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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 6872 Audit of Political Engagement 8, 2010 687210.5255/UKDA-SN-6872-1 Hansard Society, Parliament and Government Programme Copyright Hansard Society Ministry of JusticeHouse of Commons Library UK Data Service 28 September 2011 MARITAL STATUSETHNIC GROUPSQUALIFICATIONSVOTING INTENTIONGENDERPOLITICAL INTERESTCHILDRENAGEELECTORAL VOTINGSOCIAL CLASSVOTING BEHAVIOURELECTORSMEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTFUND-RAISINGNATIONAL ELECTIONSPETITIONINGLOCAL GOVERNMENTVOTINGECONOMIC ACTIVITYDONATIONS TO CHARITYDEMONSTRATIONS (PROTESTS)VOLUNTARY WORKCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL ALLEGIANCESOCIAL PROTESTPOLITICAL ATTITUDESLOCAL GOVERNMENT CANDIDATESPOLITICAL AWARENESSBUSINESS TRIPSPOLITICAL SYSTEMSLOBBYINGPOLITICAL INFLUENCESOCIAL PARTICIPATIONSELF-EMPLOYEDHOUSEHOLDSCARSHOUSING TENUREDEBILITATIVE ILLNESSTELEPHONESNEWSPAPERSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEPLACE OF BIRTHURBAN AREASRURAL AREASBRITISH POLITICAL PARTIESCOUNCILLORSSOCIAL MEDIAGOVERNING BOARDS (EDUCATION)GOVERNING BOARDS (ORGANIZATIONS)LEGISLATUREPOLITICAL CHANGECOUNCIL TAXSATISFACTIONTRUST IN GOVERNMENTPROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONSSTATUS IN EMPLOYMENTCARE OF DEPENDANTSNEWSPAPER READERSHIPPOLITICAL ACTIONCITIZENSHIPPOLITICAL ISSUESSOCIAL ISSUESCLUBSDECISION MAKINGINTERNAL POLITICSCOMMUNITY ACTIONVOLUNTARY ACTIVISTSCOMMUNITY COHESIONCOMMUNITY LIFEBIG SOCIETY (POLICY) Political behaviour and attitudes Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Audit of Political Engagement is a time-series study providing an annual benchmark to measure political engagement in Great Britain, gauging public opinion about politics and the political system, and more broadly the general health of our democracy. Each Audit report presents the findings from a public opinion survey, providing detailed commentary on a range of measures that have been chosen as key measures of political engagement. Repeating questions in successive years enables us to chronicle the public’s responses year on year and track the direction and magnitude of change since the Audit was first published in 2004, building trend data on public attitudes to key aspects of our democracy. The Audit looks at core inter-locking areas that are known as vital facets, or 'building blocks', of political engagement. Given the multi-dimensional nature of political engagement, the indicators chosen are not exhaustive, but in capturing aspects of public behaviour, knowledge, opinions, attitudes and values towards politics they help us understand the drivers of political engagement and the relationships between them. Across the Audit series several 'core' indicator questions have been asked each year, supplemented by a range of thematic and topical questions, some of which are re-visited on two- or three-year cycles. Further information about the survey series is available from the Hansard Society <a href="https://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/research/audit-of-political-engagement" title="Audit of Political Engagement">Audit of Political Engagement</a> webpages. The Audit of Political Engagement 8, 2010 provides an update of the six core indicators. Additional questions about civic involvement were asked of respondents, to compare attitudes between civic and political engagement and to examine the prospects for the Government's Big Society initiative. Main Topics: The core indicators of political engagement covered in every survey aim to discover the percentage of people who:<ul><li>feel they know about politics</li><li>are interested in politics;</li><li>are absolutely certain to vote at an immediate general election</li><li>have undertaken a range of political activities</li><li>believe that getting involved in politics is effective</li><li>think that the present system of governing works well</li></ul>Questions asked regularly but not every year aim to discover the percentage of people who:<ul><li>are satisfied with MPs in general, with their own MP, with the UK Parliament</li><li>agree that the UK Parliament holds government to account, encourages public involvement in politics, is essential to our democracy, debates and makes decision on issues that matter to me</li><li>feel involved in local/national decision-making</li><li>want to be involved in local/national decision-making</li></ul>The additional questions asked in 2010 about civic involvement included interest and knowledge of how things work locally, satisfaction with how things work locally, views on the efficacy of getting involved locally, desire for involvement (both locally and nationally), willingness to volunteer in a range of activities, and motivations for involvement. 03 December 2010 - 09 December 201003 December 201009 December 2010 Great Britain IndividualsNational Adults aged 18 years and over resident in Great Britain during December 2010 (January 2011 in Scotland). Numeric Repeated cross-sectional study Quota sample Face-to-face interview <img alt="Open Government License logo" src="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/assets/img/logo-ogl.png">  The Data Collection is to be made available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access under an <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/">Open Government Licence</a>. See <restrctn> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 6872 2024-11-28T07:29:07Z ddi:codebook:2_5