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Summary information

Study title

BBC Election Surveys, 10-11 June, 1987

Creator

Crewe, I. M., University of Essex, Department of Government

Study number / PID

2278 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2278-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To explain why people voted the way they did in the general election, 1987
Main Topics:

Variables
Vote, negative voting, direction and strength of partisanship, time of voting decision, 1983 vote, issue saliency, party preference on various issues, leader, self-interest, policies, best and worst P.M., attitudes to privatisation, taxes vs. services, nuclear defence, causes of unemployment, change over past five years, results of polls, banning of polls, record and prospect of economy, effectiveness of parties, campaigns, whether Mrs. Thatcher should retire, and if so, her successor, reasons for voting choice and for not voting Lib/SDP.

Topics

Elections

Keywords

AGE (ELSST)AIDS (DISEASE) (ELSST)ALLIANCE (LIBERAL/SDP) (GREAT BRITAIN)ATTITUDES (ELSST)BRITISH POLITICAL PARTIESBUSINESSES (ELSST)COMMUNITY CHARGECONSERVATIVE PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN)CORRUPTION (ELSST)COST OF LIVING (ELSST)DECISION MAKING (ELSST)DEFENCE (ELSST)
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Methodology

Data collection period

10/06/1987 - 11/06/1987

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Follow-up to cross-sectional study
Some questions repeated from 1979 and 1983 studies.

Analysis unit

Individuals
National
Electors

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Quota sample
multi-stage, stratified

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1987

Terms of data access

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

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Crewe, I. (1987) 'Why Mrs. Thatcher was returned with a landslide', The Guardian. .
  • Crewe, I. (1987) 'A new class of politics', The Guardian. .
  • Crewe, I. (1987) 'Tories prosper from a paradox', The Guardian. .