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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 687 People in Local Government, 1965; Local Government Electors 68710.5255/UKDA-SN-687-1 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Social Survey Division <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply. Ministry of Housing and Local GovernmentParliament, Maud Committee on Local Government UK Data Service 01 January 1977 AGEATTITUDESBRITISH POLITICAL PARTIESCEMETERIESCOMMUNITY CENTRESCOUNCILLORSEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDELDERLYELECTIONSEMPLOYMENTFIRE-FIGHTING SERVICESGENDERHEALTH SERVICESHOSPITAL SERVICESHOUSEHOLDSHOUSEWIVESINCOMEINFORMATIONLIBRARIESLOCAL GOVERNMENTMARITAL STATUSMEDICAL CENTRESNURSERY SCHOOLSPARKSPOLICE SERVICESPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL REPRESENTATIONPOPULATIONPUBLIC HEALTHPOLITICAL INFLUENCEPUBLIC TRANSPORTQUALIFICATIONSREFUSERESIDENTIAL CARERESIDENTIAL CHILD CAREROADSSCHOOLSSEWAGE DISPOSAL AND HANDLINGSOCIAL HOUSINGSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WELFARESPORTS FACILITIESSTREET LIGHTINGURBAN PLANNINGWATER SUPPLY Elites and leadershipPolitical behaviour and attitudes Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to produce descriptive information about councillors and their attitudes to local council activities; to find out how much was known about local government by electors and how electors felt about participation in local government. Main Topics: Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Whether feels enough is being done to help people and improve things in area, whether respondent is involved in helping people, whether feels ordinary people should involve themselves with local problems, knowledge of services provided by local/county council, which authority is responsible for certain services (e.g. housing, refuse collection). How respondent would get more information about services, whether has contacted council offices for any reason in previous year, opinion of council's efficiency, whether ever attended a council meeting, knowledge of next meeting, knowledge of where council offices are, whether knows of recent council activities, whether reads local papers, whether has seen or heard any programmes concerning councillors or local government in previous year. Satisfaction with extent of own knowledge about local council, opinion of the democratic process in central/local government, knowledge of which local officials are elected, attitude to local elections, whether would ever try to influence council actions, knowledge of current Mayor (or equivalent). Whether ever contacted a councillor for any reason, perception of reasons for becoming a councillor and of how their time is spent, whether thinks they are salaried and opinion, opinion of type of people who become councillors and preference. Whether respondent has ever served as a local councillor/been co-opted to a council committee/stood for election to a council/considered standing, whether will stand in future and in what way. Background Variables Local authority, region, population, sex, age, marital status, position in household, employment status of respondent/head of household, weekly income of respondent/head of household, type of school attended, school-leaving age, highest qualification. January 1965 - May 196501 January 196501 May 1965 England and Wales NationalElectorsIndividualsGroups Local government electors in England and Wales Cross-sectional (one-time) study One-stage stratified or systematic random sampleall local authority areas in England & Wales were stratified by type, region and size of electorate, 100 urban and 24 rural units were selected with PPS. Names of electors were then selected from Electoral Registers 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> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 687 2024-11-28T07:29:07Z ddi:codebook:2_5