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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariableScotPar2
LabelYour view on how to rule Scotland?
Question text Which of these statements comes closest to your view? Scotland should become independent, separate from the UK and the European Union Scotland should become independent, separate from the UK but part of the European Union Scotland should remain part of the UK, with its own elected parliament which has some taxation powers Scotland should remain part of the UK, with its own elected parliament which has no taxation powers Scotland should remain part of the UK without an elected parliament
Responses
1 Scotland should become independent, separate from the UK and 179
2 Scotland should become independent, separate from the UK but 308
3 Scotland should remain part of the UK, with its own elected 560
4 Scotland should remain part of the UK, with its own elected 81
5 Scotland should remain part of the UK without an elected par 80
8 Don't know 77
9 Refusal 3
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsCARD C1
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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