Table 1: Respondents’ Identity in the Euromosaic Gaelic Survey 1994/95 (Q. 47)

Identity

Question

Whole Sample

No. %

Western Isles

No. %

Rest of Scotland

No. %

‘Gael’

Yes, v. much

Yes, on whole

No, not at all

  1. 62.4

37 1.5

84 26.1

  1. 65.4
  1. 10.0

32 24.6

  1. 60.4
  1. 12.5

52 27.1

‘Highlander’

Yes, v. much

Yes, on whole

No, not at all

  1. 36.0
  1. 19.3

144 44.7

  1. 32.3
  1. 26.2

54 41.5

  1. 38.5
  1. 14.6

90 46.9

‘Islander’

Yes, v. much

Yes, on whole

No, not at all

  1. 61.2
  1. 5.3

108 33.5
  1. 73.1
  1. 4.6

29 22.3

  1. 53.1
  1. 5.7

76 39.6

‘Leodhasach’

etc. (Local)

Yes, v. much

Yes, on whole

No, not at all

220 68.3

13 4.0

89 27.6

  1. 88.5
  1. 1.5

13 10.0

105 54.7
  1. 5.7

76 39.6

‘Scottish’

Yes, v. much

Yes, on whole

No, not at all

  1. 80.7
  1. 6.5

41 12.7

  1. 77.7
  1. 6.2

21 16.2

  1. 82.8
  1. 6.8

20 10.4

‘British’

Yes, v. much

Yes, on whole

No, not at all

  1. 8.7
  1. 33.9

108 57.5

14 10.8

  1. 43.8

59 45.4

  1. 7.3
  1. 27.1

126 65.6

‘European’

Yes, v. much

Yes, on whole

No, not at all

  1. 10.2
  1. 20.2

224 69.6

  1. 7.7
  1. 20.8

93 71.5

23 12.0

38 19.8

131 68.2

‘Other’

Yes, v. much

Yes, on whole

No, not at all

  1. 2.5
  1. 0.0

314 97.5

 

  1. 2.3
  1. 0.0

127 97.7

4 2.6

0 0.0

187 97.4

Source: EU Euromosaic Project, Research Centre Wales, University of Wales Bangor

Significance of difference of proportions assenting ‘Yes, very much’ between

Western Isles and Rest of Scotland subsamples:

Gaelic identity z = 0.909 not significant

Highland identity z = 1.137 not significnt

Island identity z = 3.613 sig at 0.00015

Local identity z = 6.396 sig at 0.019 -08

Scottish identity z = 1.139 not significant

British identity z = 3.597 sig at 0.00016

Europn identity z = 0.631 not significant

Other identity z = 0.170 not significant

Significance of difference of proportions assenting ‘Yes, very much’ in whole sample:

Gaelic vs Highlnd z = 6.462 sig 0.018-08

Scottish vs Brit z = 12.671 sig 0.017-08

Gaelic vs Islander z = 0.324 not significnt

Scottish vs Eur z = 14.683 sig 0.026-08

Gaelic vs Local z = 1.567 not significnt

Scottish vs Other z = 15.750 sig 0.043-08

Gaelic vs Scottish z = 5.041 sig 0.023-05

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Significance of difference of proportions assenting ‘Yes, very much’ in Western Isles

Local vs Scottish z = 2.271 sig at 0.012

Gaelic vs Scottish z = 4.243 sig 0.011-03

Local vs Gaelic z = 4.243 sig at 0.011-02

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