Summary information
Study title
BBC Daily Life Survey, 1983-1984
Creator
British Broadcasting Corporation, Broadcasting Research Department
Study number / PID
2027 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-2027-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The object of the study was to update earlier BBC studies of the use of time by providing recent and accurate data on a) the availability of radios, televisions and VCRs to individuals; b) their activities throughout 24 hours of the day with special emphasis on c) their use of radio, television and VCR.
Main Topics:
Respondents were questioned in detail about their activities on the day preceding the interview and additional information was recorded on household possessions, leisure pursuits, household structure, favourite radio and TV channels.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
11/06/1983 - 01/03/1984
Country
United Kingdom
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
two waves
Analysis unit
Individuals
National
Adults
Children
Universe
Individuals aged four and over living in private homes in the United Kingdom
Sampling procedure
Quota sample
the basic sample design was a quota sample of individuals within a probability sample of areas.
The Primary Sampling Units were parliamentary constituencies. To ensure adequate sample sizes, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were over-sampled. The sampling frame was stratified by BBC Region, ITV Region within BBC region, and constituency ACORN type. One hundred constituencies were selected with probability proportional to size within National Region. 70 constituencies were selected in England and 10 constituencies were selected in each of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In each selected constituency two wards were selected with probability proportional to size. The wards were randomly allocated to the two waves of the survey. Within each ward four polling districts were selected with probability proportional to size and were randomly allocated to the four interviewer working days. Sufficient streets were selected in each polling district for an interviewer to complete a quota of 15 in-home interviews.
For each of the two waves of Daily Life in the 1980's (summer and winter) a sample of 6000 individuals aged four and over was required. For each wave, approximately 1500 interviews were carried out on each of four days of the week:-
on Saturday interviewing about Friday
on Sunday interviewing about Saturday
on Monday interviewing about Sunday
on Wednesday or Thursday interviewing about Tuesday or Wednesday.
The samples for the two waves were selected to be as similar as possible to enable comparisions to be made.
The Primary Sampling Units were parliamentary constituencies. To ensure adequate sample sizes, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were over-sampled. The sampling frame was stratified by BBC Region, ITV Region within BBC region, and constituency ACORN type. One hundred constituencies were selected with probability proportional to size within National Region. 70 constituencies were selected in England and 10 constituencies were selected in each of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In each selected constituency two wards were selected with probability proportional to size. The wards were randomly allocated to the two waves of the survey. Within each ward four polling districts were selected with probability proportional to size and were randomly allocated to the four interviewer working days. Sufficient streets were selected in each polling district for an interviewer to complete a quota of 15 in-home interviews.
For each of the two waves of Daily Life in the 1980's (summer and winter) a sample of 6000 individuals aged four and over was required. For each wave, approximately 1500 interviews were carried out on each of four days of the week:-
on Saturday interviewing about Friday
on Sunday interviewing about Saturday
on Monday interviewing about Sunday
on Wednesday or Thursday interviewing about Tuesday or Wednesday.
The samples for the two waves were selected to be as similar as possible to enable comparisions to be made.
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Diaries
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1985
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
- (1984) Daily life in the 1980's: BBC Data Publications.
- (1985) Listening and viewing amongst the unemployed [Research report], : BBC Broadcasting .
- Dyer, N. (1984) Daily life in the 1980's [Research report], : BBC Broadcasting .