Summary information

Study title

Dynamics of Attitudes Towards Democracy and Participation in Contemporary Britain, 2000-2002

Creator

Sanders, D., University of Essex, Department of Government
Clarke, H., National Election Study Project (Canada)
Stewart, M., University of Texas (Dallas), School of Social Sciences

Study number / PID

5158 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-5158-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project involved collecting and analysing a series of survey datasets concerned with the preparedness of British citizens to engage in different forms of political participation, and their attitudes towards democracy. The surveys also collected data in relation to variables that potentially explain people's propensities to engage in political participation. A pilot survey, which tested out the draft questionnaire, was conducted in April 2000. The main data collection involved administering the same questionnaire each month to a representative sample of the UK electorate, over the period July 2000 to December 2002. A sample of around 1000 respondents were interviewed by The Gallup Organization Ltd. for most months between July 2000 and December 2002. Interviews were conducted by telephone using Random Digit Dialling. The results were weighted by Gallup to conform to the demographic profile of the UK population. Financial constraints meant that in some months no survey was conducted. In other months, only around 500 respondents were interviewed. The numbers of respondents per month are clearly defined inside the dataset.Main Topics:Topics covered included age, gender, voting intention, party allegiance, previous voting behaviour, attitudes to political parties and individual party leaders, approval/disapproval of the government's record to date, trust in government, household financial situation, opinion on how individual political parties would handle the economy, attitudes to country's economic situation, attitudes to European Union and the Single European Currency, political interest and knowledge, public political influence, political and community participation, national and cultural identity, attitudes to risk-taking, democracy, newspaper readership, housing tenure, educational background, household composition, car ownership, economic activity, income, employment history,...
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/07/2000 - 01/12/2002

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study
includes repeated cross-sectional element in that a sample of approximately 1000 respondents were interviewed by Gallup for most months between July 2000 and December 2002.

Analysis unit

Individuals
National

Universe

Adults resident in the United Kingdom between July 2000 and December 2002.

Sampling procedure

Simple random sample

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Telephone interview

Funding information

Grant number

L215252024

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2005

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

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