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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 7098 Audit of Political Engagement 9, 2011 709810.5255/UKDA-SN-7098-1 Hansard Society, Parliament and Government Programme Copyright Hansard Society Cabinet OfficeHouse of Commons Library UK Data Service 05 September 2012 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 LIFEPOLITICAL THEORYDEMOCRACYBIG 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 9, 2011 provides an update of the six core indicators. A year ago, Audit 8 reflected on a growing sense of indifference to politics. The greater levels of interest in and perceived knowledge of politics in an election year had not been matched by greater satisfaction with, or a greater engagement in, the political process beyond a slight increase in turnout itself. The 2011 Audit suggests that indifference has hardened into something more significant, and disturbing. Trends in interest and knowledge are downward, sharply so in some cases. The 2011 Audit also examined two political models: 'stealth democracy' and 'sunshine democracy'. The findings are discussed in the following paper: Stoker, G. and Hay, C. 'Comparing folk theories of democratic politics: stealth and sunshine', paper presented at the Political Studies Association (PSA UK) Annual Conference, Belfast, April 3-5, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012 from <a href="http://www.psa.ac.uk/journals/pdf/5/2012/10_144.pdf" title="Comparing folk theories of democratic politics: stealth and sunshine">http://www.psa.ac.uk/journals/pdf/5/2012/10_144.pdf</a> In addition to the quantitative survey, the 2011 Audit drew on the findings of 14 focus groups held across the country between November 2011 and March 2012, which explored public attitudes to politics and the democratic process. These are available from the UK Data Archive under SN 7855 - Anti-Politics: Characterising and Accounting for Political Disaffection, 2011-2012. 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>Topics covered in 2011 included: political engagement indicators; Parliament, MPs and constitutional matters; civic engagement, local participation and the 'Big Society'; politics and the media; two political models: 'sunshine democracy' and 'stealth democracy' (see the paper referenced in the Abstract section); and demographics. December 2011 - January 201201 December 201101 January 2012 Great Britain IndividualsNational Adults aged 18 years and over resident in Great Britain during December 2011-January 2012. 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 7098 2024-11-28T07:29:23Z ddi:codebook:2_5