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Accommodation to Change : Panel Study to Examine Attitude Change towards the EEC Before and After the Referendum, June 1975

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Summary information

Study title

British Election Study : EEC Referendum Survey, 1975

Creator

Sarlvik, B., British Election Study
Robertson, D. R., British Election Study
Crewe, I. M., University of Essex, Department of Government

Study number / PID

830 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-830-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

 
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Readership of official leaflets on EEC, attitude to future referendum votes, expected effect of Britain's membership of EEC (in particular, prices). Vote in Referendum, strength of opinion about EEC, difference made to voting decision by new terms negotiated by the Government.
Attitude to Labour government's handling of rising prices, party identification and strength of support. Respondents were asked to give marks out of ten to the Conservative, Labour and SNP parties. Degree of trust in Labour/Conservative parties.
Knowledge of policy orientations of various power groups towards the EEC.
Background Variables
Age, sex, marital status, place of residence during childhood, subjective class, forced subjective class, family class. Tenure, type and length of residence. Employment status, degree of responsibility in and training for job (for respondent and spouse). Experience of unemployment in household, income. Trade union membership (respondent and spouse) socio-economic group.

Topics

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Keywords

ATTITUDESBRITISH POLITICAL PARTIESCONSERVATIVE PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN)DECISION MAKINGEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITYEUROPEAN UNIONGOVERNMENTINFLATIONINFORMATIONLABOUR PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN)LIBERAL PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN)MEMBERSHIP
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Methodology

Data collection period

06/06/1975 - 01/08/1975

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Longitudinal/panel/cohort
3rd wave

Analysis unit

National

Universe

British electors (excluding constituencies north of the Caledonian Canal)

Sampling procedure

All respondents interviewed in the British Election Study, October 1974. Constitutes 3rd wave of panel study

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Postal survey
The few who did not reply were interviewed by telephone

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1980

Terms of data access

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