Summary information

Study title

Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Survey, 1998

Creator

Curtice, J. K., University of Oxford, Nuffield College

Dowds, L., Queen's University of Belfast, Centre for Social Research

Hayes, B. C., Queen's University of Belfast, Department of Sociology and Social Policy

Evans, G., University of Oxford, Nuffield College

Study number / PID

5442 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-5442-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Study, 1998 was conducted immediately after the Northern Ireland Assembly election in June 1998. It was designed to measure attitudes and behaviour both at that election and in the previous month's referendum, held on 22 May. Further information about the survey and relevant publications may be found on the Surveys OnLine (SOL) Northern Ireland Referendum and Election Study, 1998 web page.

A later study, the Northern Ireland Assembly Election Survey, 2003, was conducted after the 1993 election, and is held at the UK Data Archive (UKDA) under SN 5394.

Main Topics:

The questionnaire covered the voting behaviour in the 22 May 1998 referendum and the subsequent Northern Ireland Assembly election, attitudes to politics, the political system and consitutional affairs in Northern Ireland, respondents' experience of sectarian violence, religious and cultural attitudes, and demographic characteristics.

Political behaviour and attitudesElections

RESIDENTIAL MOBILITYPOLITICAL INTERESTPUBLIC OWNERSHIPSTATE RESPONSIBILITYEMPLOYMENTDECENTRALIZED GOVERNMENTLEGISLATUREGOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENTNORTHERN IRELAND POLITICAL PARTIESALLIANCE PARTY OF NORTHERN IRELANDSOCIAL DEMOCRATIC AND LABOUR PARTY (NORTHERN IRELAND)PUBLIC EXPENDITURE

Data collection period

01/06/1998

Country

Northern Ireland

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

National

Universe

Adults aged 18 and over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 1998.

Sampling procedure

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Self-completion

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2006

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.