Summary information
Study title
United Kingdom Ecological Data, 1981-1987
Creator
Rose, R., University of Strathclyde, Department of Politics
McAllister, I., University of Strathclyde, Centre for the Study of Public Policy
Study number / PID
2081 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-2081-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The purpose of this study was to match the results of the 1983 and 1987 General Elections in the United Kingdom to the results of the 1981 Census, by parliamentary constituency.
Main Topics:
Some variables relate to the 10% Census sample and are marked as such. The remainder are from the 100% Census. Census variables for Northern Ireland are incomplete, and had to be estimated from the published reports. The exact method by which district councils (and for Belfast, wards) were assigned to parliamentary constituency is given in the codebook. In general, variables measuring economic activity and industry are missing: several occupational and idustrial variables were estimated from the 1971 Census, including percentage of employers and managers and percentage of agricultural workers.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
Not availableCountry
United Kingdom
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Administrative units (geographical/political)
Constituencies
National
Census data
Electoral data
Universe
Electoral and census data for all 650 United Kingdom parliamentary constituencies existing at the 1983 UK general election
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1988
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
- McAllister, I. and Rose, R. (1986) From closed to open elections: : from closed class to open elections in Britain, London: Sage.
- Bogdanor, V. and Field, W. (1993) 'Lessons of history : : core and periphery in British electoral behaviour, 1910-1992', Electoral Studies, 203-224
- McAllister, I. and Studlar, D. (1984) 'The electoral geography of immigrant groups in Britain', Electoral Studies, 140-150
- Rose, R. and McAllister, I. (1984) The nationwide competition for votes: : the 1983 British General Election, London: F. Pinter.