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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 5207 Audit of Political Engagement 2, 2004 520710.5255/UKDA-SN-5207-1 Hansard Society Electoral Commission, Policy and Strategy Directorate Copyright Electoral Commission and Hansard Society Electoral Commission UK Data Service 19 August 2005 POLITICAL INTERESTPOLITICAL ATTITUDESPOLITICAL AWARENESSPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONVOTING BEHAVIOURVOTING INTENTIONLOCAL GOVERNMENT CANDIDATESINTERNATIONAL TRAVELTRAVELEMPLOYMENTPOLITICAL OPPOSITIONNON-VIOLENT PROTESTSPETITIONINGSOCIAL PROTESTFUND-RAISINGVOLUNTARY WORKSTRIKESELECTION CAMPAIGNSMAGISTRATESGOVERNING BOARDS (EDUCATION)LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONSMEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTEUROPEAN PARLIAMENTEUROPEAN UNIONELECTORSUPPER HOUSELEGISLATURELOCAL GOVERNMENTSATISFACTIONVOTINGELECTORAL SYSTEMSINSTITUTIONSDECENTRALIZED GOVERNMENTTRUST IN GOVERNMENTAGEGENDERECONOMIC ACTIVITYQUALIFICATIONSETHNIC GROUPSHOUSEHOLDSGOVERNING BOARDS (ORGANIZATIONS) Political behaviour and attitudes <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The <i>Audit of Political Engagement</i> 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. <br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br><i>Audit of Political Engagement 2, 2004</i> provides an update of the six core indicators.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>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> 02 December 2004 - 21 December 200402 December 200421 December 2004 United Kingdom IndividualsNational Adults aged 16 years and over resident in the United Kingdom during December 2004. Numeric Repeated cross-sectional study Quota sample Face-to-face interview <p><img alt="Open Government License logo" src="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/assets/img/logo-ogl.png">&nbsp; 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>.</p> See <restrctn> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 5207 2024-11-28T07:25:48Z ddi:codebook:2_5