Summary information

Study title

Britain and the Seventies, 1973; Phase 2

Creator

Social and Community Planning Research
Centre for Sample Surveys Ltd

Study number / PID

117 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-117-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The aim of the survey was to monitor changes in attitudes of the British public towards the EEC since 1971 and to analyse the factors behind such changes.
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Attitudes to the Common Market and Britain's relationship with other EEC countries:
1) Economic factors (prices, wages, employment, competition, prosperity, growth and progress).
2) Sovereignty (influence in the world, independence, autonomy, links with other nations or blocs, Commonwealth).
3) Perceived knowledge of the EEC, its influence and its work, interest in it, overall attitude to Britain's future relationship with the EEC.
Interest in politics, evaluation of importance of devolution (Scottish and Welsh), trade union power and inflation. Trade union membership, religion, television ownership and viewing habits, daily/Sunday newspapers read.
Background Variables
Age, sex, marital status, household status, house size and tenure, occupation (qualifications, responsibility), age finished full-time education, income, driving licence, language spoken, visiting abroad.

Methodology

Data collection period

05/06/1973 - 05/09/1973

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
National
Electors

Universe

Three samples of electors, to represent the total electorates of England, Scotland (south of the Caledonian Canal) and Wales

Sampling procedure

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
100 parliamentary constituencies were drawn in each of England (65 constituencies), Scotland (20 constituencies) and Wales (15 constituencies), stratified by region; in each urban constituency, one ward was selected and within it two polling districts in which ten electors' names were drawn from the electoral register; in rural constituencies one parish was selected and 20 names drawn from the electoral register

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1975

Terms of data access

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Related publications

  • Jowell, R. and Spence, J. (1974) 'The grudging Europeans: a study of British attitudes towards the EEC'
  • Jowell, R. and Hedges, B. (1971) Britain and the EEC, London: Social and Community Planning Research.
  • Spence, J. and Jowell, R. (1974) The grudging Europeans: a study of British attitudes towards the EEC, London: Social and Community Planning Research.
  • Hoinville, G. and Jowell, R. (1976) Britain into Europe: public opinion and the EEC 1961-1975, London: Croom Helm.ISBN ISBN 10: 0856642649 | ISBN 13: 9780856642647