Summary information

Study title

Politics and the English Child, 1969

Creator

Zureik, E., Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario)

Study number / PID

55 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-55-1 (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 investigate political ideas among English school children taking into account the following main variables: age, type of school, social class and sex differences.
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Knowledge about: party in office, elections, the Queen, Members of Parliament, political affiliations of trade unions/business men, who makes the laws. Attitude to: police, leaders, voting, social class, Britain (likes/dislikes), school, amount of influence pupils have in school, age intending to leave school, future plans.
Respondents asked to name a famous person they would like/not like to be. Degree of interest in: Prime Minister, Queen, other public official, current affairs in Britain.
Daily/Sunday newspaper read by family/child. Exposure to the media: television, radio. Discussion of politics in family, political affiliations (child, parents), religion.
Background Variables
Age, sex, place of residence (child, father, mother) child's class or form at school. Occupation of father and mother, father's education (type of school attended, age finished full-time education).

Compulsory and pre-school educationPolitical behaviour and attitudesYouth

AGEATTITUDESAUTHORITYBRITISH POLITICAL PARTIESBUSINESSESCABINET MINISTERSCLASS CONFLICTCOMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLSDEMOCRACYEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDEDUCATIONAL EXPECTATIONSELECTIONS

Data collection period

01/01/1969 - 01/06/1969

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

Subnational

Pupils

Universe

Schoolchildren attending preparatory, public-independent, secondary modern, grammar, comprehensive schools in Essex London and County Durham

Sampling procedure

Stratified random, using quotas

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Self-completion with supervision

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1974

Terms of data access

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Herman, V., Stradling, R., Greenstein, F. and Zureik, E. (1974) 'The child's conception of the Queen and the Prime Minister', British Journal of Political Science, 257-287
Greenstein, F. and Zureik, E. (1972) 'The Queen and Prime Minister: the child's eye-view' , London: George Allen & Unwin.
Stradling, R. and Zureik, E. (1971) 'Political and non-political ideals of English primary and secondary school children', Sociological Reivew, 203-207
Zureik, E. and Stradling, R. (1973) 'Emergence of styles of thought among young Englishmen: a conflict perspective', Political Studies, 285-300
Greenstein, F. and Zureik, E. (1971) 'The Queen and Prime Minister: the child's eye-view', New Society
Zureik, E. (1969) 'Do schools encourage racial prejudice?', Where, 164-166
Greenstein, F. and Zureik, E. (1971) 'The Queen and Prime Minister: the child's eye-view' , London: New Society Publication.
Zureik, E. (1969) Do schools encourage racial prejudice?, Cambridge: Advisory Centre for Education.
Zureik, E. (1974) 'Party images and partisanship among young Englishmen', British Journal of Sociology, 179-200