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 A2.15: Which of the following do you think has most influence over the way Scotland is run?

The Scottish Government The UK government at Westminster Local councils in Scotland The European Union Weighted bases Unweighted bases
% % % %
ALL 41 42 6 5 1288 1288
Age
18-29 30 53 5 3 239 143
30-39 35 52 4 2 227 193
40-64 47 36 7 6 533 582
65+ 43 36 6 7 288 368
Household income
Up to 14,300 36 42 8 6 236 278
14,300 up to 26,000 35 43 6 8 248 264
26,000 up to 44,200 43 45 5 4 285 272
Over 44,200 48 44 3 2 287 256
DK / Ref / NA 39 34 10 6 233 218
Interest in politics
A great deal / Quite a lot 47 41 4 4 513 517
Some 43 41 8 5 394 393
Not very much / None 29 43 7 6 381 378

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