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 A2.6: In general how good would you say the Scottish Executive/Government* is at listening to people's views before it takes decisions? (2004- 2015, column %)

2004

2005

2006

2007

2009

% % % % %
Very good 1 3 2 2 4
Quite good 31 32 34 41 44
Not very good 41 38 39 35 33
Not at all good 17 16 14 9 8
(Don't know) 10 12 11 13 11
(Not answered) * * - * -
Sample size 1637 1549 1594 1508 1482
2010 2011 2013 2015
% % % %
Very good 3 6 4 8
Quite good 41 50 42 51
Not very good 37 26 33 25
Not at all good 11 8 12 9
(Don't know) 8 9 9 7
(Not answered) - - - *
Sample size 1495 1197 1497 1288

*From 2004-2007, the question asked about the Scottish Executive. In 2009, the question was amended to ask about the Scottish Government.

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