Summary information
Study title
Measurement of Party Identification in the United Kingdom, 1999-2000
Creator
Bartle, J., University of Essex, Department of Government
Crewe, I. M., University of Essex, Department of Government
Study number / PID
4155 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-4155-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The main aim of this project was to assess the stability of a measure of party identification based on a new question. The data generated in this study was compared with data based on the traditional <i>British Election Study</i> (BES)* measure of party identification, provided by Professor Harold Clarke of the University of North Texas. Users should note, however, the comparative data are not included in this dataset. Please see documentation for further details.
The project also included some qualitative material from focus group work, which is also available alongside the quantitative element.
*The BES series is held at the Data Archive under GN:33066.
Main Topics:
The dataset contains data on aggregate levels of party identification and vote intention for twelve months between February 1999 and January 2000. The party identification figures are based upon responses to the following question: 'Many people think of themselves as being Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat (or Nationalist), even if they don't always support that party. How about you? Generally speaking do you think of yourself as Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat (or Nationalist), or don't you think of yourself as any of these?'
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/02/1999 - 01/01/2000
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
data were collected for the project on a repeated cross-sectional basis, in that the survey took place once each month, with different respondents, over twelve months.
Analysis unit
Individuals
responses were aggregated for each month
National
Adults
Universe
A representative sample of the adult population aged 19 years and over in Great Britain.
Sampling procedure
The survey was conducted by telephone using Computer Aided Telephone Interviewing (CATI). Sampling was based on Random Digit Dialling. Gallup made at least five attempts per wave to contact a particular number or respondent.
Kind of data
Text
Numeric
focus group
Data collection mode
Telephone interview
data were collected once each month for twelve months.
Funding information
Grant number
R000222711
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2000
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
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