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British Social Attitudes Survey, 1987
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...
Home Ownership and Privatised Consumption, 1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To investigate the economic, cultural and political implications of the growth of home ownership in EnglandMain Topics:Variables
Region, housing type and condition, housing tenure, household composition, housing career history, social class, tenure preferences and aspirations, job history and orientation...
MORI Living in Britain Survey, 1983: 'Breadline Britain'
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Living in Britain Survey, 1983 took the form of a public opinion poll conducted amongst adults in Britain on behalf of London Weekend Television. It formed the basis of the 'Breadline Britain' television series. The survey investigated the public's perceptions of minimum needs and then identifying...
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...
Survey of Delegates to the Council for Social Democracy, 1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.A collection of socio-political information about Council delegates and about the SDP organisation.
The survey constitutes one of some 60 such surveys on delegates to party conferences conducted across Western Europe since 1978 and forms part of the <i>Middle-level Elites Project</i> of the...
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...
ECPR Party Manifestos Project, 1921-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The internal analysis of election programmes (ie. of the concerns and emphases they contain) in both the domestic and the comparative contexts.A later version of this dataset is held at SN:3437. Users should note, however, that the later version does not totally supersede this version as the data does not...
Methodological Aspects of Attitude Research, 1985-1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The major aim of the study was to find ways of improving the reliability and validity of instruments for measuring social and political ideology. It represents a follow-up to the 1983 British Election Study (SN: 2005).Main Topics:Party identification, social and political values (equality, self-reliance,...
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...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Social Attitudes (NISA) survey series began in 1989, and was conducted every year in which the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey was fielded until 1996. Supported initially by the Nuffield Foundation, the Central Community Relations Unit (CCRU) and the Policy Planning Research...
British General Election Study, 1997; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. <i>British General Election Study, 1997</i>
The aims of the 1997 British General Election Study are:
to maintain the continuity of the BGES survey series thereby providing a record of voting behaviour over the last three decades;
to compare voting behaviour and issues of identity North...
British General Election Study, 1997 : Campaign Panel
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. <i>British General Election Study, 1997 : Campaign Panel</i>
The aims of this survey were :
to analyse the interaction between medium-term economic and short-term political factors and the way in which they determine the outcome of elections;
to understand the dynamics of the election...
British General Election Study, 1997 : Ethnic Minority Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. British General Election Study, 1997 : Ethnic Minority Survey
The aims of the Ethnic Minority Survey are:
to evaluate the extent to which ethnic minority voters are integrated into the electoral process;
to evaluate whether, after taking into account their social background, members of the main...
Political Participation in Britain, 1984-1985; National and Community Studies
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The research involved a series of linked surveys designed to examine the state of mass political participation in Britain. Data were collected from a national survey, a series of six community studies and within the community studies, surveys of elites. The latter are not included with this dataset,...
Exploring Data, First Edition: Teaching Datasets, 1944-1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This series of small datasets, covering a range of research topics in the social sciences, was created to illustrate statistical techniques.
Users should note that these datasets are for use with the first edition of the following publication only:
Marsh, C. (1988) Exploring data, Cambridge: Polity...
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...
Social Change and Economic Life Initiative Surveys, 1986-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The principal emphasis of the programme was to examine the attitude of the population to changes in the employment structure of British society, including occupational structure changes in the gender composition of the workforce, increased unemployment and increases in the use of casual employment. These...
Relative Deprivation and Social Justice, 1962
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the Relative Deprivation and Social Justice study was to examine social inequality in twentieth-century England, touching on such topics as party preference and self-rated social class. The dataset held by the Archive was originally compiled from interview schedules lent by W.G. Runciman, used...
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 Social Attitudes Survey, 1990
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...
Study of The Labour Party Membership, December 1989 - May 1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The first national survey of Labour Party members to analyse: range and type of political activism by Labour Party members; social background characteristics of members; attitudes on issues and values of members; methods of recruitment into Labour Party; activism in pressure groups.Main...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Social Attitudes (NISA) survey series began in 1989, and was conducted every year in which the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey was fielded until 1996. Supported initially by the Nuffield Foundation, the Central Community Relations Unit (CCRU) and the Policy Planning Research...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1991
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 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...
British General Election Study, 1992; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Vote in 1992. Political and social attitudes. Numerous questions are replications from previous BES and British Social Attitudes surveys.
Measurement Scales used: Likert scales.
The `international' scales in the cross-section face-to-face interview questionnaire were taken from previous...
Political Perceptions, Political Education and Voting among Young People, 1986-1988
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aims of the project are:
1. To assess the impact of formal education in politics on the political attitudes and behaviour of young people, and more generally to examine the role of formal education in politics in political socialisation;
2. To explore the voting behaviour of young people in terms...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1998 : Employment Data
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the project were:
to develop knowledge and understanding of the changing role of trades unions in the workplace, as perceived by employees;
in particular, to establish the influence trade unions have on workplace governance, and how this may have changed over time, identifying factors...
Survey of Labour Party Members, 1997 and 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study continued previous research by the principal investigators, last conducted in 1989-1990. It is a follow-up survey with a panel design analysing political activism, attitudes to issues, attitudes to party organisation, values and social background characteristics.
The earlier survey in the...
Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT) series began in 1998, and was the successor to the previous Northern Ireland Social Attitudes series, which was discontinued in 1996.The main aims of the NILT series are:
to monitor public attitudes towards social policy and political issues in Northern...
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA) survey was launched by ScotCen Social Research (formerly the Scottish Centre for Social Research) in 1999, following the advent of devolution. Based on annual rounds of interviews of between 1,200 to 1,500 people drawn using probability sampling (based on a stratified,...