ENHANCING SEXUAL WELLBEING IN SCOTLAND - A SEXUAL HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS STRATEGY: Analysis of Written Responses to the Public Consultation
APPENDIX ONE
17.31 As indicated above, the consultation process received responses from a broad range of individuals and organisations from all parts of Scotland (and a few from outwith Scotland). Table 1 shows the breakdown of responses by respondent group and that the majority of responses (just under three-quarters) were received from individuals rather than organisations. A description of the different respondent groups is provided below.
Table 1
Respondent Group | Number of responses | Percentage of total responses |
Education and Young People | 92 | 7% |
Equalities Groups | 28 | 2% |
Medical Health Professionals | 61 | 4% |
Social Health Professionals | 89 | 6% |
Faith Groups/churches | 58 | 4% |
Miscellaneous | 35 | 3% |
Individual - self-identified religious perspective | 201 | 15% |
Individual - parent/grandparent | 451 | 32% |
Individual - general | 379 | 27% |
Total | 1,394 | 100% |
Table 2 shows where the responses came from geographically, with the highest proportion coming from the Central West of Scotland (where the biggest concentration of the Scottish population is based).
Table 2
Geographical Location | Number of responses | Percentage of total responses |
North East and Tayside | 121 | 9% |
Highlands and Islands | 122 | 9% |
Central West | 650 | 47% |
Central East | 200 | 14% |
Southern Scotland | 65 | 5% |
Outwith Scotland | 24 | 1% |
Scotland (unspecified or national body) | 147 | 11% |
Not specified | 65 | 4% |
Total | 1,394 | 100% |
Table 3: Overall perspective on Draft Strategy (%)
Respondent Group | Complete agreement | Overall positive with qualification | Overall negative with qualification | Total disagreement - considered | Total disagreement - misinterpretation | No comment made | Not able to assess overall view 9 | Base |
Education and Young People | 1% | 31% | 26% | 13% | 1% | 0% | 28% | 92 |
Equalities Groups | 4% | 64% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 21% | 28 |
Medical Health Professionals | 3% | 89% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 61 |
Social Health Professionals | 5% | 75% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 16% | 89 |
Faith Groups/churches | 0% | 14% | 24% | 26% | 0% | 0% | 36% | 58 |
Miscellaneous | 0% | 60% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 35 |
Individual - self-identified religious perspective | 0% | 3% | 26% | 39% | 4% | 0% | 28% | 201 |
Individual - parent/grandparent | <1% | 7% | 23% | 26% | 2% | 0% | 41% | 451 |
Individual - general | <1% | 8% | 23% | 27% | 3% | 0% | 38% | 379 |
All | <1% | 19% | 20% | 24% | 2% | 1% | 33% | 1,394 |