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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariableConfSEMR
LabelReason for opinion of Scottish Executive official statistics? Q592
Question text What is your main reason for saying that?
Responses
1 Don't trust offical stats personal experience 128
2 Heard / read something bad about official stats 34
3 Official statistics are difficult to count 80
4 The Scottish Executive has a vested interest 64
5 misrepresented or spun by politicians 279
6 Statistics alone do not tell whole story 205
7 *CONFIDENT* Trust official statistic 135
8 Heard / read something good about official statistic 45
9 Official statistics are easy to count or measure 53
10 The Scottish Executive does not have vested interest 58
11 OTHER (please specify) 95
12 Don't know / no opinion / don't understand 120
13 It depends on the type of statistics 40
98 Don't know 168
99 Not answered 4
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsExplain to respondent how you have coded their answers and check that they agree. If answer cannot be coded into a category, then code as "Other" and write in their response in full.
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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