Scottish Social Attitudes Survey
The Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA)
survey has been designed as an annual Scottish sister survey to the British
Social Attitudes survey. Like the British Social Attitudes series, the survey
aims to chart and interpret attitudes on a range of social, political, economic
and moral issues.
The SSA survey is carried out by the National Centre for Social Research in
conjunction with the Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland at the University
of Edinburgh.
The 1999 and 2000 surveys were wholly funded by the Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC), the body set up by the government with responsibility for funding
social science research in academic institutions. Since then it has been funded
on a modular basis, with each module comprising 40 questions on a particular
topic. Funders in 2001 and 2002 include the Scottish Executive Central Research
Unit and Communities Scotland. The 1999 SSA survey was the first and in that
year it also doubled as the Scottish Parliament Election Study.
Each annual survey consists of an hour-long interview and self-completion supplement
among around 1,600 randomly selected adults throughout Scotland. The questionnaire
covers political behaviour and attitudes, a core section on social attitudes
and a thorough classification section. A separate module of questions dealing
with the new electoral systems was fielded as part of the self-completion booklet.
The survey focuses mainly on people's attitudes but also collects details of
their behaviour patterns, household circumstances and work.
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