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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 2824 British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1989 282410.5255/UKDA-SN-2824-1 Social and Community Planning Research Copyright National Centre for Social Research UK Data Service 05 August 1991 ABILITYABORTIONACCESS TO COUNTRYSIDEACCESS TO EDUCATIONACID RAINADOLESCENTSADOPTIONADVICEAGEAGRICULTUREAIDS (DISEASE)AIR POLLUTIONALCOHOL USEASPIRATIONFISHING (SPORT)ANIMAL PRODUCTSAPPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENTARMED FORCESARTIFICIAL INSEMINATIONARTSASSOCIATIONSATTITUDE CHANGEATTITUDESAUTOMATIONBANKSBLOOD TRANSFUSIONSBONUS PAYMENTSBROADCASTINGBUILDING MAINTENANCEBURGLARYBUSINESS ECONOMICSBUSINESS MANAGEMENTBUSINESSESCAPITALISMCAREER DEVELOPMENTCATHOLICISMCENSORSHIPCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCEREAL PRODUCTSCHANGING SOCIETYCHILD CARECHILD PROTECTIONCHILD-MINDERSCHILDRENCIVIL DISTURBANCESCLASS CONSCIOUSNESSCLASS DIFFERENTIATIONCLUBSCOHABITATIONCOMMUNICATION CONTROLCOMMUNITY IDENTIFICATIONCOMPUTERSCONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENTCONSUMER PROTECTIONCONTRACEPTIVE 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SALARIESTEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPTEACHING PROFESSIONTECHNICAL EDUCATIONINNOVATIONTELEPHONESTERMINATION OF SERVICETERRORISMTOURISMTRADE UNION MEMBERSHIPTRADE UNION OFFICIALSTRADE UNIONSTRAFFIC NOISETRAFFIC REGULATIONSTRAININGTRAINING COURSESTRANSMISSION OF DISEASETRANSPORTTRAVELTROPICAL FORESTSTRUSTUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSUPPER HOUSEURBAN AREASURBAN DEVELOPMENTVEGETABLESVEGETARIANISMVEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEMSASSAULTVIRTUES AND VICESVISITORSVISITS TO RECREATIONAL FACILITIESVOTING BEHAVIOURVOTING INTENTIONWAGE DETERMINATIONWAGE INCREASESWAGESWAGES POLICYWASTESWATER POLLUTIONWEALTHY PERSONSWILDLIFEWILDLIFE PROTECTIONWOMENWOMEN'S EMPLOYMENTWOMEN'S RIGHTSWORK ATTITUDEWORKERS PARTICIPATIONWORKING CLASSWORKING CONDITIONSWORKING MOTHERSHOURS OF WORKWORKING WOMENWORKPLACE RELATIONSWORLD WARYOUTHWAR Social behaviour and attitudesSocial conditions and indicators Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Background The British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes produced by opinion polls. One of the BSA's main purposes is to allow the monitoring of patterns of continuity and change, and the examination of the relative rates at which attitudes, in respect of a range of social issues, change over time. Some questions are asked regularly, others less often. Funding for BSA comes from a number of sources (including government departments, the Economic and Social Research Council and other research foundations), but the final responsibility for the coverage and wording of the annual questionnaires rests with NatCen Social Research (formerly Social and Community Planning Research). The BSA has been conducted every year since 1983, except in 1988 and 1992 when core funding was devoted to the British Election Study (BES). Further information about the series and links to publications may be found on the NatCen Social Research <a title="British Social Attitudes" href="https://natcen.ac.uk/flagship-surveys">British Social Attitudes</a> webpage.The 1983-1989 collection allows exploitation of a major design feature of the series: the monitoring of trends and the assessment of the relative rates at which different sorts of attitudes evolve. The collection holds the raw data from each survey, an SPSS/PC setup file which describes these raw data for SPSS, the frequency distributions for every variable in the survey, a codebook for each file, an SPSS export file for each year and a Key Word In Context (KWIC) index of all the variable names and labels over all files. The KWIC index will help identify recurring questions for trend analyses. Please read the readme file and View.doc before proceeding.  Main Topics: Each year, the BSA interview questionnaire contains a number of 'core' questions, which are repeated in most years. In addition, a wide range of background and classificatory questions is included. The remainder of the questionnaire is devoted to a series of questions (modules) on a range of social, economic, political and moral issues - some are asked regularly, others less often. Cross-indexes of those questions asked more than once appear in the reports. 1983 - 198901 January 198301 January 1989 Great Britain IndividualsNational Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal). Repeated cross-sectional studyThe BSA survey is conducted annually. Multi-stage stratified random sampleSee documentation for each BSA year for full details. 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>.Commercial use of the data and use of the data by commercial users requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/learning-hub/students/resources/quick-start-bsa/ https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/bounce?type=case-study&id=58 https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/bounce?type=case-study&id=123 https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/bounce?type=case-study&id=38 https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/bounce?type=case-study&id=151 https://natcen.ac.uk/flagship-surveys Tanner, W., Krasniqi, F., Blagden, J. (2021) 'Age of alienation: the collapse in community and belonging among young people, and how we should respond', Onward. https://www.ukonward.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Age-of-Alienation.pdf https://www.ukonward.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Age-of-Alienation.pdf Heller, A. L. (2021) 'Public support for electoral reform: the role of electoral system experience', Electoral Studies, 72. doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102348 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102348 Begum, S. and Williams, M. (2023) 'Dear Stephen: Race and belonging 30 years on', The Runnymede Trust https://www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/dear-stephen-race-and-belonging-30-years-on Cooper, C.H.V., Fahey, K. and Jones, R. (2025) 'Biased perceptions of public opinion don't define echo chambers but reveal systematic differences in political awareness', PLOS ONE, 20(6): e0324507.doi:0.1371/journal.pone.0324507 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324507 https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 2824 2025-09-26T03:37:12Z ddi:codebook:2_5