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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 5992 Audit of Political Engagement 5, 2007 599210.5255/UKDA-SN-5992-1 Hansard Society, Parliament and Government Programme Copyright Hansard Society House of Commons LibraryMinistry of Justice UK Data Service 07 August 2008 POLITICAL AWARENESSINTERNATIONAL TRAVELNON-VIOLENT PROTESTSVOLUNTARY WORKLOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONSLOCAL GOVERNMENTECONOMIC ACTIVITYVOTING BEHAVIOURPETITIONINGSTRIKESMEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTTRUST IN GOVERNMENTQUALIFICATIONSSATISFACTIONPOLITICAL ATTITUDESLEGISLATUREEUROPEAN PARLIAMENTDECENTRALIZED GOVERNMENTVOTING INTENTIONLOCAL GOVERNMENT CANDIDATESEMPLOYMENTPOLITICAL OPPOSITIONSOCIAL PROTESTFUND-RAISINGEUROPEAN UNIONELECTORSAGEGENDERETHNIC GROUPSHOUSEHOLDSELECTION CAMPAIGNSVOTINGELECTORAL SYSTEMSPOLITICAL INTERESTPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL ALLEGIANCEELECTORAL VOTINGCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONNATIONAL ELECTIONSCHILDRENSELF-EMPLOYEDMARITAL STATUSCARSHOUSING TENURESOCIAL CLASSDEBILITATIVE ILLNESSTELEPHONESNEWSPAPER READERSHIPNATIONALITYINCOMEMOBILE PHONESMOBILE COMMUNICATIONRADIO LISTENINGACCESS TO INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYINTERNET USEDIGITAL TELEVISIONRURAL AREASURBAN AREAS Government, political systems and organisationsPolitical 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. Audit of Political Engagement 5, 2007 provides an update of the six core indicators. Previous surveys were based on UK data, whereas figures from 2007 are based on Great Britain and do not include Northern Ireland. For the second edition (November 2009), a new version of the data file has been deposited which includes an urban-rural indicator variable. 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>An additional theme for 2007 is public attitudes to a range of constitutional issues. November 2007 - December 200701 November 200701 December 2007 Great Britain IndividualsNational Adults aged 18 and over in Great Britain in 2007. 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 5992 2024-11-28T07:27:17Z ddi:codebook:2_5