Summary information

Study title

Public Opinion and Local Citizenship, 1994-1995

Creator

Miller, W. L., University of Strathclyde, Department of Politics
Dickson, M. B., University of Strathclyde, Department of Government

Study number / PID

3636 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3636-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The Public Opinion and Local Citizenship survey is a study of attitudes towards the objectives, structures and basis of local governance. The aims of this study were to examine public and informed practitioner opinion on conceptions of the purposes of local governance and actual performance of different institutions; to examine attitudes towards recent, current and proposed changes in local governance and also the more general rules and principles that underlie these values; to test critical theoretical assumptions about the nature of attitudes and behaviour.

Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Subnational
Adults
Councillors
Public officials

Universe

British population aged 18 and over; district councillors; members of district/ regional health authorities/boards; members of boards of Training and EnterpriseCouncils (TEC) and Local Enterprise Companies (LEC)

Sampling procedure

Simple random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Telephone interview

Funding information

Grant number

L311253054

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1997

Terms of data access

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

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Related publications

  • Dickson, M. (1995) 'Scotland is firmly in favour of devolution and evidence grows of a tide turning in favour of greater regional power in England.: Why Labour must go for assemblies vote', The Herald, 13
  • (2005) 'Attitudes to local governance', [presentation], Department of Environment Insights into Local Governance Seminar-01 November 1995, London.