Attitudes toward poverty in Edinburgh 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................... 2 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................... 4 Main Messages ............................................................................................................................. 5 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 12 2. Our Approach ......................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 – Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 – Survey Design ................................................................................................................................. 13 2.3 – Ethics .............................................................................................................................................. 14 2.4 – Survey Distribution ......................................................................................................................... 15 2.5 – Appraising the Survey Population .................................................................................................. 16 2.6 – Data Cleaning ................................................................................................................................. 21 2.7 – Data Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 22 2.8 – Conclusion: Appraising the Survey Data ......................................................................................... 23 3. Attitudes Toward Poverty in the UK ...................................................................................... 24 3.1 – Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 24 3.2 – Researching Attitudes Toward Poverty .......................................................................................... 24 3.3 – On Researching Poverty in the British Social Attitudes Survey ....................................................... 25 3.4 – The Importance of Tackling Child Poverty ...................................................................................... 28 3.5 – How Much Child Poverty is There .................................................................................................. 29 3.6 – Explanations for Child Poverty ....................................................................................................... 30 3.7 – Responsibility for Tackling Child Poverty ....................................................................................... 32 3.8 – Experience of Poverty Over the Life Course ................................................................................... 34 3.9 – Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................... 35 4. What Should We Expect For Edinburgh? .............................................................................. 36 4.1 - Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 36 4.2 – Lessons from the British Social Attitudes Survey ........................................................................... 36 4.3 – Edinburgh’s population profile ....................................................................................................... 37 5. What Edinburgh Thinks .......................................................................................................... 38 5.1 – Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 38 5.1 – Who in Edinburgh Thinks They Live in Poverty? ............................................................................ 39 5.3 – The Importance of Tackling Poverty in Edinburgh ......................................................................... 42 5.4 – How Much Poverty is There in Edinburgh ...................................................................................... 45 5.5 – The Core Basis for Public Support for City-Wide Anti-Poverty Action ............................................ 47 5.6 – The Local Prevalence of Poverty Across Edinburgh ........................................................................ 50 5.7 – The Core Basis for Public Support for Local Anti-Poverty Action ................................................... 53 5.8 – Relative Incidence of Poverty Across Edinburgh ............................................................................ 56 5.9 – Encountering Poverty in Edinburgh ................................................................................................ 59 5.10 – Explanations for Poverty in Edinburgh ......................................................................................... 62 5.11 – Responsibility for Tackling Poverty in Edinburgh ......................................................................... 68 5.12 – Strategic Priority for Tackling Poverty in Edinburgh ..................................................................... 72 6. Issues for Edinburgh ............................................................................................................... 75 6.1 – Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 75 6.2 – Understanding Thinking on Poverty in Edinburgh .......................................................................... 76 6.3 – Edinburgh Issues ............................................................................................................................ 79 6.4 – Core Themes in UK Poverty ............................................................................................................ 95 6.5 - On People Experiencing Poverty in Edinburgh .............................................................................. 104 6.6 – Agents of Change ......................................................................................................................... 113 6.7 – Values ........................................................................................................................................... 128 2 Attitudes toward poverty in Edinburgh 7. Conclusion ............................................................................................................................ 130 References ................................................................................................................................ 132 Annex 1: Our Survey ................................................................................................................. 135 Annex 2: Attitudinal Variations Among Sub-Populations ........................................................ 147 A2.1 – Perception of Experiencing Poverty Across the Lifecourse ........................................................ 147 A2.2 – The Importance of Tackling Poverty in Edinburgh ..................................................................... 148 A2.3 – How Much Poverty is There in Edinburgh .................................................................................. 149 A2.4 – The Core Basis for Public Support for City-Wide Anti-Poverty Action 150 A2.5 – Perceived Local Prevalence of Poverty Across Edinburgh ......................................................... 151 A2.6 – The Core Basis for Public Support for Local Anti-Poverty Action ............................................... 152 A2.7 – Relative Incidence of Poverty Across Edinburgh ........................................................................ 153 A2.8 – Encountering Poverty in Edinburgh ........................................................................................... 154 A2.9 – Explanations for Poverty in Edinburgh: Number of Responses ................................................. 155 A2.10 – Explanations for Poverty in Edinburgh: Inequalities in Society ................................................ 156 A2.11 – Explanations for Poverty in Edinburgh: Lack of affordable housing ........................................ 157 A2.12 – Explanations for Poverty in Edinburgh: The adults in the household lack education .............. 158 A2.13 – Explanations for Poverty in Edinburgh: Someone in the household suffers from a long term illness or disability ................................................................................................................................. 159 A2.14 – Explanations for Poverty in Edinburgh: They suffer from discrimination, e.g. ethnicity, age, disability ................................................................................................................................................ 160 A2.15 – Explanations for Poverty in Edinburgh: They live in a poor quality area ................................. 161 A2.16 – Explanations for Poverty in Edinburgh: Social benefits do not pay enough ............................ 162 A2.17