Economic issues continue to be seen as the160most important issue160facing Scotland today, mentioned by 43% of respondents in the November wave of our quarterly tracking survey, up by 7% from August.

Related to this,160unemployment is mentioned by mentioned by 39% of Scots,160 up 2% from August. Concern about schools and the NHS both fell slightly from August but were still mentioned by 36% and 20% respectively.

Issues of crime and law & order are lower down the list of important issues, mentioned by 9%, down by 7% from August, possibly reflecting the fall in officially recorded crime announced in September.

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• For more information, see the November 2010 Public Opinion Monitor

Technical Note160

• Results are based on a survey of 1,001 respondents conducted by telephone between 18th November and 21st November 2010160
• Data are weighted by age, sex and working status using census data, and tenure using SHS 2007-2008 data160
• An asterisk (*) indicates a percentage of less than 0.5% but greater than 0.160
• Where results do not sum to 100, this may be due to multiple responses or computer rounding160
• Where the base size is less than 30 the number (N) rather than the percentage of respondents is given160
• Results are based on all respondents (1,001) unless otherwise stated.