1 = Male
2 = Female

Number of people in the household
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8 or more
9 = Don't know
10 = Refused

Number of people under 18 in the household
0 = 0
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6 or more
8 = Don't know
9 = Refused

Which of these applies to your home?
1 = Own the leasehold/freehold outright
2 = Buying leasehold/freehold on a mortgage
3 = Rented from local authority
4 = Rented from private land
5 = It belongs to a Housing Association
6 = Don't know

Number of cars available to household
0 = 0
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3 or more

Westminster constituency (N=59)
599 = Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
606 = East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
625 = Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

Scottish Parliament region
1 = Central Scotland
2 = Glasgow
3 = High & Isles
4 = Lothians
5 = Mid Scot & Fife
6 = NE Scot
7 = South of Scot
8 = West of Scot

ONS Urban / Rural (Scotland)
1 = Large Urban Area
2 = Other Urban Area
3 = Accessible Small Town
4 = Remote Small Town
5 = Very Remote Small Town
6 = Accessible Rural
7 = Remote Rural
8 = Very Remote Rural

Location based on postcode
1 = Aberdeen
2 = Dundee
3 = Dumfries and Galloway
4 = Edinburgh
5 = Falkirk
6 = Glasgow
7 = Highlands and Islands
8 = Inverness
9 = Kilmarnock
10 = Far north
11 = Fife
12 = Lanarkshire
13 = Renfrew/Inverclyde
14 = Perth
15 = Borders
16 = Shetland
99 = Not Scottish

Panel status of respondent
0 = Pre- only
1 = Pre- and post- only
2 = Pre- and follow-up only
3 = All three waves

How often do you read a daily morning newspaper?
1 = Every day
2 = Sometimes
3 = Not at all

Which daily morning newspaper do you read most often?
1 = Scottish Daily Express
2 = Scottish Daily Mail
3 = Scottish Daily Mirror
4 = Daily Star
5 = Scottish Sun
6 = Daily Record
7 = Daily Telegraph
8 = Financial Times
9 = Guardian
10 = Independent
11 = Times
12 = Scotsman
13 = (Glasgow) Herald
14 = (Aberdeen) Press and Journal
15 = Courier/ Dundee Courier
16 = Other
17 = None of these
18 = Don’t know

What is your marital status?
1 = Married
2 = In civil partnership
3 = Living with a partner (but not married)
4 = Separated (after being married)
5 = Divorced
6 = Widowed
7 = Single (never married)

Which of the following BEST describes the way you think of yourself?
1 = British
2 = Scottish
3 = English
4 = European
5 = Irish
6 = Northern Irish
7 = Ulster
8 = Welsh
9 = Other
10 = Don’t know

Which of following groups do you belong to?
1 = Black: of African origin
2 = Black: of Caribbean origin
3 = Black: of other origin
4 = Asian: of Indian origin
5 = Asian: of Pakistani origin
6 = Asian: of Bangladeshi origin
7 = Asian: of Chinese origin
8 = Asian: of other origin
9 = White: of any European origin
10 = White: of other origin
11 = Mixed origin
12 = Other
13 = Don’t know

Do you regard yourself as belonging to any particular religion?
1 = Yes
2 = No

Which religion or denomination do you belong to?
1 = Church of England/ Anglican/ Episcopal
2 = Roman Catholic
3 = Presbyterian/ Church of Scotland
4 = Methodist
5 = Baptist
6 = United Reformed Church
7 = Free Presbyterian
8 = Brethren
9 = Jewish
10 = Hindu
11 = Islam/ Muslim
12 = Sikh
13 = Buddhist
14 = Other
15 = No religion
16 = Don’t know

How often do you attend services/meetings connected with your religion?
1 = Once a week or more
2 = At least once in two weeks
3 = At least once a month
4 = At least twice a year
5 = At least once a year
6 = Less often
7 = Never or practically never
8 = Varies too much to say

Which best describes the sort of work you do (or did in last job)?
1 = Professional or higher technical work (work that requires at
2 = Accountant, school teacher, university lecturer, social work
3 = Manager or senior administrator (e.g. company director, fina
4 = Clerical (e.g. clerk, secretary)
5 = Sales or services (e.g. commercial traveller, shop assistant
6 = Small bsiness owner (e.g. shop owner, small builder, restaur
7 = Foreman or supervisor of other workers (e.g. building site f
8 = Skilled manual work (e.g. plumber, electrician, fitter, trai
9 = Semi-skilled or unskilled manual work (e.g. machine operator
10 = Other
11 = Never worked

