Self esteem

The information below was taken from the 3 City Survey.  More information is provided in the notes at the bottom of the page.

People agreeing/strongly agreeing that they have high self-esteem in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester

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The chart above shows that a higher percentage of respondents among the Glasgow sample (67%) agreed or strongly agreed that they had high levels of self-esteem than in Liverpool or Manchester (63% and 53% respectively).

People strongly agreeing that they have high self-esteem in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester

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Following on from the previous chart, this chart focuses on those who “strongly” agreed that they had high self esteem.

Again Glasgow has a higher percentage of respondents than the other two cities, with 21% of respondents strongly agreeing they had high self esteem compared to 16% and 10% in Liverpool and Manchester respectively.

People strongly agreeing that they have high self-esteem in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester, by social grade

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The chart above shows data for those “strongly agreeing” that they have high self esteem, broken down by social grade.

There is a clear social gradient in reported self esteem.  People in managerial and professional roles (Social Grade A & B) had the highest proportion of respondents reporting high self esteem, while levels of high self esteem were lowest among people on benefits, those who were unemployed or people in low grade work (Social grade E).

Comparing across the cities, levels of reported self esteem were higher in Glasgow - which had the highest percentage of respondents strongly agreeing they had 'high self esteem' at all social grades except for grade E. The greatest difference between Glasgow and the English cities in relation to those ‘strongly’ agreeing was in social grades A and B.  

Notes on data presented

The 3 City Survey was carried out in partnership between the Glasgow Centre for Population Health and Health Scotland.  The full report can be found here.

The survey was carried out between July and November 2011.  The sample size was 3,701 in total (1,288 in Glasgow, 1,202 in Liverpool and 1,211 in Manchester). This was achieved with an overall 55% response rate, ranging from 53% in Manchester to 58% in Glasgow (the rate for Liverpool was 55%), and from 53% in the least deprived areas of the three cities to 58% in the most deprived areas.