Coronavirus (COVID-19): impact on wellbeing - research
This report contains the findings from a telephone survey commissioned by Scottish Government to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people in Scotland.
Annex A: Technical information
The survey responses were weighted to be representative of gender, working status, age, Scottish parliamentary region and tenure. The unweighted and weighted sample profiles are compared below.
Characteristic | Category | Unweighted | Weighted |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 44% | 48% |
Female | 56% | 52% | |
Working status | Working full time | 40% | 37% |
Working part time | 11% | 10% | |
Self employed | 7% | 7% | |
Not working | 17% | 22% | |
Retired | 26% | 24% | |
Age | Age 16-24 | 13% | 13% |
Age 25-34 | 15% | 17% | |
Age 35-54 | 33% | 33% | |
Age 55-69 | 26% | 25% | |
Age 70+ | 14% | 13% | |
Region | Lothian | 15% | 14% |
NE Scotland | 14% | 14% | |
Glasgow | 12% | 13% | |
West Scotland | 13% | 13% | |
South Scotland | 12% | 13% | |
Central Scotland | 13% | 12% | |
Mid Scotland and Fife | 12% | 12% | |
Highlands and Islands | 9% | 8% | |
Tenure | Owner occupier | 74% | 64% |
Private rent | 8% | 14% | |
Local authority/house association/other social rent | 16% | 20% |
The unweighted base sizes of the subgroups reported on in this study are shown below.
Category | Unweighted base |
---|---|
Male | 437 |
Female | 560 |
SIMD quintile 1 | 153 |
SIMD quintile 2 | 186 |
SIMD quintile 3 | 184 |
SIMD quintile 4 | 179 |
SIMD quintile 5 | 256 |
Age 16-24 | 127 |
Age 25-34 | 150 |
Age 35-54 | 325 |
Age 55-69 | 255 |
Age 70+ | 143 |
Rural | 791 |
Urban | 167 |
Long term physical or mental health condition | 194 |
No long term physical or mental health condition | 797 |
Households with children | 262 |
Households without children | 702 |
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