	70.7	± 6.5	5.1		6.1
Religion	None	65.8	± 1.3	-1.2		0.2
	Church of Scotland	62.3	± 1.7	0.1		-1.9	↓
	Roman Catholic	64.4	± 2.4	-2.1		-0.3
	Other Christian	66.6	± 3.0	-2.7		-1.5
	Muslim	69.9	± 7.9	-0.5		-0.7
	Other	64.7	± 5.9	-4.6		-7.4
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	64.7	± 0.9	-1.1		-0.7
	LGB & Other	69.0	± 5.7	-0.5		1.9
SIMD	1=Most deprived	62.5	± 2.1	-1.3		2.4	↑
	2	64.1	± 2.0	0.2		-1.5
	3	65.5	± 1.9	-0.4		-1.0
	4	64.5	± 1.9	-2.3		-2.0	↓
	5=Least deprived	67.6	± 1.9	-2.1		-1.4
Country of Birth	Scotland	63.8	± 1.0	-1.2		-0.9	↓
	Rest of UK	68.2	± 2.5	-0.1		1.2
	Rest of EU	68.5	± 3.9	-3.2		-4.1
	Rest of World	70.9	± 4.4	-1.2		-0.3

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.9 Confidence in the police to deal with incidents as they occur (C) 

Table 15: Very or fairly confident in the police to deal with incidents as they occur, SSCQ 2017; changes from 2016 and 2012

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	66.6	± 0.9	-1.3	↓	-1.6	↓
Age	16-24	72.7	± 3.1	-2.8		1.5
	25-34	70.4	± 2.2	-2.7		0.6
	35-44	69.8	± 2.1	-0.7		-1.7
	45-54	63.7	± 2.1	-1.7		-2.5	↓
	55-64	63.8	± 2.0	2.6		-1.7	↓
	65-74	59.8	± 2.0	-3.6	↓	-5.4	↓
	75+	66.1	± 2.1	0.5		-1.5
Gender	Men	65.3	± 1.3	-2.6	↓	-2.5	↓
	Women	67.8	± 1.1	0.0		-0.8
Disability	Limiting Condition	62.4	± 1.7	-0.8		-0.8
	No limiting condition	68.1	± 1.0	-1.4		-1.6	↓
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	65.8	± 1.0	-1.4	↓	-1.8	↓
	White: Other British	68.7	± 2.3	0.1		-1.7
	White: Polish	62.0	± 7.8	-12.9	↓	-5.4
	White: Other*	69.9	± 4.3	-0.3		-0.8
	Asian**	75.9	± 5.7	1.8		7.4	↑
	All other ethnic groups***	70.1	± 6.5	0.2		0.3
Religion	None	67.0	± 1.3	-1.8	↓	-1.3
	Church of Scotland	65.4	± 1.6	-0.5		-2.6	↓
	Roman Catholic	65.3	± 2.4	-1.2		-0.4
	Other Christian	69.1	± 2.9	-2.1		-2.1
	Muslim	69.2	± 8.0	0.0		-2.6
	Other	69.6	± 5.4	0.9		-4.1
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	66.4	± 0.9	-1.4	↓	-1.8	↓
	LGB & Other	72.6	± 5.4	2.2		3.7
SIMD	1=Most deprived	63.3	± 2.1	-2.4		0.3
	2	66.1	± 2.0	0.6		-0.8
	3	67.2	± 1.9	-0.2		-2.2	↓
	4	67.4	± 1.9	-1.2		-2.2	↓
	5=Least deprived	68.9	± 1.9	-3.1	↓	-3.3	↓
Country of Birth	Scotland	65.7	± 1.0	-1.3		-2.2	↓
	Rest of UK	70.8	± 2.3	1.0		1.0
	Rest of EU	68.3	± 4.0	-4.4		-1.6
	Rest of World	70.5	± 4.3	-3.1		-0.6

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.10 Confidence in the police to investigate incidents after they occur (D) 

