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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableConfSEMR
LabelReason for opinion of Scot Govt official statistics? :Q484
Question text What is your main reason for saying that? NOT CONFIDENT: Don't trust offical statistics, from personal experience, Heard/read something bad about official statistics, Official statistics are difficult to count or measure; not always recorded; unclear or complex definitions, The Scottish Government has a vested interest in the results/interferes in production or collection, Official statistics are misrepresented or spun by politicians, Statistics alone do not tell whole story/there is more to it than just the figures. CONFIDENT: Trust official statistics, from personal experience, Heard/read something good about official statistics, Official statistics are easy to count or measure; are always recorded; are based on clear definitions, The Scottish Government does not have vested interest in the results/does not interfere in production or collection, OTHER (please specify), Don't know/no opinion/don't understand statistics, It depends on the type of statistics.
Responses
-2 Skip, gaelic sample 0
1 NOT CONFIDENT Don t trust offical statistics, from per 171
2 Heard / read something bad about official statistics 26
3 Official statistics are difficult to count or measure; not a 86
4 The Scottish Government has a vested interest in the results 62
5 Official statistics are misrepresented or spun by politician 291
6 Statistics alone do not tell whole story / there is more to 204
7 CONFIDENT Trust official statistics, from personal exp 102
8 Heard / read something good about official statistics 43
9 Official statistics are easy to count or measure; are always 69
10 The Scottish Government does not have vested interest in the 57
11 OTHER (please specify) 80
12 Don t know / no opinion / don t understand statistics 186
13 It depends on the type of statistics 31
98 Don't know 72
99 Not answered 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
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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