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10.5255/UKDA-SN-8188-28188 http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-8188-2 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015 ScotCen Social Research <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The <i>Scottish Social Attitudes</i> (SSA) survey was launched by ScotCen Social Research (formerly the Scottish Centre for Social Research) in 1999, following the advent of devolution. Based on annual rounds of interviews of between 1,200 to 1,500 people drawn using probability sampling (based on a stratified, clustered sample), it aims to facilitate the study of public opinion and inform the development of public policy in Scotland, similar to the <i>British Social Attitudes</i> (BSA) series (held at the Archive under GN 33168). The SSA survey has been conducted annually each year since 1999, with the exception of 2008. The survey has a modular structure. In any one year it typically contains three to five modules, each containing 40 questions. Funding for its first two years came from the Economic and Social Research Council, while from 2001 onwards different bodies have funded individual modules each year. These bodies have included the Economic and Social Research Council, the Scottish Government and various charitable and grant awarding bodies, such as the Nuffield Foundation and Leverhulme Trust. <br> <br> Further information on the SSA and links to publications may be found on the ScotCen Social Research <a href="https://natcen.ac.uk/search?series%5B43%5D=43" title="Scottish Social Attitudes" target="_blank">Scottish Social Attitudes</a> webpages.<br> <br>The 2015 survey contained modules of questions on Attitudes to Discrimination, Attitudes to Government, Attitudes to Social Capital and Attitudes to Minimum Unit Pricing (funded by Scottish Government) and on Language Learning (funded jointly by Scottish Government, University of Edinburgh and Scottish Centre for Information on Language Teaching). <br /><br /> For the second edition (August 2017), the module on Attitudes to Policing was added to the data. The documentation has been updated accordingly. <br /><br /><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>The 2015 questionnaire mainly covered the following topics:<br> <li>attitudes to the Government, the National Health Service, the economy and standard of living;<br> <li>discrimination;<br> <li>social capital;<br> <li>language learning;<br> <li>demographics. AGEATTITUDESBRITISH POLITICAL PARTIESCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCHILDRENECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CONDITIONSEMPLOYMENTETHNIC GROUPSGENDERHOUSEHOLDSMARITAL STATUSNATIONAL IDENTITYPOLITICAL ALLEGIANCEPOLITICAL ATTITUDESPOLITICAL INTERESTQUALIFICATIONSRELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONSELF-EMPLOYEDSOCIAL ATTITUDESSOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITSSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUSSPOUSE'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITYSPOUSE'S EMPLOYMENTSTATE RESPONSIBILITYVOTING BEHAVIOURHOURS OF WORKINCOME DISTRIBUTIONHEALTHVOTINGSCOTTISH PARLIAMENTEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDHOUSING TENUREHOUSEHOLD INCOMENEWSPAPER READERSHIPPARTY IDENTIFICATIONRELIGIOUS ATTENDANCESOCIAL CLASSSTANDARD OF LIVINGFAMILY MEMBERSSPOUSESIDENTITYDECISION MAKINGFULL-TIME EMPLOYMENTEUROPEAN IDENTITYFAMILIESPART-TIME EMPLOYMENTNATIONAL PRIDERESPONSIBILITYPLACE OF BIRTHTRUST IN GOVERNMENTUNEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYEESSCOTTISH GOVERNMENTDEBILITATIVE ILLNESSURBAN AREASRURAL AREASSCOTTISH NATIONALISMNATIONALITYMANAGERSSTATE RETIREMENT PENSIONSSOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITSEDUCATIONAL STATUSEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMESSOCIAL INEQUALITYILL HEALTHSTATUS IN EMPLOYMENTOCCUPATIONSSCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTYINCOME TAXECONOMIC SYSTEMSCONSTITUTIONAL CHANGEPUBLIC EXPENDITUREINTERNETWORKERSTELEVISIONEDUCATIONAL CHOICEREFERENDUMSADULTSDISABLED PERSONSRETIREMENTHOMEMAKERSWEBSITESEUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIPIMMIGRANTSFRIENDSPREJUDICEGENDER ROLEMORAL BEHAVIOURMORAL CONCEPTSRELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATIONMORAL VALUESSEXUALITYCHRONIC ILLNESSSUPERVISORY STATUSEMPLOYMENT HISTORYFOOTBALL TEAM SUPPORTERSPRIVATE SECTORPUBLIC SECTORSOCIAL DISADVANTAGEDISCRIMINATIONLANGUAGE SKILLSLANGUAGESECOND LANGUAGESSOCIAL CAPITALPOLICE SERVICESPOLICINGPOLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPHEALTH STATUS en 2017-06-07T14:16:13Z Dataset Copyright National Centre for Social Research Scotland https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 8188 2024-11-28T07:31:25Z ddi:codebook:2_5