Individuals

Whole sample N=322

Mean score‘out of ten

Western Isles N= 130

Mean score out of ten

Rest of Scotland N=192

Mean score out of ten

Myself

Mean = 7.912

Mean = 8.000

Mean = 7.644

My friends

Mean = 6.514

Mean = 6.968

Mean = 6.213

Incomers

Mean = 3.945

Mean = 3.803

Mean = 4.048

Organisat-tions

Whole sample N=322

Mean score out of ten

Western Isles N=130

Mean score out of ten

Rest of Scotland N=192

Mean score out of ten

Govermt

Con92/97

Mean = 2.272

Mean = 2.802

Mean = 2.667

Scottish Office

Mean = 3.391

Mean = 3.664

Mean = 3.258

local au-

thorities

Mean = 5.023

Mean = 6.600

Mean = 3.951

Public bodies

Mean = 3.742

Mean = 4.652

Mean = 3.072

Private business

Mean = 3.174

Mean = 3.956

Mean = 2.754

Churches

Mean = 5.838

Mean = 7.302

Mean = 4.831

Amongst whole sample between reponses on:

Between Western Isles and Rest of Scotland respondents:

‘Myself’ and ‘my friends’ t = 7.776

sig 0.042-08

‘Myself’ t = 0.069 not significant

‘My friends’ and ‘incomers’ t = 14.636

sig 0.02-08

‘My friends’ t = 3.276 sig 0.0012

‘Incomers’ and ’present government’

t = 7.408 sig 0.041-08

‘Incomers’ t = 0.944 not significant

‘Present government’and ‘local authorities’ t = 13.178 sig 0.017-08

‘Present government’ t = 0.805

not significant

‘Present government’ and Scottish Office

t = 4.660 sig 0.039-04

Scottish Office t = 1.887

not significant

Scottish Office and ‘local authorities’

t = 8.746 sig 0.032-08

Local authorities t = 11.245

sig 0.013-08

Public bodies and private business t = 3.384

sig .0.00077

Public bodies t = 6.630 sig 0.04-08

Private business and ‘present government’

t = 2.849 sig 0.0045

Private business t = 6.440

sig 0.0076-07

Churches and local authorities t = 4.204

sig 0.00003

Churches t = 11.237 sig 0.013-08