Summary information
Study title
Random Survey of Public Attitudes to Museums, Archaeology and the Past, 1985
Creator
Merriman, N., University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology
Study number / PID
2558 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-2558-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The aim of this survey was to gauge for the first time public attitudes to, and participation in, <i>heritage presentations</i>; to understand why certain social groups tend to participate and others do not; to gauge public images of and attitudes to archaelogy and the past. The data, covering both heritage visitors and non-visitors, is linked in with sociological theory.
Main Topics:
Variables
Attitudes to museums; participation in museums, historic houses, castles and ancient monuments; images of the past; images of museums; images of archaelogy; demographic variables such as age, sex, education, status.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
14/10/1985 - 20/12/1985
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
National
Adults
Universe
Individuals of voting age and over in Great Britain
Sampling procedure
One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
100 constituencies, 15 polling districts in each constituency, 1 individual from each polling district.
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Postal survey
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1989
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
- Merriman, N. (1988) The role of the past in contemporary Britain, with special reference to archaeology and museums [dissertation].