Summary information
Study title
Youth Survey, 1978
Creator
NOP Market Research Limited
Study number / PID
1636 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1636-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
To investigate young people's attitudes towards social issues, their habits and product usage. The survey was originally commissioned by the Jimmy Young Programme (BBC Radio 2) and was expanded by NOP to encompass other areas not requested by the BBC.
Main Topics:
Attitudinal\Behavioural Questions
The survey covers attitudes on drugs, sex and marriage, law and order,education, employment, religion, class. It investigated travel, leisure activities, including sports, concert visits, hobbies and pastimes, ownership of pets and consumer durables. It probed deeply into drinking and smoking habits, as well as the use of cosmetics and hair care.
Background Variables
Age, sex, class, standard regions, marital status, working status, accommodation.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
11/08/1978 - 12/08/1978
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
Groups
National
Young people
Universe
Young people aged 15 to 21 in Great Britain
Sampling procedure
No information recorded
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1978
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
Not available