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Inequalities in access to blue coastal space: research report

Research report exploring factors affecting people’s access to coastal space in Scotland.

Appendix C – Full breakdown of sample for qualitative focus groups and depth interviews

Please note that where this does not add up to 39 for dog ownership, this is due to participants not having that information for every participant.

Sample characteristics	Number of participants
Total sample	39
Gender
Female	22
Male	17
Age
16-35	22
36+	17
Ethnicity
White	30
Asian/Scottish Asian/British Asian	3
Black African	3
Mixed/Multiple ethnic backgrounds/Other ethnic group	3
Rurality
Urban Based on the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2020	35
Rural	4
Health status
Disability/long term health condition	15
No disability/long term health condition	24
Deprivation
More deprived areas – SIMD 1 or 2 Based on the Scottish Government's Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation	25
Less deprived areas – SIMD 3, 4 or 5	14
Dog owner
Yes	10
No	26
Employment status
Working full-time	16
Not working full-time (including those working part-time)	23
Coastal visit frequency in past 12 months (in 2022)
Occasional user (Those who had accessed the coast at least once in the past 12 months but no more than once every 2 or 3 months)	28
Non-user (Those who had not accessed the coast in the past 12 months)	11

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