Summary information
Study title
British Election Study, February 1974, October 1974, June 1975, May 1979; Panel Survey
Creator
Sarlvik, B., British Election Study
Robertson, D. R., British Election Study
Crewe, I. M., University of Essex, Department of Government
Study number / PID
1614 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1614-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
British Election Study, 1974-1983 (BES):
The BES was started as a research project at the University of Essex in 1974, to continue the series started by Butler and Stokes. The BES conducted interview surveys following the general elections of February 1974, October 1974 and May 1979. This series also includes a questionnaire survey conducted after the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1975 (see SN 830).
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/02/1974 - 01/05/1979
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Longitudinal/panel/cohort
four waves
Analysis unit
National
Universe
The registered electorate of Great Britain, excluding constituencies north of the Caledonian canal
Sampling procedure
Multi-stage, stratified probability sample (with replacements in 1979, without replacements in earlier years)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Postal survey
for June 1975 Referendum survey only
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1981
Terms of data access
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Related publications
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