Summary information

Study title

General Synod (Church of England) Survey, 1975

Creator

Moyser, G. N., University of Manchester, Department of Government

Medhurst, K. N., University of Stirling, Department of Government

Study number / PID

1777 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1777-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

To describe systematically, and for the first time, the election process of the General Synod of the Church of England, and the major social, religious, political and economic characteristics of those who stood as candidates.
Main Topics:

Variables
Parish characteristics, election activities, ecclesiastical office-holding, the role of 'parties', attitudes towards the General Synod, perception of voting influences, patterns of perceptions of voting influences, patterns of public policy contacting, attitudes towards ecclesiastical political involvement, individual political participation and electoral behaviour, attitudes towards social, economic, political and religious issues, personal background characteristics.

Religion and valuesElites and leadership

Data collection period

28/11/1975 - 31/03/1976

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study, although a 2-wave panel 1975-1981 will be made available in due course

Analysis unit

Individuals

Groups

National

Anglicans

Religious activists

Universe

All individuals who stood for election to the General Synod of the Church of England in 1975 as `elected proctors' or 'elected laity'

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Postal survey

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1982

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.

Moyser, G. (1979) Politics and the Church of England [Research report], : Iowa State University British Politics Group.
Moyser, G. and Medhurst, K. (1977) Religion and politics [Research report], : SSRC.
Medhurst, K. and Moyser, G. (1980) 'The Open Synod Group'
Moyser, G. (1977) 'The political organisation of the Middle Class: : the case of the Church of England'
Medhurst, K. and Moyser, G. (1978) 'Political participation and attitudes in the Church of England'
Moyser, G. (1979) 'Representation in the General Synod : : Manchester and the North-East', Crux
Moyser, G. (1979) Patterns of representation in the elections to the General Synod in 1975 [Research report], .