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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2014

Variable Details

VariablePolUnd
LabelAgree or disagree: police in area have good understanding of problems faced by local people
Question text Thinking about the way that your local area is currently policed, how much do you agree or disagree that the police in this local area have a good understanding of the problems faced by local people?
Responses
-1 Not applicable 0
1 Agree strongly 111
2 Agree 717
3 Neither agree nor disagree 363
4 Disagree 198
5 Disagree strongly 45
8 Don't know 66
9 Refused 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsCARD E3 IF ASKED: 'Your local area' is whatever the respondent thinks of as the area around where they live.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Persons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually.
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