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The survey collects a range of information about people's perceptions and experiences of life in their neighbourhoods or localities. This includes attitudes towards their area as a place to live, views and experiences of crime and community safety problems, contact with the local authority and use of and satisfaction with local services.
It was shown earlier that most people have lived in their present home for a considerable length of time. Not surprisingly, then, most people rate their area or neighbourhood highly - half the public (51%) rate their area as a 'very good' and a further 42% as a 'fairly good' place to live. Only 3% think the area is a 'very poor' place to live (no table).
People were asked a limited set of questions about their contact with council services. Overall, 32% of the adult population said that they had been in contact with their local council over the previous 12 months in relation to at least one of a range of services- most commonly, in connection with refuse collection (9% of all respondents) or Council Tax (9%). 9% of respondents said they had contacted their local councillor in the past 12 months (no table).
Figure 2 Proportion of adult population using
recycling facilities at least once a week and never by age group
Source: Scottish Household Survey (Feb-Mar, 1999). Base (100%)=2436
Respondents were asked how often, if at all, they use recycling facilities, such as bottle banks. As Figure 2 indicates, while there is a small group of people who use such facilities regularly (15% doing so at least once a week), almost half the population (43%) never does so.
Interestingly, use of recycling facilities is related to access to one or more motor vehicles. For example, 58% of those without access to a motor vehicle say that they never used recycling facilities, while the same is true of only 37% of those with access to a vehicle.
While there is little difference between men and women in terms of their use of recycling facilities, there are clear differences by age (figure 2). Those under 35 and 75 or over are the least likely to use such facilities regularly (only 10% and 13%, respectively, doing so at least once a week), while those aged between 45 and 59 are the most likely to do so (19%).
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