Summary information

Study title

Attitudes to Government, 1978

Creator

Moss, L., University of London, Birkbeck College

Study number / PID

1536 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1536-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To investigate opinions on various aspects of government.
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Questions covered satisfaction with life in Britain today, including attitudes to various branches of government, neighbourhood, housing, employment situation, income, health and other services, education, transport. Scales were constructed to form some of the main variables used. All questions have at some stage been used as single item variables in addition to the constructed variables. The variables all describe some aspect of opinion on government or the circumstances of respondents. The scales summarize opinion over a group of items and relate to optimism/pessimism, opinion on government involvement, personal involvement, opinion on institutional assumptions of the system.
Background Variables
Housing tenure and finance, employment, income, personal health, educational background, household composition and status of respondent, age, sex.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/05/1978 - 01/06/1978

Country

England and Wales

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
National
Electors

Universe

Electors in England and Wales, April 1978

Sampling procedure

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview
Self-completion

Funding information

Grant number

HR5427

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1981

Terms of data access

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Related publications

  • Moss, L. (1978) Attitudes to Government: : a final report to SSRC [Research report], : SSRC.