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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 1393 Exeter University Student Voting Study, May 1979 139310.5255/UKDA-SN-1393-1 Holland, M., University of Exeter, Department of Politics Moon, J., University of Exeter, Department of Politics Copyright M. Holland and J. Moon UK Data Service 01 January 1981 ATTITUDESCLOSED SHOP AGREEMENTSCONSERVATIVE PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN)EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDELECTION BROADCASTINGINFORMATION SOURCESINTERPERSONAL INFLUENCELAW ENFORCEMENTMOTIVATIONNATIONALIZATIONNEWSPAPER READERSHIPPERIODICALS READERSHIPPOLITICAL ALLEGIANCEPOLITICAL AWARENESSPOLITICAL INTERESTPOLITICAL LEADERSPOLITICAL MAJORITIESPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL REPRESENTATIONPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOLITICSPROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATIONSELECTIVE SCHOOLSSOCIAL HOUSINGSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUSSTRIKESSTUDENTSVOTINGVOTING BEHAVIOUR Elections <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>To explore the political attitudes and behaviour of Conservative student voters.<B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br> Whether voted at May General Election, if so for which party and reasons (e.g. to support a specific candidate/to elect a government/civic duty), reasons for not voting. Opinion of each Party's leadership, government system preferred, political efficacy, attitude towards local M.P., reason for not applying for postal vote (if eligible), knowledge of parties and candidates running in own constituency/in Exeter, policy preferences and partisan issue cognizance, party preference and strength of support. Respondents were asked to rank several election issues in order of importance (e.g. inflation/unemployment/trade union power) and to state which party leader would be capable of solving them. Newspaper/magazine readership during election campaign, amount of media coverage/Party Political Broadcasts followed, number of Broadcasts of particular parties seen/heard, extent of discussion with other students about election, main sources of political information during campaign. When voting intention was decided.<br> Background Variables<br> Party membership, political society affiliation, previous votes. Type of secondary school attended, perceived social class of family and occupation of main wage-earner, parents' vote at election. Parliamentary constituency in which registered. 07 May 1979 - 21 May 197907 May 197921 May 1979 England Devon IndividualsGroupsSubnationalStudents British undergraduate students at the University of Exeter Cross-sectional (one-time) study One-stage stratified or systematic random samplestratified by sex, faculty, and year of study Postal survey <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p> See <restrctn> Holland, M. and Moon, J. (1980) <i>The Conservative Student Voter: Profile characteristics, attitudes, policy preferences and partisanship</i>, [Discussion paper].: Exeter Research Group. The Conservative Student Voter https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 1393 2024-11-28T07:20:58Z ddi:codebook:2_5