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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 2653 British Local Government Panel Survey, 1985-1986 265310.5255/UKDA-SN-2653-1 Miller, W. L., University of Strathclyde, Department of Politics No information recorded Economic and Social Research CouncilParliament, Widdicombe Committee of Inquiry into the Conduct of Local Authority Business UK Data Service 22 September 1989 ADMINISTRATIVE AREASAGEATTITUDESCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCOMMUNITY CHARGECONSTITUENCIESCOUNCILLORSDECISION MAKINGDEMOCRACYECONOMIC ACTIVITYEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDELECTIONSELECTORAL ISSUESELECTORAL SYSTEMSELECTORSFORECASTINGFREEDOM OF SPEECHGENDERHOME OWNERSHIPHOUSEHOLD HEAD'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITYHOUSEHOLD HEAD'S OCCUPATIONHOUSEHOLDSHOUSING TENUREINDEPENDENT POLITICIANSINFLATIONINTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONLAW ENFORCEMENTLAWFUL OPPOSITIONLOCAL FINANCELOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENT CANDIDATESLOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICESMEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTNEWSPAPER READERSHIPPARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATESPOLITICAL ALLEGIANCEPOLITICAL ATTITUDESPOLITICAL AWARENESSPOLITICAL BEHAVIOURPOLITICAL INTERESTPOLITICAL MAJORITIESPOLITICAL OPPOSITIONPOLITICAL PARTIESPOLITICAL POWERPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPOLITICAL INFLUENCERADIO NEWSRATESREBATESREGIONAL GOVERNMENTRELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONRELIGIOUS ATTENDANCERENTED ACCOMMODATIONRESIDENTIAL MOBILITYRESPONSIBILITYSATISFACTIONSOCIAL ATTITUDESSOCIAL HOUSINGSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUSSTATE CONTROLTAXATIONTELEVISION NEWSTRADE UNION MEMBERSHIPVOTING BEHAVIOURVOTING INTENTION Political behaviour and attitudes Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The British Local Government Panel Survey, 1985-1986 is a panel study of attitudes and behaviour of local government electors. The survey consisted of two waves: the first wave carried out in 1985, sponsored by the Widdicombe Committee of Inquiry into the Conduct of Local Authority Business, and the second wave carried out in 1986 and sponsored by the ESRC. The first wave conducted a total 1,145 interviews. The second wave of the survey undertook to contact all of the 1,145 interviewees from the first wave. Of these, 745 interviews were obtained. For each of these 745 respondents, information from the first and second wave interviews plus the relevant contextual data were merged. It is this merged dataset that is held at the Data Archive.Main Topics: Attitudes towards local government and local democracy; voting. 1985 - 198601 January 198501 January 1986 Great Britain IndividualsNationalElectors Electors in Great Britain Longitudinal/panel/cohorttwo waves Simple random sample Face-to-face interview 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 requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> Widdicombe, D. (1987) The Conduct of Local Authority Business: : Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Conduct of Local Authority Business, London: HMSO. The Conduct of Local Authority Business: Byrne, T. (1986) Local government in Britain, Harmondsworth: Penguin. Local government in Britain Miller, W. (1988) Irrelevant elections : the quality of local democracy in Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Irrelevant elections https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 2653 2024-11-28T07:22:24Z ddi:codebook:2_5