Summary information
Study title
People in Local Government, 1965; Ex-Councillors
Creator
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Social Survey Division
Study number / PID
688 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-688-1 (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 produce descriptive information about councillors and their attitudes to local council activities; to find out how much was known about local government by electors and how electors felt about participation in local government.Main Topics:
Variables
As for 686. Additional questions:
Year first served on council, length of council service, council election success, reasons for leaving council office, change in circumstances in which respondent would stand again, intention to help in council work other than as a councillor, reasons for becoming a councillor, method of contact with and entry into council work.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/04/1965
Country
England and Wales
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
National
Councillors
Elites
Individuals
Groups
Universe
Local government ex-councillors in England and Wales
Sampling procedure
Multi-stage stratified random sample
local authority areas were stratified by type and geographical region, then ranked in descending size of electorate. Systematic sampling of lists of all councillors and aldermen who resigned or retired between 1st July, 1961 and 30th June, 1964
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1977
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
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