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Household Survey for Evaluation of Indonesia Women's Empowerment Project, 2013
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of Indonesia Women's Empowerment Project, 2013 was collected by Oxfam to evaluate the Papua Women's Empowerment (PAWE) project. The overall objective of the project was to improve women's awareness and participation in the decision-making and implementation of a...
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...
Survey of the Solicitors' Profession, 1989
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To obtain a profile of the structure, organisation and staffing of solicitors' firms; to describe the types of legal and non-legal work carried out by solicitors; to investigate the social background of solicitors including career history and educational qualifications; to explore solicitors' attitudes on...
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...
Women's Working Lives Survey, Northern Ireland, 1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This survey was designed to identify the various factors which determine whether or not women participate in paid work and how the unpaid work which women carry out in the home influences their lifetime involvement in the labour market. In addition it was intended that the survey would document the type...
Company Level Industrial Relations Survey, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main objectives were:
to assess changes that have taken place since the first Company Level Industrial Relations Survey in 1985 (Study not available via the UK Data Archive.)
to investigate how employee relations fits in with broader policy making
to explore the relationship between employee relations...
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) Membership Survey, 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the study was to measure the extent of convergence between the SDLP and Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland. The <i>New Nationalism in Northern Ireland</i> project measured convergence at three levels: party elites, party members and party supporters. This dataset provides the first...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996
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...
Local Exchange Trading Schemes in Britain, 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Local Exchange Trading Schemes (LETS) have begun to receive attention in policy circles as a potential tool for mitigating social exclusion. Prior to this project, the only evidence available concerning the role of LETS for tackling social exclusion were one-off evaluations of individual LETS. In order to...
Constituency Campaigning in the 2010 General Election
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Over the last decade, there has been a renewal of interest in, and revaluation of, the effects of local constituency campaigning on the part of both academics and political parties. From the 1950s to the 1980s, as campaigning became more 'nationalised' - dominated by party leaders and focused almost...
British Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup) Polls, 1938-1946
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset comprises data from the 58 surviving BIPO polls conducted between 1938 and 1946.Main Topics:Questions cover domestic, foreign and military affairs, including:
- appeasement
- the progress and prosecution of the war
- whether to sue for peace with Germany, Italy and Japan
- satisfaction with...
Emergent Environmentalism : Adults, 1991-1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to investigate life experiences and formative influences which have contributed to the development of knowledge of, and concern for, the environment among those involved in environmental education.Main Topics:Significant life experiences of environmental educators;...
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...
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2012
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,...
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...
Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, 1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS) series was designed to contribute to a better understanding of the processes which underlie employment relationships by making available for the first time large, systematic and dispassionate evidence about a broad range of industrial relations and...
Welsh Church Census, 1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To ascertain the numbers, and trends in those numbers, attending church regularly throughout the whole of Wales and across all denominations and to give a comprehensive picture of membership and attendance by country.Main Topics:Variables
Church attendance (adults and children), church membership...
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,...
Warwickshire Rural Assets Survey, 1981 and 1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey was to record, analyse and monitor the provision of facilities and services in rural Warwickshire. The prime uses are in the monitoring of structure plan policies, the everyday work of the Rural Community Council and the answering of enquiries.Main Topics:Variables
Shops, mobile...
Access to the Countryside for Recreation and Sport, 1983-1985; Farmers' Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the Access to the Countryside for Recreation and Sport, 1983-1985 studies were: to assess the nature and scale of the demands for access to the countyside for recreation and sport; to develop a better understanding of the complex processes by which access is achieved, sustained or modified...
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...
Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS) series was designed to contribute to a better understanding of the processes which underlie employment relationships by making available for the first time large, systematic and dispassionate evidence about a broad range of industrial relations and...
Shop Steward Tenure, 1979-1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to test hypotheses suggesting that the higher turnover amongst shop stewards in small plants is due to the fewer resources available to these stewards.
MORI General Election Polls, 1983: Poll for the Daily Star, 16-31 May 1983
Main Topics: Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions: Voting intention, political party support; attitudes on electoral issues including policies on inflation, unemployment, social services, incomes, industrial relations, pensioners, educational standards, defence spending, nuclear disarmament; attention to political broadcasts; past voting behaviour.Background...
Radical Participation: Activists' Identities and Networks in Manchester, Oxford and North Wales, 1970-2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project studied communities of radical activists in three areas (Manchester, Oxford and North Wales), tracing their history since the late 1960s. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used. Forms (repertoires), levels, targets and rationales of direct action were surveyed, with local...
Attitudes of Industrial Clerical Workers to White Collar Unionisation, 1972-1973
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes and reference groups of clerical employees in different employment situations. The firms were selected to give as wide a range as possible of different employment and trade union situations. The firms were given fictitious names.Main...
Devolution, Elected Representatives and Constituency Representation in Scotland and Wales, 2000-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset is the product of three related research projects. The first project (funded by the Leverhulme Trust) examined the impact of devolution on the work of British Members of Parliament (MPs), particularly in Scotland and Wales. The second project (also funded by the Leverhulme Trust) gathered the...
Employment Practices of Multinational Companies in Organisational Context, 2005-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study was undertaken by a team based at Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, Warwick Business School and King's College, London. It aimed to investigate employment practices in multinational companies' operations in the United Kingdom, and explored how these are influenced by...
Workplace Industrial Relations, 1973
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to monitor the effects, at workplace level, of changes in legislation in the industrial relations field; also the changes which may have taken place in the structure and procedure of employing organisations and trade unions.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
(Data...
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,...