Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2006: Core Module: Report 1 - Attitudes Towards Public Services in Scotland

Annex A Additional tables

Table A.1 Priorities for the Scottish Executive, by key demographic factors (combined data from 2004, 2005, and 2006 SSA)

% who say the Executive's highest priority should be…	Improve Health	Cut crime	Economy	Education	Housing	Environment	Public transport	*Sample size*
All	26	23	16	16	11	4	1	4780
Sex
Men	24	23	18	16	10	5	2	2046
Women	27	23	14	16	12	4	1	2734
Age
18-24	27	22	6	18	17	6	2	334
65+	23	32	18	12	8	3	1	1187
Education
Degree / HE	28	17	17	20	9	6	2	1417
None	23	30	14	11	14	3	1	1236
Self-rated hardship
Living very comfortably	27	24	17	16	9	4	1	2287
Finding it difficult / very difficult	23	22	13	14	17	6	1	632
Urban / rural residence
Large urban	26	23	14	17	10	5	1	1578
Other urban	26	24	17	14	12	3	1	1202
Small accessible towns	23	24	16	17	12	4	2	514
Small remote towns	34	16	14	14	11	5	1	337
Accessible rural	24	21	19	16	10	4	1	667
Remote rural	25	19	17	13	13	5	3	482
SIMD
Least deprived 20%	28	21	18	19	7	4	1	963
Most deprived 20%	22	28	12	14	14	6	2	874
Household Income
£9,999 or less	23	28	13	14	13	6	1	1010
£10k to £19,999	25	25	16	14	14	4	1	1054
£20k to £37,999	27	20	16	17	11	5	1	1067
£38k plus	27	17	18	20	7	5	1	889

Table A.2 Impact of the Scottish Parliament on the health service

% who think that having a Scottish Parliament is…	…increasing the standard	…reducing the standard	…making no difference	Don't know	Net balance (increase-reduce)	*Sample size*
Age
18-24	27	7	55	11	+20	108
25-39	18	8	64	9	+10	380
40-64	21	10	64	5	+11	707
65+	24	11	59	5	+13	396
Constitutional preference
Westminster rule	6	14	76	4	-8	154
Devolution	26	8	59	6	+18	852
Independence	21	10	66	4	+11	478
Level of awareness of SE activities
Not much/nothing at all	11	9	69	10	+2	526
A great deal	30	9	56	4	+21	563
Who has most influence
UK govt	17	9	69	4	+8	592
SE	33	8	54	4	+25	384
Local councils	23	6	63	8	+17	281
EU	16	20	61	3	-4	188
How much trust SE to make fair decisions
Not very much/not at all	5	13	78	4	-8	331
A great deal/quite a lot	35	6	53	6	+29	484
Who is responsible for standards in health service
UK govt	17	8	71	4	+9	514
SE	35	13	51	1	+22	395
Self-reported disability or long term illness
Does not have disability or illness	21	8	63	8	+13	1213
Does have disability or illness	24	12	61	3	+12	374
Occupational sector
Private sector	20	8	65	7	+12	765
Public sector employer / charity / voluntary sector/ nationalised industries	26	12	60	5	+14	537
All	22	9	62	7	+13	1594

Table A.3 Impact of the Scottish Parliament on education

% who think that having a Scottish Parliament is…	..increasing the standard	…reducing the standard	…making no difference	Don't know	Net balance (increase-reduce)	*Sample size*
Age
18-24	52	3	31	15	+49	108
25-39	31	5	51	12	+26	380
40-64	28	7	57	8	+21	707
65+	23	8	54	14	+15	396
Constitutional preference
Westminster rule	12	12	69	7	0	154
Devolution	33	5	50	11	+28	852
Independence	33	6	53	7	+27	478
Level of awareness of SE activities
Not much/nothing at all	20	5	58	16	+15	526
A great deal	38	7	47	8	+31	563
Who has most influence
UK govt	27	7	59	7	+20	592
SE	39	6	45	10	+33	384
Local councils	37	3	47	12	+34	281
EU	23	11	60	6	+12	188
How much trust SE to make fair decisions
Not very much/not at all	11	11	70	8	0	331
A great deal/quite a lot	43	5	41	10	+38	484
Who is responsible for standards in education
UK govt	28	8	60	4	+20	315
SE	46	8	43	2	+38	498
Whether school aged children live in household
No children aged 4-15	28	6	53	12	+22	1287
Children aged 4-15	37	5	50	8	+32	307
Educational qualifications
None	21	5	63	12	+16	394
Standard grade/ GCSE	30	7	53	10	+23	432
Higher/A level	39	5	43	13	+34	280
Degree/ HE	32	7	50	11	+25	479
All	30	6	52	11	+24	1594

Table A.4 Impact of the Scottish Parliament on public transport

% who think that having a Scottish Parliament is…	…increasing the standard	…reducing the standard	…making no difference	Don't know	Net balance (increase-reduce)	*Sample size*
Age
18-24	39	3	45	13	+36	108
25-39	20	7	59	13	+13	380
40-64	23	10	54	14	+13	707
65+	35	7	49	9	+28	396
Constitutional preference
Westminster rule	13	12	66	10	+1	154
Devolution	29	8	51	12	+21	852
Independence	28	6	56	10	+22	478
Urban/rural area
Large urban	26	8	57	9	+22	508
Other urban	28	7	46	19	+21	375
Accessible small towns	21	8	62	10	+13	187
Remote small towns	28	8	55	8	+20	113
Accessible rural	32	7	50	11	+25	219
Remote rural	23	7	55	15	+16	192
Level of awareness of SE activities
Not much/nothing at all	19	7	58	15	+12	526
A great deal	33	9	49	9	+24	563
How much trust SE to make fair decisions
Not very much/not at all	14	11	64	11	+3	331
A great deal/quite a lot	34	7	50	9	+27	484
Who is responsible for standards in transport
UK govt	26	9	62	3	+17	183
SE	46	9	43	3	+37	498
How often use public transport
Never	17	7	56	20	+10	332
Once a week or more	33	8	54	6	+25	475
*All*	26	8	53	12	+18	1594

