Summary information

Study title

Survey on Attitudes to the Environment, 1978-1980

Creator

Duff, A., University of Bath, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Cotgrove, S. F., University of Bath, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Study number / PID

1028 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1028-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The purpose of this survey was to investigate the relationships between differing perceptions of environmental dangers, underlying values and social structural position of environmentalists and control groups.
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Probability, seriousness and timing of a possible environmental crisis, scale scores of respondent's perceptions of extent of environmental dangers, industrialism as a way of life, and science and technology; Inglehart's material/post-material value markers; respondent's perceptions of an ideal society; political beliefs and activity. Attitude to taking direct action on environmental issues. Environmentalist organizations, and environmentalist literature read.
Background Variables
Age, length of post-school education, qualifications and occupation.
Environmentalists' questionnaire only: income.
Businessmen/Engineers questionnaire only: type of industry.

Environment and conservationPolitical behaviour and attitudes

ADVERTISINGAGEAIR POLLUTIONATTITUDESBUSINESSESCAPITALISMCHANGING SOCIETYCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY BEHAVIOURCONSUMPTIONCOUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATIONDECISION MAKING

Data collection period

01/01/1978 - 01/01/1980

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

Groups

National

Adults

Environmentalists

Industrialists

Universe

General public, selected from electoral registers of Bath, Oldham and Swindon; Industrialists, selected from Business Who's Who and Who's Who in British Engineering; Trade Union officials, selected from Trade Union handbook; Environmentalists, selected form national membership of conservation society and F.O.E.; Nature conservationists, selected from national membership of World Wildlife Fund (U.K.)

Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

list sampling

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Postal survey

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1978

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Duff, A. and Cotgrove, S. (1981) 'Environmentalism, values and social change', British Journal of Sociology, 92-110
Cotgrove, S. (1982) Catastrophe or cornucopia?, London: Wiley.
Duff, A. and Cotgrove, S. (1980) 'Environmentalism, middle-class radicalism and politics', Sociological Review, 333-351