Summary information

Study title

Venezuelan Secondary School Students, 1971

Creator

Hakim, C., University of Essex, Department of Sociology

Study number / PID

966 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-966-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

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The aim of this survey was to study the educational aspirations, social and political views, political behaviour and school experiences of Venezuelan secondary school students with particular reference to the characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of activists and non-activists.
Main Topics:

Survey data included: background information on students; educational and occupational aspirations; views on school elections and students representatives; level of knowledge about the political system; social and political views; use of the media; views on a selected event in student politics; views on the police; political behaviour.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/02/1971 - 01/05/1971

Country

Venezuela

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Groups
Institutions/organisations
Subnational
Pupils
Schools

Universe

Private and state secondary schools (liceos and colegios) and their students in the Caracas district of Venezuela in 1971

Sampling procedure

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
disproportional stratified sample of schools and disproportional stratified sample of students in first, third and fifth grades of schools

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Self-completion

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1977

Terms of data access

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Related publications

  • Hakim, C. (0001) Political socialization in Venezuelan secondary schools: a study in the political sociology of the school, [Thesis], Colchester: University of Essex, Department of Sociology.