Scottish Social Attitudes 2014

Chapters and authors

• 'Violence against women' authored by Susan Reid, Susan McConville, Annie Wild, Michele Burman & John Curtice.

• 'Attitudes to dementia' authored by Susan Reid, Jennifer Waterton & Annie Wild.

• 'Public Attitudes to Sectarianism in Scotland' authored by Stephen Hinchliffe, Anna Marcinkiewicz, John Curtice & Rachel Ormston. 

• 'Has the Referendum Campaign Made a Difference?' authored by John Curtice. 

• 'Minding the gap Women’s views of independence in 2014' authored by Rachel Ormston. 

• 'Who is still wavering? Turnout and the undecided' authored by Jan Eichhorn and Lindsay Paterson, University of Edinburgh. 

Methods

The Scottish Social Attitudes survey (SSA) is carried out by ScotCen Social Research, an independent research organisation based in Edinburgh. The 2014 survey involved 1,501 interviews with a representative probability sample of the Scottish population (a response rate of 54%). Interviews were conducted faceto-face in people’s home, with a self-completion element for questions that were particularly sensitive or where there were concerns about respondents giving ‘socially desirable’ answers. Data are weighted to adjust for known nonresponse bias and to ensure they reflect the sex-age profile of the Scottish population

About

The Scottish Social Attitudes survey aims to produce high quality survey data to inform both public policy and academic study. It has a long time series (dating back to 1999) on public attitudes towards devolution and independence. Further details about ScotCen Social Research and the Scottish Social Attitudes survey are available at www.scotcen.org.uk