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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2017: attitudes data

Published
26 June 2018
Directorate
Constitution Directorate
ISBN
9781788519694

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

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Annex A. Statistical Testing

This Annex contains details of tests conducted to determine significant relationships between questions on government, priorities, importance of voting, the economy, living standards, the NHS, and a set of independent variables from the wider SSA collection.

Cross-tabulations and chi-squared tests were run [28] . Since a large number of statistical tests were being conducted for each variable, false positives were controlled using the Holm-Bonferroni method.

In the table below:

√ indicates that a statistically significant relationship is found

x indicates that no statistically significant relationship is found

Independent Variables → Age Sex Children in household Economic activity Support or feel close to a party Political affiliation Political spectrum Interest in politics National identity Tenure Main income source Living comfortably Religious identity Highest qualifications SIMD Urban/Rural Self-reported health
Dependant Variables ↓
Trust to work in Scotland's best interests Scottish Government √ √ x √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ x x √ x x  
UK Government √ x x x √ √ √ √ √ x x x √ x x √  
Trust to make fair decisions Scottish Government x √ x √ √ √ √ √ x x x x x √ x x  
UK Government √ x x √ x √ √ √ √ x x x x x x x  
Listening to people's views before taking decisions Scottish Government √ x x √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ x x √ x x  
UK Government √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ x x x x x x x x  
Influence over the way Scotland is run Who has the most? √ x x √ √ √ x √ √ √ √ x x √ √ x  
Who ought to have the most? x √ x x √ √ x √ √ x x x √ √ x x  
Is Scottish Parliament giving… Scotland a stronger voice in the UK? √ x √ √ √ √ √ √ x x √ x x √ √ x  
Ordinary people more of a say? √ x x √ √ √ x √ x x x x √ √ x x  
Importance of Voting Scottish Parliament elections x x x x √ √ x √ x √ √ √ x √ x x  
UK General Elections x x x √ √ x x √ √ √ √ √ x √ √ x  
Local Council Elections x x x √ √ x x √ x √ √ √ √ √ x x  
Change in the economy √ √ x x √ √ x √ √ √ x x x √ x x  
Change in living standards √ x x √ √ √ √ √ x √ √ √ x x x x  
NHS Satisfaction √ x x √ x x √ x x x √ √ x x x x √
Change in NHS standards √ x √ x √ √ √ x x √ √ x x √ x x √

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