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Scottish Social Attitudes 2010 | Our findings

Listed below are some headline findings from two of the 2010 survey topics, they cover how Scotland should be governed and sex and relationships.   

Support for independence has remained relatively constant since 1999, at               around a quarter to a third of the population

People are less likely to think that Scotland gets a bad deal out of the Union now than a decade ago. And those who think Scotland does reasonably well out of the Union are less likely to favour independence.

57% say most of the important tax decisions for the country should be made by Holyrood.

A majority thinks that the Scottish Parliament should make most of the important decisions about welfare benefits for Scotland.

Most people in Scotland do not want their taxes, benefits or charges for services to be different from those elsewhere in the UK.

You can find out more by reading our four page findings summary  here.

Scottish attitudes to sex are relaxed.

Only 13% think that sex before marriage is always or mostly wrong.

Just 36% feel that people who want to have children ought to get married.

55% feel that contraception should be more easily available to teenagers, including those aged under 16.

A clear majority, 58%, feel that sex between two adults of the same sex is either 'rarely' or 'not wrong at all'. Ten years ago only 37% agreed with these statements.

You can read a press release about these findings here.

Do you have questions about these findings? Please contact our team on ssa@scotcen.org.uk.