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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variableareaimp1
LabelWhat needs improvement in this area?Q507
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 268
2 Access to GPs and local health services 72
3 The amount of good quality affordable ho 187
4 The amount of good shopping facilities 108
5 Access to good public transport 138
6 Quality of schools 51
7 Quality of jobs 149
8 Facilities for young children 168
9 The sense of community spirit 51
10 Cleanliness of the local environment 82
11 The condition of public spaces (e.g. pav 150
12 Family and friends close by 9
13 Access to places to go out (e.g. pubs, r 34
14 Other answer (WRITE IN) 21
15 (None of these) 46
98 Don't know 13
99 Not answered 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2005
Interviewer InstructionsCARD G6. 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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