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Democracy and Local Governance
The study attempted a comparative examination of the impact of leaders' values on social change and development at the community level. There is an individual file for each respondent, and, in addition, a community file was constructed to describe each community. The community file describes the social and economic aspects of the community using aggregate data. It also...
Values in Crisis Austria (SUF edition)
Full edition for scientific use. The COVID-19 pandemic offers unique opportunity - a natural experiment indeed - to study how people’s moral values change during times of crises. In the face of lacking evidence, we cannot take it for granted that the stability of values observed in normal times continues throughout the Corona crisis. This dataset represents the Austrian data...
Values in Crisis Austria – Wave 1 and Wave 2 combined (SUF edition)
Full edition for scientific use. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to various Online-Panel studies to study the social effects of the crisis. The Values in Crisis study stands out in three central aspects. First, it offers a differentiated perspective to study how basic values of Austrian citizens change during times of crises. Second, the VIC study is a global survey project...
EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes Autumn 2018
The survey charted the values and attitudes of Finnish people. The main themes of the autumn 2018 survey included social services reformation, immigration, trust in different actors in Finnish society, recent societal changes, security and Finland's foreign policy. First, the respondents were presented with attitudinal statements regarding different spheres of society, for...
European Values Study: Wave 4, Great Britain, 2009-2010
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Values Study (EVS) and World Values Survey (WVS) series is designed to enable a cross-national, cross-cultural comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. The WVS is one of the world's most extensive and most...
Affluent Worker in the Class Structure, 1961-1962: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.A selected sample of this study, listed under SN 6512: Affluent Worker in the Class Structure, 1961-1962, is available via the UK Data Service Qualibank, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service.
The 'Affluent...
Deprived White Community? Social Action in Three Norwich Estates, 1940-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection.
The project charted changes since 1940 in the interface between official descriptions of three Norwich council estates (North Earlham, Larkman and Marlpit) as deprived, and residents' own social and spatial identity practices.
It looked critically at the extent to...
Social History of Alcohol in East Africa, 1850-1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aims of this project were:
To re-examine the historical patterns of change in the making and drinking of alcohol in East Africa, and to use this history of change as a tool for studying wider debates concerning control of resources within the household, and for exploring ideas of what constitutes...
Urban Regeneration, Mental Health and Quality of Life in Wythenshawe, South Manchester, 1998-2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this study was to achieve a better understanding of:
the role played by urban regeneration in altering the degree and distribution of socio-economic variations in mental health;
the impact of socio-economic changes on people with differential vulnerability to the development of common mental...
British Election Study, October 1974; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Attention to newspapers and television, degree of political interest, attitude towards election, perceived differences between political parties. Opinion of Liberal and Scottish National Party campaigns, opinion on the various political parties....
Images of the World in the Year 2000; Great Britain International, 1967
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This inquiry into the views of the year 2000 held by the younger generation took place under the auspices of the European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in the Social Sciences, established at Vienna, which was founded by UNESCO and which is a division of the International Social...
Protest, Dissatisfaction and Change, 1973-1974
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These data are part of an eight-nation survey which examined the expectations and political actions of adults, parent and child `pairs' and undergraduates.Main Topics:Opinion of material standard of living and general quality of life (past, present and future), assessment of personal merit, the most...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1991; Cumulative File
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Swiss Voting Study, 1972
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study collected information on voting behaviour in Switzerland in 1972.UKDA Note, February 2025:The data file for this study has been converted from ASCII fixed-width text to SPSS, Stata and tab-delimited formats. Variable labels have been added to the data, and value labels can be found in the...
Into the 80s : New Society Survey, 1979
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To explore social attitudes in Britain at the end of the 1970's and expectations of life in the next decade.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Whether Britain is a reasonably good place to live in, whether changes in the past ten years have been for the worse or for the better, expectations for...
Now! Religion Survey, 1979
Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
A)Clergy
Most important job clergy has, main value of having a religious faith, whether believes in life after death and in what form, proportion of people from own parish meets during year and most usual place. Agreement/disagreement with several statements concerning church and religion, for which causes money should be raised....
British Election Study, May 1979; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Vote in general election, other party thought of, vote in local elections, vote in October 1974, February 1974, and 1970. Direction and strength of party identification, level of negative identification. Marks out of ten for parties and leading...
Health and Lifestyle Survey, 1984-1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Following a number of feasibility studies and pilot surveys carried out in 1978, the first Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS1) (held at the UKDA under SN 2218), funded by the Health Promotion Research Trust, was carried out in 1984-1985 on a random sample of the population of England, Scotland and Wales....
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Random Survey of Public Attitudes to Museums, Archaeology and the Past, 1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey was to gauge for the first time public attitudes to, and participation in, <i>heritage presentations</i>; to understand why certain social groups tend to participate and others do not; to gauge public images of and attitudes to archaelogy and the past. The data, covering...
Social Class in Modern Britain, 1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to provide descriptive data on the changing nature of inequality and its perception, especially with reference to social class and social mobility.
This study formed part of the <i>Comparative Project on Class Structure and Class Consciousness</i> at the...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1989
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
British General Election Study, 1983; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. From 1983, the British Election Study series continued under a slightly changed name, British General Election Study, directed by Anthony Heath, Roger Jowell and John Curtice, and conducted jointly by Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR - now NatCen Social Research) and Nuffield College...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Welsh Election Study, 1979
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to investigate specific Welsh dimensions within the general field of voting behaviour and partisanship in British politics. In addition, data was collected on exclusively Welsh issues such as the Welsh language, devolution, and aspects of national identity. This study was...
British Election Study, February 1974, October 1974, June 1975, May 1979; Panel Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. British Election Study, 1974-1983 (BES):
The BES was started as a research project at the University of Essex in 1974, to continue the series started by Butler and Stokes. The BES conducted interview surveys following the general elections of February 1974, October 1974 and May 1979. This series...
Values in Crisis Survey (second wave)
The COVID-19 crisis is manifold and poses major health, economic and social challenges for current societies. Long-term monitoring of central values and attitudes of citizens in times of crises help to grasp current social and political tensions. Taking this ambition to the global scale and providing comparable data across nations is the main aim of the Values in Crisis...
Values in Crisis Survey (first wave)
The COVID-19 crisis is manifold and poses major health, economic and social challenges for current societies. Long-term monitoring of central values and attitudes of citizens in times of crises help to grasp current social and political tensions. Taking this ambition to the global scale and providing comparable data across nations is the main aim of the Values in Crisis...
Future in Britain Survey, 1970
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to study the perceptions of the future held by the public (those between 15 and 44 years) and by the `elite' (those in positions of power and influence in Britain). The survey was conducted in 1970 for the Social Science Research Council (now Economic and Social Science...
Health and Lifestyle Survey: Seven-Year Follow-Up, 1991-1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Following a number of feasibility studies and pilot surveys carried out in 1978, the first Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS1) (held at the UKDA under SN 2218), funded by the Health Promotion Research Trust, was carried out in 1984-1985 on a random sample of the population of England, Scotland and Wales....