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Acknowledgements

The research reported in this chapter was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of its research initiative on The Future of the UK and Scotland (ES/K007149/1 and ES/K006460/1). The author would like to acknowledge the advice and support of fellow participants in that research, Jan Eichhorn, Rachel Ormston and Lindsay Paterson as well as of the British and Scottish Social Attitudes teams. Responsibility for the views expressed here lies solely with the author.