Questions asked on this Poll:

• Has the quality of education in Scotland increased or fallen in the last 12 months? Policy issues
• How should Scotland be governed? (five options) How Scotland should be governed
• Should the government increase taxes and spending, reduce taxes and spending, or keep them the same? Policy issues
• Do you agree or disagree that there is one law for the rich and one for the poor? Policy issues
• At the general election, did you vote mostly according to what was going on in Scotland or mostly according to what was going on in Britain as a whole? Perceptions of government & the Union
• How much do you trust the UK government to work in Scotland’s best long-term interests? Perceptions of government & the Union
• Do you agree or disagree that Scottish MPs should not be allowed to vote on English-only laws? Perceptions of government & the Union
• How well does the Conservative party in Scotland look after interests of Scottish people in general? Elections, parties & leaders
• Has the general standard of living in Scotland increased or fallen in the last 12 months? Perceptions of government & the Union
• Does Scotland get more, less, or pretty much its fair share of government spending? Perceptions of government & the Union
• ‘Forced choice’ national identity National identity and cultural issues
• How much interest do you have in politics? Elections, parties & leaders
• How should England be governed? Cross border attitudes
• Do you agree or disagree that schools should teach children to obey authority? Policy issues
• Has the standard of the health service in Scotland increased or fallen in the last 12 months? Policy issues
• How much of a difference do you think it makes which party wins in Scottish Parliament elections? Perceptions of government & the Union
• How should Scotland be governed? (five response categories collapsed to three) How Scotland should be governed
• Should children go to a different kind of secondary school according to how well they do at primary school, or should all children should go to the same kind of secondary school no matter how they do at primary school? Policy issues
• Do you think England’s economy or Scotland’s economy benefits more from the Union? Perceptions of government & the Union
• Does having a Scottish Parliament mean taxes in Scotland will be higher or lower? Policy issues The Scottish independence referendum
• Do you agree or disagree that censorship of films and magazines is necessary to uphold moral standards? Policy issues
• Do you agree or disagree that young people today don’t have enough respect for traditional British values? Policy issues
• Position on libertarian-authoritarian scale (see notes for details) Policy issues
• Party political identification Elections, parties & leaders
• Do you agree or disagree that ‘The Scottish Parliament should be given more powers’? How Scotland should be governed
• Do you agree or disagree that ‘Now Scotland has its own parliament, it should pay for its services out of taxes collected in Scotland’? How Scotland should be governed
• Do you agree or disagree that people who break the law should be given stiffer sentences? Policy issues
• How much of a difference do you think it makes which party wins in UK general elections? Perceptions of government & the Union
• How well does the SNP look after the interests of Scottish people in general? Elections, parties & leaders
• Do you agree or disagree that ordinary working people do not get their fair share of the nation’s wealth? Policy issues
• Do you agree or disagree that for some crimes the death penalty is the most appropriate sentence? Policy issues
• Do you agree or disagree that large numbers of people these days falsely claim benefits? Policy issues
• ‘Moreno’ national identity National identity and cultural issues
• Does having a Scottish Parliament mean that the NHS in Scotland will become better or worse? Perceptions of government & the Union Policy issues
• Are benefits for unemployed people too low and cause hardship, or too high and discourage them from finding jobs? Policy issues
• Do you agree or disagree that the law should always be obeyed, even if a particular law is wrong? Policy issues
• Which institution do you think has most influence over how Scotland is run? Perceptions of government & the Union
• Which institution ought to have most influence over how Scotland is run? How Scotland should be governed
• Do you agree or disagree that large numbers of people who are eligible for benefits these days fail to claim them? Policy issues
• Is the Scottish Parliament giving Scotland a stronger or weaker voice in the UK? Perceptions of government & the Union
• Does the Scottish Parliament give ordinary people more or less say in how Scotland is governed? Perceptions of government & the Union
• How well does Scottish Labour look after the interests of Scottish people in general? Elections, parties & leaders
• Is the gap between those with high incomes and those with low incomes in Britain too large, too small, or about right? Policy issues
• Does having a Scottish Parliament mean that Scotland’s economy will become better or worse? Perceptions of government & the Union
• How much do you trust the Scottish Government to work in Scotland’s best interests? Perceptions of government & the Union
• Position on left-right scale (derived from other variables – see notes) Policy issues