Summary information

Study title

Consumer Concerns, 1979-1980

Creator

National Consumer Council

Research Services Limited

Study number / PID

1990 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1990-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The aim of this study was to enable the National Consumer Council to represent consumers more effectively by:
(a) highlighting areas of major concern to consumers;
(b) collecting information about consumers' problems that would enable the NCC to press for action to further consumers' interests;
(c) providing information to others in the consumer movement.
Main Topics:

Consumers' problems and experiences with:
housing, neighbourhood, shopping, transport, public utilities, tax and work, personal finance, health services, education, welfare, communication services.

Consumption and consumer behaviour

Data collection period

01/11/1979 - 01/11/1980

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study with data collected in two stages

Analysis unit

Individuals

National

Adults

Consumers

Universe

Adults aged eighteen and over resident in the United Kingdom

Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

two-stage probability sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1984

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.

(1981) The nationalised industries, London: HMSO.
(1982) The elderly consumer, London: HMSO.
(1982) Shopping, London: HMSO.
(1981) Faulty goods, London: HMSO.
(1982) Public transport, London: HMSO.
(1981) Bureaucracies, London: HMSO.
(1982) The neighbourhood, London: HMSO.