Summary information
Study title
Political Participation in Britain, 1984-1985; National and Community Studies
Creator
Moyser, G. N., University of Manchester, Department of Government
Parry, G., University of Manchester, Department of Government
Study number / PID
2659 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-2659-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
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, however.
Main Topics:
Variables
Voting, contacting, party campaigning, collective action, political protest, issue-based political participation; political values, resources, groups, issue agendas, perceptions of national policies, political efficacy/cynicism.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/09/1984 - 01/01/1985
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
National
Electors
Universe
British adults aged 18 and over
Sampling procedure
Multi-stage stratified random sample
2 stage
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1989
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.
Related publications
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