Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2007: Core Module Report 2 - Subjective perceptions of well-being in Scotland?

ANNEX A - DETAILED TABLES

Figure 1 Mean happiness scores across European nations

Table A. 1

	%	%	%	%	%
	Job	Family	Standard of living	Life as a whole	Happy
0 (extremely dissatisfied/unhappy	1	*	*	*	*
1	1	*	*	*	*
2	3	*	1	*	*
3	3	1	1	1	1
4	4	2	3	1	1
5	10	3	5	5	5
6	9	4	7	7	6
7	18	11	17	14	16
8	28	23	30	30	31
9	15	23	19	23	20
10 (extremely satisfied/happy)	9	31	16	19	19
Don't know	*	1	*	*	*
Not answered	-	*	*	*	*
MEAN	7.04	8.41	7.79	8.06	8.04
Sample size	829	1492	1498	1495	1496

Table A.2 Job satisfaction by socio-demographic and subjective factors (cell %)

Sex
	Below average (<=6)	Average score (7)	Above average score (8+)	*Sample size*
Men	34	16	50	397
Women	26	20	54	432
Highest educational qualification
None	46	15	39	104
Standard grade/ GCSE	36	12	52	214
Higher/ A' level	28	21	50	157
Degree/ Higher education	24	20	55	351
Socio-economic classification ( NS-SEC)
Routine/semi-routine	48	11	41	191
Lower supervisory/technical	31	22	47	95
Small employers/own account workers	23	16	61	74
Intermediate occupations	41	20	40	93
Employers/managers and professionals	20	20	60	371
Household Income
Under 10k	60	11	29	40
10-22,999k	39	19	42	198
23-37,999k	34	15	52	208
38k +	18	22	60	285
Self-perceived hardship
Finding it difficult/ very difficult on present income	55	15	29	69
Coping	38	16	46	297
Living very/ fairly comfortably	22	20	58	460
Area deprivation ( SIMD quintiles)
1 - Most deprived	34	21	45	104
2	30	14	55	144
3	28	15	57	203
4	31	18	51	206
5 - Least deprived	28	22	50	171
Scottish Government Urban Rural classification
Large urban	27	22	51	232
Other urban	38	13	49	192
Accessible small towns	37	17	46	65
Remote small towns	23	25	52	73
Accessible rural	23	14	63	157
Remote rural	25	19	56	110
Long-term illness, health problem or disability
Yes	43	12	45	166
No	27	19	54	662
Self-perceived health status
Bad/ very bad	56	12	32	18
Fair	37	10	53	62
Fairly good	34	19	47	371
Very good	24	18	58	377
Social Trust
Most people can be trusted	24	21	55	377
Can't be too careful dealing with people	36	15	49	439

Table A.3 Satisfaction with family or personal life by socio-demographic and subjective factors (cell %)

Age
	Below average (<=7)	Average score (8)	Above average score (9+)	*Sample size*
18-24	27	18	55	99
25-34	18	28	53	197
35-44	25	26	49	299
45-54	22	26	51	284
55-64	19	22	58	260
65+	20	20	58	366
Employment status
In work/ waiting to take up paid work	20	25	56	829
Education/ training scheme	15	26	59	37
Unemployed	34	32	31	63
Retired	16	20	62	384
Permanently sick or disabled	57	13	30	70
Looking after the home	26	29	43	108
Self-perceived hardship
Finding it difficult/ very difficult on present income	46	18	34	151
Coping	24	26	50	563
Living very/ fairly comfortably	15	23	61	786
Area deprivation ( SIMD quintiles)
1 - Most deprived	32	21	46	231
2	25	15	59	302
3	17	29	54	347
4	17	26	55	347
5 - Least deprived	18	26	55	280
Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification
Large urban	26	21	52	420
Other urban	19	24	56	376
Accessible small towns	21	31	47	136
Remote small towns	18	21	60	124
Accessible rural	15	25	58	255
Remote rural	19	22	59	197
Long-term illness, health problem or disability
Yes	28	23	49	489
No	19	24	57	1013
Self-perceived health status
Bad/ very bad	39	16	44	92
Fair	33	25	41	192
Fairly good	21	27	52	673
Very good	16	20	63	544
Social Trust
Most people can be trusted	18	23	59	631
Can't be too careful dealing with people	25	24	51	848

Table A.4 Satisfaction with general standard of living by socio-demographic and subjective factors (cell %)

