Public Attitudes to Poverty, Inequality and Welfare in Scotland and Britain

This report sets out public attitudes to poverty, inequality and welfare in Scotland and Britain, from a range of previously published sources. The report focuses on Scottish findings wherever possible, presenting British data as a proxy where Scottish data is not available.


References

Baumberg, Ben (2014) British Social Attitudes 31, NatCen Social Research

http://www.bsa-31.natcen.ac.uk/read-the-report/benefits/introduction.aspx

Baumberg, Ben, Bell, Kate and Gaffney, Declan (2013) Benefits Stigma in Britain, http://www.turn2us.org.uk/PDF/Benefits%20Stigma%20in%20Britain.pdf

British Social Attitudes 31 Website http://www.bsa-data.natcen.ac.uk/

Clery, Elizabeth; Lee, Lucy and Kunz, Sarah (2013) Public Attitudes to Poverty and Welfare, 1983-2011, analysis using British Social Attitudes Data

http://www.natcen.ac.uk/media/137637/poverty-and-welfare.pdf

Curtice, John (2014) Is it really all just about economics? Issues of nationhood and welfare

http://www.scotcen.org.uk/media/265694/ssa_is-it-really-all-just-about-economics.pdf

Fahmy, Eldin (2014) Poverty in Britain, 1999 and 2012: Some Emerging Findings, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, vol. 22 93), pp.181-191

Gannon, M. and Bailey, N (20130 Attitudes to the necessities of life in Scotland: can a UK poverty standard be applied in Scotland? http://www.poverty.ac.uk/sites/default/files/attachments/WP%20Analysis%20No.5%20-%20Attitudes%20to%20the%20%27necessities%20of%20life%27%20in%20Scotland%20%28Gannon%20Bailey%20Nov13%29.pdf

Hall, Suzanne; Leary, Katrina and Greevy Helen (2014) "Public Attitudes to Poverty", Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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McKendrick, John H (2014) Attitudes toward child poverty in contemporary Scotland, Glasgow School for Business and Society Glasgow Caledonian University

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http://bsa-30.natcen.ac.uk/read-the-report/spending-and-welfare/welfare-benefits.aspx

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http://www.scotcen.org.uk/media/176048/2011-is-scotland-more-left-wing-than-england.pdf

Scottish Government (2014) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2012/13 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0045/00454875.pdf

What Scotland Thinks Website http://whatscotlandthinks.org/ssa?query=Search+Scottish+Social+Attitudes+survey+questions

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