Scotland's People: Results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey (Volume 7: Annual Report)

Table 4-69: Social contact in the two weeks prior to interview by age

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

	16 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 59	60 to 74	75 plus	All
Went to visit relatives	60	76	74	66	60	46	65
Went out with relatives	39	46	42	41	37	32	40
Had relatives round	47	62	59	56	61	65	58
Spoke to relatives on the phone	76	88	88	86	85	82	85
Went to visit friends	81	74	68	58	50	38	61
Went out with friends	79	65	56	50	43	30	53
Had friends round	67	63	54	48	46	44	53
Spoke to friends on the phone	89	88	86	81	77	69	82
Spoke to neighbours	64	79	85	86	87	83	82
None of these	0	1	1	1	1	2	1
Base	2,324	4,514	5,345	6,617	6,348	3,534	28,682

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed

Table 4-70: Social contact in the two weeks prior to interview by annual net household income

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data, Adult population

	0 - 6,000	6,001 - 10,000	10,001 - 15,000	15,001 - 20,000	Over 20,000	All
Went to visit relatives	55	59	62	68	71	65
Went out with relatives	35	36	37	39	44	40
Had relatives round	54	58	59	57	59	58
Spoke to relatives on the phone	79	81	84	86	89	85
Went to visit friends	56	51	57	61	70	61
Went out with friends	48	42	48	52	62	53
Had friends round	52	47	51	52	56	53
Spoke to friends on the phone	72	73	78	84	90	82
Spoke to neighbours	78	80	81	82	85	82
None of these	1	1	1	1	0	1
Base	2,789	6,003	6,002	4,109	8,804	27,707

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed

Table 4-71: Social contact in the two weeks prior to interview by tenure

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

	Owned outright	Buying with help of loan/mortgage	Rent - Local authority / Scottish Homes	Rent - Housing Assoc / Co-op	Rent - private landlord	Other	All
Went to visit relatives	61	72	60	62	55	60	65
Went out with relatives	39	45	34	38	34	33	40
Had relatives round	60	59	58	59	43	51	58
Spoke to relatives on the phone	86	88	77	82	87	81	85
Went to visit friends	58	68	50	54	71	54	61
Went out with friends	50	60	42	45	62	46	53
Had friends round	51	55	47	51	62	46	53
Spoke to friends on the phone	83	88	69	73	86	76	82
Spoke to neighbours	86	84	79	82	66	74	82
None of these	1	0	2	1	1	1	1
Base	7,741	10,630	6,554	1,559	1,683	522	28,689

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed

Table 4-72: Level of involvement in local community by sex

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

Table 4-73: Level of involvement in local community by age
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

Table 4-74: Level of involvement in local community by banded annual net household income
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

Table 4-75: Level of involvement in local community by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

Table 4-76: Level of involvement in local community by local authority

Row percentages, 2001/2002 data, Adult population

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