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Scottish Social Attitudes 2015: Attitudes to Government, the National Health Service, the Economy and Standard of Living
This report provides the findings of the core module of the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2015 on attitudes to government, the National Health Service, the economy and standard of living.
Table A2.2: How much do you trust the Scottish Government/Executive /Parliament* to work in Scotland's best long-term interest? (1999-2015, column %)
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Just about always | 26 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Most of the time | 55 | 45 | 52 | 43 | 52 | 43 | 46 | 43 |
| Only some of the time | 14 | 34 | 29 | 34 | 31 | 37 | 33 | 37 |
| Almost never | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| (Don't know) | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| (Not answered) | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | - |
| Sample size | 1482 | 1663 | 1605 | 1665 | 1508 | 1637 | 1549 | 1594 |
| 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | ||
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||
| Just about always | 14 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 22 | |
| Most of the time | 57 | 47 | 47 | 51 | 46 | 43 | 50 | |
| Only some of the time | 22 | 31 | 31 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 21 | |
| Almost never | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | |
| (Don't know) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| (Not answered) | * | * | * | - | - | * | - | |
| Sample size | 1508 | 1482 | 1495 | 1197 | 1229 | 1497 | 1288 |
*Prior to 2004, the question asked about the Parliament. In 2004 an experiment was run whereby half the sample was asked about the Scottish Parliament and half was asked about the Scottish Executive. The change of wording made negligible difference to the responses given therefore the combined results are shown here. In 2009, the wording was changed again to ask about the Scottish Government, following the September 2007 name change.
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