Footnotes
1. Including that reported in previous years Scottish Social Attitudes surveys
2. The Scottish Centre for Social Research was formed in February 2004 as the result of a merger between The National Centre's existing organisation within Scotland and Scottish Health Feedback, an independent research consultancy.
3. Like many national surveys of households or individuals, in order to attain the optimum balance between sample efficiency and fieldwork efficiency the sample was clustered. The first stage of sampling involved randomly selecting postcode sectors. The sample frame of postcode sectors was also stratified (by region, population density and the percentage of people in non-manual occupations) to improve the match between the sample profile and that of the Scottish population, while a further layer of stratification based on the Scottish Executive urban-rural classification enabled us to boost the number of addresses in remote and rural areas. For further details of the sample design, see para 6 below.
4. Lynn, Peter, et al (2001) Recommended standard final outcome categories and standard definitions of response rates for social surveys, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
5. See http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/Overview for further details on the SIMD
6. These variables were created by the ScotCen/NatCen Survey Methods Unit. They are based on SIMD scores for all datazones, not just those included in the sample - so an individual who lives in the most deprived quintile of Scotland will also be included in the most deprived quintile in the SSA dataset.
7. NB although the quintiles otherwise match those identified on the Scottish Government website (footnote 5), the SSA variables run from 1 to 5 from least to most, rather than most to least, deprived.
8. [ImprvNHS] to [ImprvTr] were asked later in the interview, to avoid confusion with the questions about whether standards have increased or fallen earlier.
9. NB in 1999 the question was phrased prospectively - i.e. "Will a Scottish parliament increase the standard of education in Scotland, reduce the standard of education in Scotland or will it make no difference?"
10. In 2000 the question was "Do you think that having a Scottish parliament is going to ...READ OUT....increase the standard of education in Scotland, reduce the standard of education in Scotland, or, will it make no difference?"