ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:6262</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Scottish Centre for Social Research<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsors</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Scottish Government<br>Leverhulme Trust<br>Economic and Social Research Council<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> August 2009 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Scottish Centre for Social Research, <i> Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], August 2009. SN: 6262, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6262-1. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> National Centre for Social Research </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 6262 . Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007<br> (SSA) </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Scottish Centre for Social Research</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Scottish Centre for Social Research</h5> <H3>Sponsors:</H3><H5> Scottish Government<br>Leverhulme Trust<br>Economic and Social Research Council<br> </H5> <h3> Other Acknowledgements: </h3> <h5>Collaborators include John Curtice at the University of Strathclyde, David McCrone and Nicola McEwen at University of Edinburgh and Michael Marsh at Trinity College Dublin on views about the 2007 Scottish Parliament and Local Government elections, funded by the Leverhulme Trust and Economic and Social Research Council.<br></h5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The <i>Scottish Social Attitudes</i> (SSA) survey was launched by the Scottish Centre for Social Research (ScotCen, part of the National Centre for Social Research, the largest independent, not-for-profit social research institute in Britain) in 1999, following the advent of devolution. Based on annual rounds of interviews with around 1,500 people drawn using random probability sampling, its aims are to facilitate the study of public opinion and inform the development of public policy in Scotland. In this it has similar objectives to the <i>British Social Attitudes</i> (BSA) survey, which was launched by the National Centre in 1983 (the BSA is held at the Archive under GN 33168). While BSA interviews people in Scotland, there are too few in any one year to permit separate analysis of public opinion in Scotland. SSA is conducted annually and has a modular structure. In any one year it will typically contain four or 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 each year s individual modules. 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. Users should note that the SSA was conducted annually from 1999-2007, and then resumed in 2009, meaning that there is no SSA 2008. <br> <br> Further information on the SSA and links to publications may be found on the Scottish Centre for Social Research <a href="http://www.scotcen.org.uk/series/scottish-social-attitudes" title="Scottish Social Attitudes">Scottish Social Attitudes</a> web pages.<br> <br>The 2007 survey was the ninth wave in the series. It was designed in close conjunction with the corresponding year's <i>British Social Attitudes Survey</i>, though it had a number of distinct Scottish modules. The sample included a boost of addresses in remote and rural parts of Scotland.<br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>The 2007 survey contained modules of questions on:<ul><li>attitudes to government and public services in post-devolution Scotland</li><li>attitudes to drinking alcohol and the role of alcohol in Scottish culture</li><li>views about the 2007 Scottish Parliament and Local Government elections (included a mock ballot for the local election)</li><li>views on the funding, provision and delivery of public services in Scotland</li><li>demographic and classification </li></ul>Standard Measures<br> The questionnaires contained two scales developed by researchers involved in the <i>British Social Attitudes Survey</i>, and <i>British Election Study</i> (BES) series (held at the UKDA under GN 33066); 'libertarian/authoritarian' and 'left/right'. See documentation for further details.<br></h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> May 2007 - November 2007 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> Scotland <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland); Local Authority Districts; Scottish Executive Urban Rural Classification (previously called the Scottish Household Survey Urban Rural Classification). To protect respondent anonymity, ward and Mosaic variables are not included in the deposited dataset, but are available on request from the Scottish Centre for Social Research, subject to certain restrictions and conditions. <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Persons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Repeated cross-sectional study<br> Data are collected annually. <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Multi-stage stratified random sample <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 1,508 cases <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview; Self-completion <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> Weighting used. See documentation for details. </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Government, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: govsurveys@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 19 August 2009<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> National Centre for Social Research</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>31 October 2011</h5> </body></html>