Age
	Below average (<=7)	Average score (8)	Above average score (9+)	Sample size
18-24	31	25	44	99
25-34	35	29	36	197
35-44	41	32	27	299
45-54	39	31	30	284
55-64	32	36	32	260
65+	29	27	43	366
Highest educational qualification
None	43	23	34	367
Standard grade/ GCSE	37	32	31	402
Higher/ A' level	35	29	35	238
Degree/ Higher education	28	34	38	487
Employment status
In work/ waiting to take up paid work	34	33	33	829
Education/ training scheme	24	35	41	37
Unemployed	51	31	17	63
Retired	27	27	45	384
Permanently sick or disabled	61	18	19	70
Looking after the home	39	24	37	108
Socio-economic classification ( NS-SEC)
Routine/semi-routine	46	25	29	425
Lower supervisory/technical	29	38	33	196
Small employers/own account workers	34	24	41	128
Intermediate occupations	37	33	30	165
Employers/managers and professionals	28	32	40	547
Household Income
Under 10k	53	21	26	269
10-22,999k	43	29	29	376
23-37,999k	31	41	28	263
38k +	22	30	48	323
Self-perceived hardship
Finding it difficult/ very difficult on present income	77	19	3	151
Coping	49	31	21	563
Living very/ fairly comfortably	17	32	51	786
Scottish Index Multiple Deprivation ( SIMD)
1 - Most deprived	48	27	24	231
2	38	29	32	302
3	30	30	39	347
4	32	29	38	347
5 - Least deprived	24	35	41	280
Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification
Large urban	37	27	35	420
Other urban	34	33	33	376
Accessible small towns	34	34	32	136
Remote small towns	29	26	44	124
Accessible rural	29	30	40	255
Remote rural	34	31	34	197
Long-term illness, health problem or disability
Yes	43	28	28	489
No	31	31	38	1013
Self-perceived health status
Bad/ very bad	55	23	21	92
Fair	49	25	26	192
Fairly good	37	32	32	673
Very good	24	31	45	544
Social trust
Most people can be trusted	27	34	39	631
Can't be too careful dealing with people	41	27	32	848

Table A.5 Life satisfaction by socio-demographic and subjective factors (cell %)

Age
	Below average (<=7)	Average score (8)	Above average score (9+)	Sample size
18-24	28	31	41	99
25-34	23	35	41	197
35-44	31	30	39	299
45-54	34	33	33	284
55-64	24	27	47	260
65+	25	25	49	366
Employment status
In work/ waiting to take up paid work	25	35	40	829
Education/ training scheme	13	33	54	37
Unemployed	48	25	24	63
Retired	22	23	54	384
Permanently sick or disabled	67	16	16	70
Looking after the home	36	24	39	108
Self-perceived hardship
Finding it difficult/ very difficult on present income	54	27	17	151
Coping	36	31	34	563
Living very/ fairly comfortably	18	30	52	786
Area deprivation ( SIMD quintiles)
1 - Most deprived	42	25	32	231
2	27	31	42	302
3	28	31	42	347
4	22	31	46	347
5 - Least deprived	21	32	47	280
Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification
Large urban	30	31	39	420
Other urban	32	27	41	376
Accessible small towns	24	37	38	136
Remote small towns	21	31	48	124
Accessible rural	18	33	49	255
Remote rural	25	22	52	197
Self-perceived health status
Bad/ very bad	57	25	17	92
Fair	44	28	27	192
Fairly good	29	33	38	673
Very good	16	28	55	544
Social Trust
Most people can be trusted	23	30	47	631
Can't be too careful dealing with people	32	30	38	848

Table A.6 Happiness by socio-demographic and subjective factors (cell %)

Age
	Below average (<=7)	Average score (8)	Above average score (9+)	Sample size
18-24	28	24	48	99
25-34	29	37	34	197
35-44	35	37	28	299
45-54	38	34	28	284
55-64	24	31	43	260
65+	21	23	55	366
Employment status
In work/waiting to take up paid work	29	36	34	829
Education/training scheme	23	16	62	37
Unemployed 41	26	29	63
Retired	18	26	55	384
Permanently sick or disabled	66	8	26	70
Looking after the home	38	30	30	108
Self-perceived hardship
Finding it difficult/very difficult on present income	57	22	20	151
Coping	35	32	32	563
Living very/fairly comfortably	20	32	48	786
Area deprivation ( SIMD quintiles)
1 - Most deprived	46	22	32	231
2	28	32	39	302
3	27	33	40	347
4	21	34	44	347
5 - Least deprived	25	34	41	280
Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification
Large urban	33	30	37	420
Other urban	29	32	38	376
Accessible small towns	29	39	31	136
Remote small towns	19	33	48	124
Accessible rural	22	28	49	255
Remote rural	28	26	46	197
Long-term illness, health problem or disability
Yes	38	25	36	489
No	25	34	41	1013
Self-perceived health status
Bad/ very bad	56	22	19	92
Fair	42	28	29	192
Fairly good	31	31	37	673
Very good	18	33	49	544
Social Trust
Most people can be trusted	25	33	42	631
Can't be too careful dealing with people	32	30	37	848

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