Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2023 - Attitudes to Government, the Economy, and the Health Service
Findings from the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey core module 2023.
In 2023, SSAS was run as a push-to-web survey for the first time in its history.
These questions covered attitudes to: government, the standard of living, the health service, and tax, spending, and redistribution.
Footnotes
i. The change in methodology in 2021 impacted the nature of the sample and responses received, meaning that the telephone survey findings were not comparable with previous SSAS data.
ii. With the exception of 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2020.
iii. ONS (2024) Cost of Living latest insights. [Accessed: 22nd May 2024]
iv. ONS (2024) Cost of Living latest insights. [Accessed: 22nd May 2024]
v. ONS (2023) Consumer Price Inflation, UK: November 2023.
vi. Scottish Government (2024) GDP Quarterly National Accounts: 2023 Quarter 4.
vii. Scottish Government Quarterly GDP Statistics.
viii. Ons (2024) Labour Force Survey, seasonally adjusted NB: LFS data from July to September 2022 onward has been reweighted, causing a step change discontinuity. Therefore, data for July to September 2022 onwards cannot be directly compared with data prior to July to September 2022.
ix. Scottish Government (2024) Scottish Economic Bulletin.
x. Audit Scotland (2024) The NHS in Scotland 2023.
xi. Scottish Government (2024) Health and Care Experience Survey 2023/24.
xii. PHS (2024) Stage of treatment waiting times open data.
xiii. Ibid
xiv. See Annex B – Tables B.1 & B.2 for full subgroup analysis.
xv. See Annex A for definition.
xvi. The question on whether respondents support or oppose Scottish Independence does not form part of the SSAS Core Module and was not funded by the Scottish Government.
xvii. See Annex B – Tables B.3 and B.4 for full subgroup analysis.
xviii. See Annex B – Table B.5 for full subgroup analysis.
xix. See Annex A for definition.
xx. See Annex B – Tables B.6 and B.7 for full subgroup analysis.
xxi. See Annex B – Table B.8 for full subgroup analysis.
xxii. See Annex B – Table B.9 for subgroup analysis.
xxiii. For more information on how the inclusion of this question in the online survey was explored and detailed discussion of the impact of the mode change from a face-to-face survey to push-to-web, please see the SSAS 2023 technical report.
xxiv. See Annex B – Table B.10 for full subgroup analysis.
xxv. For more information on how this was explored and detailed discussion of the impact of the mode change from a face-to-face survey to push-to-web, please see the SSAS 2023 technical report.
xxvi. See Annex B – Table B.11 for full sub-group analysis.
xxvii. See Annex B – Table B.12 for full subgroup analysis.
xxviii. See Annex A for definition.
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