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Two main purposes lay behind the survey. Firstly it was hoped that the Craigmillar Festival Society would be able to assess how far its view of priorities within the ward corresponded with those of the wider population who were not involved in the work of the society. More generally, the survey was planned to enable the Craigmillar Festival Society to inform itself about those areas of concern which people in the community felt to be most important. Secondly, it was hoped to match objective indicators of well-being, derived from various sources, with subjective indicators derived from the survey.

Respondents were selected by random sampling of households on the valuation roll. Four separate samples were drawn from four areas within the ward. These areas were chosen for their different housing types, different demographic structure, and different physical layouts

Face-to-face interview