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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2004

Variable Details

Variableareaimp1
LabelWhat needs improvement in this area?Q417
Question text Now thinking about your local area, if you had to pick just one, which of the things on this card is in most need of improvement around here? Access to GPs and local health services, the amount of good quality affordable housing, the amount of good shopping facilities, access to good public transport, quality of schools, quality of jobs, facilities for young children, the sense of community spirit, cleanliness of the local environment, the condition of public spaces (e.g. pavements, parks, roads, family and friends close by, access to places to go out (e.g. pubs, restaurants, galleries), other answer.
Responses
1 The level of crime 179
2 Access to GPs and local health services 107
3 The amount of good quality affordable ho 246
4 The amount of good shopping facilities 117
5 Access to good public transport 121
6 Quality of schools 42
7 Quality of jobs 182
8 Facilities for young children 251
9 The sense of community spirit 83
10 Cleanliness of the local environment 88
11 The condition of public spaces (e.g. pav 89
12 Family and friends close by 20
13 Access to places to go out (e.g. pubs, r 37
14 Other answer (WRITE IN) 21
15 (None of these) 44
98 Don't know 10
99 Not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2004
Interviewer InstructionsCARD E7. CODE ONE ONLY.
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually
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