Which best describes the sort of work your partner does/did?
1 = Professional or higher technical work (work that requires at
2 = Accountant, school teacher, university lecturer, social work
3 = Manager or senior administrator (e.g. company director, fina
4 = Clerical (e.g. clerk, secretary)
5 = Sales or services (e.g. commercial traveller, shop assistant
6 = Small business owner (e.g. shop owner, small builder, restau
7 = Foreman or supervisor of other workers (e.g. building site f
8 = Skilled manual work (e.g. plumber, electrician, fitter, trai
9 = Semi-skilled or unskilled manual work (e.g. machine operator
10 = Labourer, driver, bar-worker, call-centre worker)
11 = Other
12 = Never worked

Which type of the following organisations do/did you work for?
1 = Private sector firm or company (e.g. limited company, PLC, s
2 = Nationalised industry or public corporation (e.g. post offic
3 = Other public sector employer (e.g. central government, Civil
4 = Charity/ voluntary sector (e.g. charitable companies, church
5 = Other
6 = Never worked

Which of these is your (or your partner's) main source of income?
1 = Earnings from employment (own or spouse/ partner's)
2 = Occupational pension(s) – from previous employer(s)
3 = State retirement or widow's/ widower’s pension(s)
4 = Jobseeker's Allowance/ Unemployment benefit
5 = Income Support or family credit
6 = Invalidity, sickness or disabled pension or benefit(s)
7 = Other state benefit
8 = Interest from savings or investments
9 = Student grant or loan
10 = Dependent on parents/ other relatives
11 = Other main source
12 = Don't know

Total income of household from all sources before tax
1 = Less than £5,000
2 = £5,000 to £10,000
3 = £10,001 to £15,000
4 = £15,001 to £20,000
5 = £20,001 to- £25,000
6 = £25,001 to £30,000
7 = £30,001 to £35,000
8 = £35,001 to £40,000
9 = £40,001 to £45,000
10 = £45,001 to £50,000
11 = £50,001 to £60,000
12 = £60,001 to £70,000
13 = £70,001 and more
14 = Don't know

At what age did you finish full-time education?
1 = 15 or younger
2 = 16
3 = 17
4 = 18
5 = 19 or older
6 = Still at school in full-time education
7 = Still at university in full-time education

What is the highest qualification you have?
1 = Postgraduate degree
2 = University or CNAA first degree, e.g. BA, BSc
3 = University or CNAA diploma
4 = Teaching qualification (not degree)
5 = Nursing qualification (e.g. SEN, SRC, SCM, RGC)
6 = Higher National Certificate (HNC) or Higher National Diploma
7 = Technological), NVW4/ SVQ4 or NVQ5/ SVQ5
8 = Scottish Higher/Higher Still Grades, Scottish SLC/ SUPE at H
9 = GCE A level, S level, A2 level, AS level, International Bacc
10 = Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) or Diploma (OND), City &
11 = Scottish Ordinary Bands A-C or pass, Scottish Standard Grade
12 = GCSE A*-C, CSE grade 1, GCE O level grade A –C, School Certi
13 = GCSE grades D-G, CSE grades 2-5, GCE O level grade D –E, Sho
14 = City & Guilds level 2 (Craft/ Intermediate/ Ordinary) or Sco
15 = City & Guilds level 1, Scotvec National Certificate Modules,
16 = Clerical and commercial qualification (e.g. typing, shorthan
17 = Recognised trade apprenticeship completed
18 = Youth training certificate, skill seekers
19 = Other technical, professional or higher qualification

If there was an SP election tomorrow, how likely is it that you would vote?
0 = 0 - Very unlikely
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
10 = 10 - Very likely
12 = Don’t know

On the REGIONAL list, which party would you be most likely to vote for?
1 = Conservative
2 = Labour
3 = Liberal Democrat
4 = SNP
5 = Green Party
6 = Scottish Socialist Party
7 = Solidarity
8 = Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party
9 = Other
10 = Don’t know
11 = Would not vote

In the CONSTITUENCY, which party would you be most likely to vote for?
1 = Would not vote
2 = Conservative
3 = Labour
4 = Liberal Democrat
5 = SNP
6 = Other
7 = Don’t know

How satisfied with the way that democracy works in Scotland?
1 = Very satisfied
2 = Fairly satisfied
3 = A little dissatisfied
4 = Very dissatisfied
5 = Don’t know

People like me have no say in what government does
1 = Agree strongly
2 = Agree
3 = Neither agree nor disagree
4 = Disagree
5 = Disagree strongly
6 = Don’t know

How fair would you say are Westminster elections in general?
1 = Very fair
2 = Quite fair
3 = Not very fair
4 = Not at all fair
5 = Don’t know

Where would you place yourself on this scale? - social trust 1
0 = 0 - Can't be too careful
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
10 = 10 - Most people can be trusted
12 = Don’t know

