Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2017: attitudes data

This survey provides an important source of data on attitudes to government, the economy and public services over this period.


Footnotes

1. Scottish Government, 2016: Scottish Social Attitudes: Attitudes to government and political engagement

2. UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice

3. Scottish Government, 2017: Scottish Social Attitudes: Attitudes to government and political engagement: Technical Annex

4. In 1999, the question was asked prospectively: "How much would you trust a Scottish Parliament Scotland's best interests? ‟

5. A dotted line indicates a gap in the time-series.

6. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

7. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

8. This question was asked for the first time in the 2015 survey.

9. The questions on 'Trust in government to make fair decisions' and 'Trust in government to act in Scotland's best interests' are not directly comparable due to the use of different answer scales.

10. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

11. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

12. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

13. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

14. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

15. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

16. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

17. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

18. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

19. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

20. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

21. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

22. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

23. The lists provided have varied over time. The table with top choices in previous years can be found in Annex B.

24. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

25. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

26. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

27. Differences in responses by different groups were examined (see Annex A) and only findings with statistically significant differences between groups are presented in this report.

28. The cross-tabulations do not take into account correlations between the dependent variables.

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