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British Election Study, February 1974; Cross-Section Survey
Creator
Alt, J., British Election Study
Sarlvik, B., British Election Study
Crewe, I. M., University of Essex, Department of Government
Study number / PID
359 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-359-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Attention to television and newspapers, perceived bias in newspapers, perceived difference between political parties. Opinion of Conservative and Labour parties. Attitude to election and strength of political opinion and interest. Knowledge, perception of party position/record and own opinion on: prices, strikes in general, the miners' strike, pensions, the Common Market, nationalisation, social services, Communists, devolution, income tax and wage controls, Britain's dependency on other countries (USA, Russia, France, Germany and Australia). Trust in political parties, vote in election, and second choice, other parties considered, vote in 1970 and 1966. Frequency of discussion about politics, direction and strength of party identification. Respondents were asked to give marks out of ten to political parties and personalities. Prediction for incomes, unemployment, and Britain's economic situation. Opinion on: young people, accommodation, politicians, neighbourhood, life in general, personal financial status, occupation, political parties, today's standards, local government, change, getting ahead, government's achievements. Attitude to election results by a variety of criteria, identification of groups with too much or too little political power, groups with whom the respondent identifies. Likes and dislikes for Conservative and Labour parties.
Background Variables
Age, sex, marital status, employment status, socio-economic group, experience of unemployment in household, income, occupation, degree of supervision and responsibility in job (for self and spouse). Father's vote, party choice and strength of support. Father's occupation, employment status and social grade. Type of school attended, further education. Tenure, type and length of residence, expectation of move, place of residence during childhood. Trade union membership and interest,...
Terminology used is generally based on DDI controlled vocabularies: Time Method, Analysis Unit, Sampling Procedure and Mode of Collection, available at CESSDA Vocabulary Service.
Methodology
Data collection period
01/03/1974 - 01/04/1974
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
National
Universe
Electors in Britain (excluding constituencies north of the Caledonian Canal)
Sampling procedure
Multi-stage, self-weighting, stratified, probability sample designed to represent the eligible British electorate on 28th February, 1974, living south of the Caledonian Canal and excluding Northern Ireland
Kind of data
Not available
Data collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1976
Terms of data access
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