Table 16: Very or fairly confident in the police to investigate incidents after they occur, SSCQ 2017; changes from 2016 and 2012

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	69.2	± 0.9	-1.6	↓	-1.0
Age	16-24	71.6	± 3.2	-5.9	↓	-0.5
	25-34	71.0	± 2.1	-1.7		0.9
	35-44	71.8	± 2.1	-0.9		-1.1
	45-54	68.5	± 2.0	-1.9		-2.3
	55-64	69.3	± 1.9	2.3		1.1
	65-74	63.2	± 2.0	-3.2	↓	-3.3	↓
	75+	68.0	± 2.1	-0.1		-1.0
Gender	Men	68.1	± 1.3	-1.7		-1.4
	Women	70.2	± 1.1	-1.5		-0.5
Disability	Limiting Condition	64.8	± 1.7	-1.2		-0.7
	No limiting condition	70.7	± 1.0	-1.7	↓	-0.8
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	68.7	± 1.0	-2.4	↓	-1.2
	White: Other British	72.1	± 2.2	2.2		1.2
	White: Polish	57.2	± 7.8	-11.6	↓	-12.9
	White: Other*	73.1	± 4.1	2.8		1.8
	Asian**	73.7	± 5.7	1.2		3.2
	All other ethnic groups***	70.6	± 6.6	1.3		2.4
Religion	None	69.4	± 1.3	-1.4		-0.1
	Church of Scotland	69.4	± 1.6	-1.3		-1.6
	Roman Catholic	67.2	± 2.4	-2.8		-0.5
	Other Christian	71.2	± 2.9	-2.3		-1.5
	Muslim	70.8	± 7.5	0.7		1.3
	Other	68.9	± 5.6	-4.7		-5.8
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	69.1	± 0.9	-1.7	↓	-1.1
	LGB & Other	72.8	± 5.5	0.3		4.6
SIMD	1=Most deprived	65.6	± 2.0	-1.7		0.7
	2	68.1	± 1.9	-0.7		-1.4
	3	70.1	± 1.9	-2.1		-1.3
	4	69.8	± 1.9	-2.2		-0.3
	5=Least deprived	72.2	± 1.8	-1.5		-2.7
Country of Birth	Scotland	68.8	± 1.0	-1.9	↓	-1.3
	Rest of UK	72.3	± 2.3	1.5		0.9
	Rest of EU	68.3	± 4.0	-1.1		-1.7
	Rest of World	69.9	± 4.3	-4.3		-2.1

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.11 Confidence in the police to solve crimes (E) 

Table 17: Very or fairly confident in the police to solve crimes, SSCQ 2017; changes from 2016 and 2012

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	63.6	± 0.9	-1.0		1.5	↑
Age	16-24	69.2	± 3.3	-3.4		2.9	↑
	25-34	65.8	± 2.2	-2.5		3.5	↑
	35-44	67.1	± 2.2	2.3		2.9
	45-54	61.8	± 2.1	-1.4		0.2
	55-64	61.5	± 2.0	1.3		2.6
	65-74	58.5	± 2.0	-1.3		-0.9
	75+	60.4	± 2.2	-1.9		-0.8
Gender	Men	62.6	± 1.3	-1.2		1.2	↑
	Women	64.6	± 1.2	-0.7		1.7	↑
Disability	Limiting Condition	58.2	± 1.7	-1.4		1.3
	No limiting condition	65.4	± 1.0	-0.8		1.9	↑
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	63.6	± 1.0	-1.0		1.7	↑
	White: Other British	63.7	± 2.5	-0.1		0.9
	White: Polish	54.4	± 7.7	-8.0		-2.4
	White: Other*	65.5	± 4.4	1.1		2.8
	Asian**	68.1	± 6.1	0.0		6.2	↑
	All other ethnic groups***	65.0	± 6.7	-1.7		1.4
Religion	None	63.4	± 1.3	-0.9		2.4	↑
	Church of Scotland	64.1	± 1.6	-0.6		0.0
	Roman Catholic	61.9	± 2.4	-2.2		2.7
	Other Christian	67.1	± 2.9	-0.5		2.5
	Muslim	65.1	± 8.1	-2.9		2.0
	Other	62.8	± 5.9	-0.7		1.9
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	63.6	± 0.9	-1.0		1.6	↑
	LGB & Other	66.1	± 5.9	0.2		0.4
SIMD	1=Most deprived	60.6	± 2.1	0.9		4.0	↑
	2	61.7	± 2.0	-2.1		0.7	↑
	3	64.6	± 2.0	-0.2		1.1
	4	64.2	± 1.9	-2.4		0.9
	5=Least deprived	66.6	± 1.9	-1.0		0.7
Country of Birth	Scotland	63.4	± 1.0	-0.8		1.2	↑
	Rest of UK	65.3	± 2.6	1.3		2.1
	Rest of EU	61.5	± 4.1	-3.6		1.1
	Rest of World	65.1	± 4.4	-5.1		0.3