Table A.5 Perceptions of health service standards in the last 12 months (2006)

% who say standards have…	…increased	…stayed the same	…fallen	Don't know	Net balance (increased - fallen)	*Sample size*
Scottish party identification
SNP	16	24	55	6	-39	271
Lib Dem	23	39	31	7	-8	142
Labour	24	31	39	5	-15	532
Conservative	16	33	39	12	-23	207
None	20	29	37	13	-17	215
How much trust SE to make fair decisions
Not very much/not at all	10	25	60	6	-50	331
A great deal/quite a lot	29	32	32	7	-3	484
Who is responsible for standards in health
UK govt	15	29	57	-	-42	514
SE	32	35	33	-	-1	395
*All*	20	30	42	8	-22	1594

Table A.6 Perceptions of education standards in the last 12 months (2006)

% who say standards have…	…increased	…stayed the same	…fallen	Don't know	Net balance (increased - fallen)	*Sample size*
Age
18-24	42	27	9	22	+33	108
25-39	31	33	15	20	+16	380
40-64	27	37	20	17	+7	707
65+	28	24	24	24	+4	396
Urban/rural area
Large urban	30	34	17	19	+13	508
Other urban	34	27	18	21	+16	375
Accessible small towns	27	39	17	17	+10	187
Remote small towns	24	44	15	16	+9	113
Accessible rural	31	30	22	17	+9	219
Remote rural	17	29	24	30	-7	192
Who has most influence
UK govt	27	37	20	15	+7	592
SE	30	37	15	19	+15	384
Local councils	39	26	16	18	+23	281
EU	26	27	23	23	+3	188
How much trust SE to make fair decisions
Not very much/not at all	19	30	31	20	-12	331
A great deal/quite a lot	40	33	12	15	+25	484
Who is responsible for standards in education
UK govt	32	35	33	-	-1	315
SE	45	39	16	-	+29	498
Whether school aged children live in household
No children aged 4-15	27	30	20	-	+7	1287
Children aged 4-15	39	40	13		+26	307
*All*	30	32	18	20	+12	1594

Table A.7 Perceptions of public transport standards in the last 12 months (2006)

% who say standards have…	…increased	…stayed the same	…fallen	Don't know	Net balance (increased - fallen)	*Sample size*
Age
18-24	37	34	17	12	+20	108
25-39	19	44	19	17	0	380
40-64	26	30	21	22	+5	707
65+	41	29	15	15	+26	396
Urban/rural area
Large urban	33	35	20	12	+13	508
Other urban	25	33	19	23	+6	375
Accessible small towns	27	36	15	23	+12	187
Remote small towns	22	37	20	22	+2	113
Accessible rural	36	28	17	19	+19	219
Remote rural	22	35	19	24	+3	192
Who has most influence
UK govt	25	39	20	17	+5	592
SE	32	32	20	16	+12	384
Local councils	32	33	20	16	+12	281
EU	33	27	16	23	+17	188
How much trust SE to make fair decisions
Not very much/not at all	21	30	28	21	-7	331
A great deal/quite a lot	34	36	15	15	+19	484
Who is responsible for standards in transport
UK govt	32	38	30	-	+2	183
SE	50	33	17	-	+33	498
How often use public transport
Never	16	29	16	40	0	332
Once a week or more	40	34	23	3	+17	475
*All*	29	34	19	18	+10	1594

Table A.8 Perceptions of the economy in the last 12 months (2006)

% who say standards have…	…increased	…stayed the same	…fallen	Don't know	Net balance (increased - fallen)	*Sample size*
Sex
Men	34	32	19	15	+15	701
Women	27	25	21	27	+6	893
Age
18-24	37	31	3	29	+34	108
25-39	33	26	20	21	+13	380
40-64	31	30	21	18	+10	709
65+	22	27	26	25	-4	396
Self rated hardship
Difficult to cope on present income	21	30	27	22	-7	177
Living comfortably	36	27	16	21	+20	803
Constitutional preference
Westminster rule	18	36	29	17	-11	154
Devolution	32	29	17	21	+15	852
Independence	34	27	24	15	+10	478
How much trust SE to make fair decisions
Not very much/not at all	14	28	39	19	-25	331
A great deal/quite a lot	43	27	13	19	+30	484
Who is responsible for the economy
UK govt	28	33	40	-	-12	331
SE	50	31	18	-	+32	449
*All*	30	28	20	21	+10	1594

Table A.9 Perceptions of general standard of living in the last 12 months (2006)

% who say standards have…	…increased	…stayed the same	…fallen	Don't know	Net balance (increased - fallen)	*Sample size*
Self rated hardship
Difficult to cope on present income	21	32	41	6	-20	177
Living comfortably	42	37	15	6	+27	803
Level of awareness of SE activities
Not much/nothing at all	26	38	26	9	0	526
A great deal/a lot	42	35	19	4	+23	563
How much trust SE to make fair decisions
Not very much/not at all	25	33	38	4	-13	331
A great deal/quite a lot	46	36	13	5	+33	484
Who is responsible for standard of living
UK govt	29	37	34	-	-5	510
SE	49	32	18	-	+31	332
*All*	35	37	22	6	+13	1594

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