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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,...
Terminology used is generally based on DDI controlled vocabularies: Time Method, Analysis Unit, Sampling Procedure and Mode of Collection, available at CESSDA Vocabulary Service.
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
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