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

This table is not age-standardised.

5.12 Confidence in the police to catch criminals (F) 

Table 18: Very or fairly confident in the police to catch criminals, SSCQ 2017; changes from 2016 and 2012

		2017		Change
		grp%	+/-	from 2016		from 2012
Scotland	All	61.5	± 0.9	-0.8		1.4	↑
Age	16-24	65.8	± 3.4	-3.5		0.2
	25-34	63.9	± 2.3	-2.8		3.1	↑
	35-44	64.5	± 2.2	0.5		3.3
	45-54	59.9	± 2.2	-1.2		0.9
	55-64	59.6	± 2.0	2.0		3.2
	65-74	56.3	± 2.0	-0.5		-2.1
	75+	59.9	± 2.2	0.5		0.8
Gender	Men	61.2	± 1.4	-0.4		1.5	↑
	Women	61.8	± 1.2	-1.1		1.3	↑
Disability	Limiting Condition	56.2	± 1.7	-1.3		0.8
	No limiting condition	63.2	± 1.1	-0.6		1.8	↑
Ethnicity	White: Scottish	61.1	± 1.0	-1.1		1.4	↑
	White: Other British	62.8	± 2.4	0.6		1.5
	White: Polish	50.2	± 7.6	-14.0	↓	-11.6
	White: Other*	65.3	± 4.5	2.5		6.8	↑
	Asian**	64.1	± 6.3	1.9		3.6
	All other ethnic groups***	68.2	± 6.5	4.6		6.1
Religion	None	61.4	± 1.3	-1.0		2.1	↑
	Church of Scotland	61.7	± 1.7	0.1		0.5
	Roman Catholic	60.7	± 2.4	-1.9		2.6	↑
	Other Christian	63.2	± 3.0	-1.3		-0.1
	Muslim	60.8	± 8.4	-3.2		1.6
	Other	63.5	± 5.9	1.5		3.1
Sexual Orientation	Heterosexual	61.5	± 0.9	-0.8		1.5	↑
	LGB & Other	61.9	± 6.1	-1.7		0.7
SIMD	1=Most deprived	57.3	± 2.1	-1.8		2.8	↑
	2	60.0	± 2.0	-1.1		0.8	↑
	3	63.5	± 1.9	0.3		1.4
	4	61.3	± 2.0	-2.0		0.3
	5=Least deprived	65.0	± 2.0	0.5		1.4
Country of Birth	Scotland	61.1	± 1.0	-0.7		0.9
	Rest of UK	63.9	± 2.6	1.3		2.7
	Rest of EU	59.7	± 4.1	-4.4		-0.3
	Rest of World	64.8	± 4.4	-3.6		2.7	↑

↑ a significant increase in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

↓ a significant decrease in the proportion of adults fairly or very confident in the police.

This table is not age-standardised.