Study title
Britain and the Seventies, 1973; Phase 2
Creator
Study number / PID
117 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-117-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Abstract
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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.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
05/06/1973 - 05/09/1973
Country
Time dimension
Analysis unit
Universe
Three samples of electors, to represent the total electorates of England, Scotland (south of the Caledonian Canal) and Wales
Sampling procedure
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
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