Public Perceptions of Scotland After Devolution: Findings from the 2004 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey

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ANNEX 1: RESULTS OF STATISTICAL MODELS

The four logistic regression models commented on in this report are presented below. Logistic regression uses binary dependent variables where the value of interest is coded 1 and the rest of the cases are coded 0. The binary dependent variable coding is shown at start of each table. This analysis method compares the parameter estimates for each category within a variable to a "reference" category. The reference category for each variable is shown in brackets. Two asterisks (**) denote significance at the 1% level, one (*) denotes significance at the 5% level.

Table 1 Knowledge of the Scottish Executive's activities over the past year

Dependent variable coding:
1= A great deal / quite a lot
0=other answers

B

S.E.

Odds ratio Exp(B)

Age (18-29)

30-44

0.433

0.230

1.541

45-64

1.014

0.224

2.757

**

65+

1.064

0.252

2.898

**

Women (men)

-0.428

0.140

0.652

**

Self-rated hardship (having difficulty)

Living very comfortably

0.164

0.323

1.178

Living comfortably

0.559

0.253

1.750

*

Coping

0.680

0.248

1.974

**

NS- SEC (routine occupations)

Employers, managers & professionals

0.614

0.194

1.848

**

Intermediate occupations

-0.059

0.260

0.943

Small employers & own account workers

0.506

0.258

1.659

*

Lower supervisory & technical

0.088

0.225

1.092

Urban-rural (large urban)

Other urban

-0.299

0.160

0.741

Small accessible towns

-0.100

0.232

0.905

Small remote towns

-0.885

0.447

0.413

*

Accessible rural

-0.049

0.224

0.952

Remote rural

0.493

0.285

1.638

Highest educational qualification (none)

Degree / Higher education

0.855

0.231

2.353

**

Highers / A levels

0.994

0.245

2.701

**

Standard grades / O levels

0.796

0.206

2.216

**

Interest in politics (none at all)

A great deal

2.664

0.383

14.350

**

Quite a lot

2.334

0.347

10.316

**

Some

1.364

0.340

3.912

**

Not very much

0.818

0.355

2.266

*

Constant

-1.328

0.140

0.265

Number of cases in model: 1460

Table 2 Trust in the Scottish Executive to work in Scotland's best interests

Dependent variable coding:
1= Just about always / most of the time
0=other answers

B

S.E.

Odds ratio Exp(B)

Age (18-29)

30-44

-0.416

0.188

0.660

*

45-64

-0.596

0.195

0.551

**

65+

-0.850

0.223

0.427

**

Self-rated hardship (having difficulty)

Living very comfortably

0.305

0.258

1.356

Living comfortably

0.500

0.195

1.648

**

Coping

0.117

0.190

1.125

Highest educational qualification (None)

Degree / Higher education

0.445

0.181

1.560

**

Highers / A levels

0.368

0.200

1.445

Standard grades / O levels

0.020

0.167

1.020

Party Identification (None)

Conservative

0.848

0.246

2.336

**

Labour

0.836

0.199

2.308

**

Liberal Democrat

1.184

0.264

3.268

**

SNP

0.706

0.234

2.025

**

Other party

0.308

0.310

1.361

DK / Ref / Other ans

0.374

0.249

1.453

Constitutional preference (Devolution)

Independence

-0.289

0.136

0.749

*

Westminster rule

-1.064

0.170

0.345

**

Don't know

-1.097

0.306

0.334

**

Awareness of SE activities
(Not much / nothing at all)

Great deal / quite a lot

0.802

0.147

2.231

**

Some

0.601

0.140

1.825

**

Newspaper readership (Tabloid)

None

0.331

0.133

1.392

**

Broadsheet

0.336

0.167

1.399

*

Constant

-0.200

0.104

0.819

Number of cases in model: 1450

Table 3 How good is the Scottish Executive at listening to people's views?

Dependent variable coding:
1= Very good / quite good
0=other answers

B

S.E.

Odds ratio Exp(B)

Women (men)

-0.278

0.124

0.757

*

Highest educational qualification (None)

Degree / Higher education

0.496

0.175

1.642

**

Highers / A levels

0.341

0.198

1.406

Standard grades / O levels

0.166

0.182

1.180

Party Identification (None)

Conservative

-0.073

0.266

0.929

Labour

0.600

0.221

1.821

**

Liberal Democrat

0.469

0.268

1.598

SNP

0.105

0.264

1.111

Other party

0.403

0.338

1.497

DK / Ref / Other ans

0.143

0.286

1.153

Trust SE just about always / most of the time
(Some of the time / never)

1.614

0.136

5.022

**

Constant

-1.039

0.079

0.354

Number of cases in model: 1460

Table 4 Importance of voting in Scottish Parliament elections

Dependent variable coding:
1= Very important
0=other answers

B

S.E.

Odds ratio Exp(B)

Age (18-29)

30-44

0.700

0.222

2.013

**

45-64

1.187

0.218

3.277

**

65+

1.779

0.240

5.922

**

Women (Men)

0.474

0.144

1.607

**

NS- SEC (Routine occupations)

Employers, managers & professionals

0.278

0.173

1.320

Intermediate occupations

0.253

0.243

1.288

Small employers & own account workers

-0.577

0.275

0.561

*

Lower supervisory & technical

-0.267

0.216

0.766

Party Identification (None)

Conservative

1.915

0.391

6.789

**

Labour

2.287

0.361

9.850

**

Liberal Democrat

2.055

0.400

7.808

**

SNP

2.518

0.392

12.408

**

Other party

2.258

0.443

9.566

**

DK / Ref / Other ans

1.392

0.409

4.021

**

Constitutional preference (Devolution)

Independence

-0.103

0.159

0.902

Westminster rule

-0.876

0.193

0.416

**

Don't know

0.016

0.380

1.016

Interest in politics (None at all)

A great deal

2.945

0.374

19.003

**

Quite a lot

2.171

0.306

8.763

**

Some

1.459

0.287

4.301

**

Not very much

0.527

0.294

1.694

Trust SE just about always / most of the time
(Trust some of the time / never)

0.462

0.140

1.587

**

Constant

-0.569

0.134

0.566

Number of cases in model: 1347

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