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British Candidate Study, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset consists of two files:
1. The survey of party members (members.por) included 1,634 Labour and Conservative activists who attended 26 selection meetings in contituencies throughout Britain. The constituencies to which the researchers had access were chosen to be broadly representative in...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1989-1991; Cumulative File
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 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...
Quality of Life: Urban Britain, 1973; UK
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to probe subjective indicators of social life in various aspects - housing, health, education, job, standard of living, district, democratic processes and leisure.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Satisfactory/unsatisfactory aspects of house/district, most...
Quality of Life; Stoke, 1973/74
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to probe subjective indicators of social life in various aspects - housing, health, education, job, standard of living, district, democratic processes and leisure.Main Topics:Variables
District questions specific to Stoke were asked in addition to those in the standard...
Quality of Life; Sunderland, 1973/74
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to probe subjective indicators of social life in various aspects - housing, health, education, job, standard of living, district, democratic processes and leisure.Main Topics:Variables
District questions specific to Sunderland were asked in addition to those in the standard...
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...
Political Communication and the Young Voter, 1970-1971
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to collect data about the first-time elector, whose attitudes towards, exposure to and response to the flow of campaign communications during the 1970 and the 1974 General Election were examined in the context of political outlook, role and social situation.Main...
MORI Omnibus Polls, January - December, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These regular monthly polls are intended to probe political opinion in Britain.
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...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2003
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...
New Europe Barometer VII, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The New Europe Barometer (NEB) series, originally known as the New Democracies Barometer (NDB), has been conducted annually across Central and Eastern Europe since autumn 1991. The same questions are asked in each country and repeated from year to year, so trends can be analysed across a wide variety of...
National Identity and Constitutional Change in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2001 and 2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset arises from the survey work undertaken by four closely co-ordinated projects, which were part of the Devolution and Constitutional Change research programme of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The principal aim of the projects was to establish whether initial reactions to the...
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2004
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,...
European Parliament Elections in Northern Ireland, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset comprises the Northern Ireland element of the 2004 European Election Study (EES) project. In that year, 23 European Union (EU) states took part in the EES. A core questionnaire was used for the survey in each country, and for the Northern Ireland wave, additional questions relating to party...
Dynamics of Transformative Ideas in Contemporary Public Discourse, 2002-2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project sought to address the changing role of ideas and intellectuals in the public discourses of contemporary 'knowledge societies'. To this end, the ethos and development of two ideas institutions were investigated - the think tank Demos and the LSE. The project sought to reconceptualise the...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2004
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...
Young Life and Times Survey, 2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Life and Times Survey (YLT) originally began as a companion survey to the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT) series. It surveyed young people aged 12-17 living in the households of adults interviewed for NILT, and YLT ran alongside it from 1998-2000. Following an evaluation in 2001,...
European Election Study, 2004: Great Britain
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study comprised the Great Britain component of the European Election Survey (EES) for 2004. It surveyed the voting-age population in England, Wales and Scotland and was fielded immediately following the European Parliament (EP) elections of that year. A separate EES survey for Northern Ireland was...
Hampshire Residents and Climate Change, 2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this research was to examine the dimensions and determinants of public understanding of, and response to, climate change in order to inform the design of more effective public communication strategies and workable mitigation policies. Although this study explored a variety of potentially...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes and Life and Times Combined Dataset, 1989-2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Social Attitudes and Life and Times Combined Dataset, 1989-2004 is a derived dataset providing information on social attitudes in Northern Ireland, focusing mainly on community relations and political issues, and allowing analysis across time. It pools data from the following four...
Regional Referendum Study, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This survey centred on the all-postal ballot referendum conducted in 2004, on whether there should be an elected regional assembly in the North East region (the referendum closed on 4 November 2004, with 78% of respondents voting against). The survey also covered the regions of the North West and...
Millennium Cohort Study: Age 3, Sweep 2, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Background:The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is a large-scale, multi-purpose longitudinal dataset providing information about babies born at the beginning of the 21st century, their progress through life, and the families who are bringing them up, for the four countries of the United Kingdom. The...
British Household Panel Survey: Waves 1-13, 1991-2004: Teaching Dataset (Time Use, Leisure and Social Memberships)
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This BHPS teaching/sampler dataset contains only Wave 1 respondents, and follows them for 13 waves, selecting broadly the same variables at each wave. There are some (fixed) variables which are only included at wave one, and there are a few variables which only appear intermittently, or are introduced...
Northern Ireland Assembly Election Survey, 2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 2003 second election to the Northern Ireland Assembly made history simply through the fact that the Assembly had remained in existence (even if suspended) long enough to justify a second election. None of the other conventions, forums or assemblies for Northern Ireland introduced since 1972 had...
Political Change in Britain, 1963-1970; Merged File
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The study was designed to investigate political change in Great Britain using a panel technique. The main areas of investigation were the party system, campaign issues, and social class. Information on the political background of the respondent as well as extensive demographic data were also collected....
London Mayor and Assembly Re-run, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the research is to analyse voters' political preferences in London. The objectives of the research are as follows.
1. To monitor the performance of two new electoral systems in London, the Supplementary Vote and the Additional Member System.
2. To analyse the extent to which voters 'split...
Building a New Democracy? Television, Citizens and Voting in Russia, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The media played a critical role in bringing about the collapse of Communist rule in Russia as well as in building a post-communist state. While virtually all other institutions were discredited by the end of the Soviet era, the media remained credible to millions of Russian citizens, informing them on...
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...