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Panel Study Wave I - carried out between 19 February and 1 March, 1973, with 2131 interviews conducted among a national probability sample of adults, 16 years of age and older.
Panel Study Wave II - a second interview with the adult sample of Wave I in February, 1974.
Panel Study Wave III - a third interview with a `topped-up' sample, carried out between 4 - 15 July, 1974, using a slightly shortened questionnaire.
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Subjects covered included: issues of concern to voters (both spontaneous and prompted), attitudes to political issues including the Common Market and taxation, respondents' perceived and future standards of living, attitudes towards each of the political parties in terms of past record, future potential, political and individual leadership, strength and continuity of party support, ratings of Government and Opposition performance, also covering which party is thought best able to deal with the various problems facing the country, and trade unions, covering membership and the public's view of the unions. A self-completion questionnaire was also included, eliciting assessment of political parties (ideal, Conservative, Labour - and Liberal in Wave III ) on a number of listed characteristics.