PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SCOTLAND AFTER DEVOLUTION: FINDINGS FROM THE 2004 SCOTTISH SOCIAL ATTITUDES SURVEY

ANNEX 1: RESULTS OF STATISTICAL MODELS

The four logistic regression models commented on in this report are presented below. Logistic regression uses binary dependent variables where the value of interest is coded 1 and the rest of the cases are coded 0. The binary dependent variable coding is shown at start of each table. This analysis method compares the parameter estimates for each category within a variable to a "reference" category. The reference category for each variable is shown in brackets. Two asterisks (**) denote significance at the 1% level, one (*) denotes significance at the 5% level.

Table 1 Knowledge of the Scottish Executive's activities over the past year

Dependent variable coding: 1= A great deal / quite a lot 0=other answers	B	S.E.	Odds ratio Exp(B)
Age (18-29)
30-44	0.433	0.230	1.541
45-64	1.014	0.224	2.757	**
65+	1.064	0.252	2.898	**
Women (men)	-0.428	0.140	0.652	**
Self-rated hardship (having difficulty)
Living very comfortably	0.164	0.323	1.178
Living comfortably	0.559	0.253	1.750	*
Coping	0.680	0.248	1.974	**
NS- SEC (routine occupations)
Employers, managers & professionals	0.614	0.194	1.848	**
Intermediate occupations	-0.059	0.260	0.943
Small employers & own account workers	0.506	0.258	1.659	*
Lower supervisory & technical	0.088	0.225	1.092
Urban-rural (large urban)
Other urban	-0.299	0.160	0.741
Small accessible towns	-0.100	0.232	0.905
Small remote towns	-0.885	0.447	0.413	*
Accessible rural	-0.049	0.224	0.952
Remote rural	0.493	0.285	1.638
Highest educational qualification (none)
Degree / Higher education	0.855	0.231	2.353	**
Highers / A levels	0.994	0.245	2.701	**
Standard grades / O levels	0.796	0.206	2.216	**
Interest in politics (none at all)
A great deal	2.664	0.383	14.350	**
Quite a lot	2.334	0.347	10.316	**
Some	1.364	0.340	3.912	**
Not very much	0.818	0.355	2.266	*
Constant	-1.328	0.140	0.265

Number of cases in model: 1460

Table 2 Trust in the Scottish Executive to work in Scotland's best interests

Dependent variable coding: 1= Just about always / most of the time 0=other answers	B	S.E.	Odds ratio Exp(B)
Age (18-29)
30-44	-0.416	0.188	0.660	*
45-64	-0.596	0.195	0.551	**
65+	-0.850	0.223	0.427	**
Self-rated hardship (having difficulty)
Living very comfortably	0.305	0.258	1.356
Living comfortably	0.500	0.195	1.648	**
Coping	0.117	0.190	1.125
Highest educational qualification (None)
Degree / Higher education	0.445	0.181	1.560	**
Highers / A levels	0.368	0.200	1.445
Standard grades / O levels	0.020	0.167	1.020
Party Identification (None)
Conservative	0.848	0.246	2.336	**
Labour	0.836	0.199	2.308	**
Liberal Democrat	1.184	0.264	3.268	**
SNP	0.706	0.234	2.025	**
Other party	0.308	0.310	1.361
DK / Ref / Other ans	0.374	0.249	1.453
Constitutional preference (Devolution)
Independence	-0.289	0.136	0.749	*
Westminster rule	-1.064	0.170	0.345	**
Don't know	-1.097	0.306	0.334	**
Awareness of SE activities (Not much / nothing at all)
Great deal / quite a lot	0.802	0.147	2.231	**
Some	0.601	0.140	1.825	**
Newspaper readership (Tabloid)
None	0.331	0.133	1.392	**
Broadsheet	0.336	0.167	1.399	*
Constant	-0.200	0.104	0.819

Number of cases in model: 1450

Table 3 How good is the Scottish Executive at listening to people's views?

Dependent variable coding: 1= Very good / quite good 0=other answers	B	S.E.	Odds ratio Exp(B)
Women (men)	-0.278	0.124	0.757	*
Highest educational qualification (None)
Degree / Higher education	0.496	0.175	1.642	**
Highers / A levels	0.341	0.198	1.406
Standard grades / O levels	0.166	0.182	1.180
Party Identification (None)
Conservative	-0.073	0.266	0.929
Labour	0.600	0.221	1.821	**
Liberal Democrat	0.469	0.268	1.598
SNP	0.105	0.264	1.111
Other party	0.403	0.338	1.497
DK / Ref / Other ans	0.143	0.286	1.153
Trust SE just about always / most of the time (Some of the time / never)	1.614	0.136	5.022	**
Constant	-1.039	0.079	0.354

Number of cases in model: 1460

Table 4 Importance of voting in Scottish Parliament elections

Dependent variable coding: 1= Very important 0=other answers	B	S.E.	Odds ratio Exp(B)
Age (18-29)
30-44	0.700	0.222	2.013	**
45-64	1.187	0.218	3.277	**
65+	1.779	0.240	5.922	**
Women (Men)	0.474	0.144	1.607	**
NS- SEC (Routine occupations)
Employers, managers & professionals	0.278	0.173	1.320
Intermediate occupations	0.253	0.243	1.288
Small employers & own account workers	-0.577	0.275	0.561	*
Lower supervisory & technical	-0.267	0.216	0.766
Party Identification (None)
Conservative	1.915	0.391	6.789	**
Labour	2.287	0.361	9.850	**
Liberal Democrat	2.055	0.400	7.808	**
SNP	2.518	0.392	12.408	**
Other party	2.258	0.443	9.566	**
DK / Ref / Other ans	1.392	0.409	4.021	**
Constitutional preference (Devolution)
Independence	-0.103	0.159	0.902
Westminster rule	-0.876	0.193	0.416	**
Don't know	0.016	0.380	1.016
Interest in politics (None at all)
A great deal	2.945	0.374	19.003	**
Quite a lot	2.171	0.306	8.763	**
Some	1.459	0.287	4.301	**
Not very much	0.527	0.294	1.694
Trust SE just about always / most of the time (Trust some of the time / never)	0.462	0.140	1.587	**
Constant	-0.569	0.134	0.566

Number of cases in model: 1347

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PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SCOTLAND AFTER DEVOLUTION: FINDINGS FROM THE 2004 SCOTTISH SOCIAL ATTITUDES SURVEY

ANNEX 1: RESULTS OF STATISTICAL MODELS