Summary information
Study title
Northern Ireland General Election and Political Attitudes Survey, 1992
Creator
Elliott, S., Queen's University of Belfast, Department of Politics
Moxon-Browne, E., Queen's University of Belfast, Department of Political Science
Ditch, J., New University of Ulster, School of Sociology and Social Policy
Study number / PID
3720 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-3720-1 (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:
extend the <i>British General Election Study</i> to Northern Ireland (the <i>British General Election Study, 1992</i> is held at The Data Archive under study number 2981)
provide longitudinal comparisons with previous work in the same area, namely Rose (1971) and Moxon-Browne (1983)
provide, for the first time, an attitudinal survey `locked into' a specific general election
to compare social attitudes in Northern Ireland and Britain.
Main Topics:
Key topics covered in this study were: the social bases of political allegiance in Northern Ireland; the persisting importance of religious affiliation in Northern Ireland politics; the development of a loyalism-nationalism Likert scale; the continuities and changes in the evolution of self-perceived national identity 1968-1992; the territorial and local aspects of political interest, voting and party preference, the campaign issues and ideologies.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/01/1992
Country
Northern Ireland
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
National
Electors
Universe
Northern Ireland electors at the time of the 1992 UK general election.
Sampling procedure
One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Self-completion
Funding information
Grant number
L304253005
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1997
Terms of data access
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Related publications
- Kaufmann, E. (2007) The Orange Order:: a contemporary Northern Irish history, Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN 9780199208487 (Hbk) | 9780199532032 (Pbk) | 0199208484 | 0199532036