Where would you place yourself on this scale? - social trust 2
0 = 0 - Would try to take advantage
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
10 = 10 - Would try to be fair
12 = Don’t know

Which best describes the result of the 2007 election in terms of seats?
1 = A clear SNP win
2 = A quite narrow SNP win
3 = A very narrow SNP win
4 = A dead heat between the SNP and Labour
5 = None of the above
6 = Don’t know

Which comes closest to your view about the government formed?
1 = The SNP was right to become a minority government
2 = The SNP should have found partners to form a majority coalit
3 = Labour should have found partners to form a majority coaliti
4 = None of the above
5 = Don’t know

Before polling day did you see public information about how to vote?
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Can’t remember

Postal voting
1 = Very serious problems
2 = Quite serious problems
3 = Not very serious problems
4 = No problems at all
5 = Don’t know

Have you spoken to anyone who is worried that their ballot was rejected?
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Don’t know

How confident are you that your own ballot counted and was not rejected?
1 = Very confident
2 = Quite confident
3 = Not that confident
4 = Not at all confident
5 = I deliberately spoiled my ballot or left it blank
6 = I didn’t vote in the Scottish Parliament election
7 = Don’t know

If you were to make a mistake on your ballot paper which should you do?
1 = Cross out your mistake and vote as you originally intended
2 = Write on the ballot paper that you made a mistake and indic
3 = Ask the polling station workers for another ballot paper
4 = None of the above
5 = Don’t know

Most important reason for big increase in rejected ballots
1 = Putting both Scottish Parliament votes on the same ballot pa
2 = Electronic machines not being able to read the votes properl
3 = The council elections held on the same day
4 = Not enough public information for voters before the election
5 = Lack of instructions on the ballot papers
6 = Many voters are too dim to get it right
7 = Don’t know

Most to blame for big increase in rejected ballots
1 = Voters themselves
2 = The people who counted the votes
3 = The people who designed the electronic counting machines
4 = The Scottish Office at Westminster
5 = The Scottish Executive at Holyrood
6 = The political parties in Scotland
7 = Don’t know

How likely that rejected ballots affected outcome - in constituency
1 = Very likely
2 = Quite likely
3 = Not very likely
4 = Not at all likely
5 = Don’t know

Particularly high % of rejected ballots: Central Scotland?
0 = No
1 = Yes

Particularly high % of rejected ballots: Don't know
0 = Do know
1 = Don't know

Do you know roughly what % of ballot papers was rejected overall?
1 = Less than 1%
2 = 1% to 5%
3 = 5% to 10%
4 = 10% to 20%
5 = More than 20%
6 = Don’t know

May have gained due to rejected ballots: None
0 = No
1 = No parties gained

What effect has 2007 had on your chances of voting in future SP elections
1 = Makes no difference
2 = Makes me slightly less likely to vote
3 = Makes me much less likely to vote
4 = Don’t know

Should be top priority for the next elections
1 = There should be a Chief Returning Officer responsible for al
2 = Scottish Parliament and local elections should be held on di
3 = The two votes in the Scottish Parliament elections should be
4 = Parties should have to use their own names on the ballot pap
5 = The responsibility for Scottish elections should be devolved
6 = Vote counting should start on Friday morning not on Thursda
7 = Don’t know

Self-placement on coalition attitudes scale
0 = 0 - Coalitions better to represent range of opinion
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
10 = 10 - Single-party govt better so you know who's responsible
12 = Don’t know

Which is closest to your view about coalition partners?
1 = The parties should announce coalition plans BEFORE election
2 = The parties should campaign on their own and leave coalition
3 = Don’t know

Conservative Party
0 = 0 – Moderate
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6 – Extreme
8 = Don’t know

Conservative Party
0 = 0 – Divided
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6 – United
8 = Don’t know

Conservative Party
0 = 0 – Not at all competent
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6 – Extremely competent
8 = Don’t know

Age in three categories
1 = 18-37
2 = 38-57
3 = 58+

Age in four categories
1 = 18-29
2 = 30-44
3 = 45-59
4 = 60+

Age in six categories
1 = 18-24
2 = 25-34
3 = 35-44
4 = 45-54
5 = 55-64
6 = 65+

Religion (pre_q217-q218)
0 = None
1 = Anglican
2 = RC
3 = CofScot
4 = Other Prot
5 = Non-Christian
6 = Other Christian
7 = Other

Occupation (pre_q221)
1 = Prof/Manag/Business
2 = Non-Manual
3 = Manual
4 = Student
5 = Forces
6 = Not classified

0 = None
1 = Degree
2 = Dip/Teaching
3 = Prof. Qual.
4 = Highers/A level
5 = Olevel/GCSE
6 = Vocational
7 = Technical
8 = Other