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Title:	British Election Study, May 1979; Cross-Section Survey
Keywords:	ABORTION AGE ARMED FORCES ATTITUDES AUTHORITY BRITISH POLITICAL PARTIES BUSINESSES CANVASSING CENSORSHIP CHILDHOOD CHILDREN CIVIL DISTURBANCES CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS CLASS DIFFERENTIATION COMMUNISM COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS CONSERVATIVE PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN) COOPERATION COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION DEATH PENALTY DECISION MAKING DEFENCE DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS (PROTESTS) DOMESTIC SERVICES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RECESSION EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND ELDERLY ELECTION BROADCASTING ELECTION CAMPAIGNS ELECTIONS ELECTORAL ISSUES EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING CONTROL EQUALITY BETWEEN THE SEXES ETHNIC GROUPS EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY EUROPEAN UNION FATHERS FATHER'S OCCUPATION FINANCIAL EXPECTATIONS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FORECASTING AID FURTHER TRAINING GENDER GOVERNMENT HEADS OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH SERVICES HIGHER EDUCATION HOME OWNERSHIP HOME SHARING HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEWIVES HOUSING HOUSING TENURE HUMAN SETTLEMENT IMMIGRATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRIES INFLATION INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION JUDGMENTS (LAW) LABOUR DISPUTES LABOUR LAW LABOUR PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN) LAND USE LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWFUL OPPOSITION LIBERAL PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN) MARITAL STATUS MEDICAL INSURANCE MEETINGS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MEMBERSHIP MILITARY POWER MORTGAGES MOTHERS MOTOR VEHICLES NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL FRONT (UNITED KINGDOM) NATIONALIZATION NUCLEAR ENERGY NUCLEAR INDUSTRY OCCUPATIONAL STATUS OCCUPATIONS PATRIOTISM PERSONAL EFFICACY PLAID CYMRU SOCIAL POLICY POLITICAL ACTION POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE POLITICAL ATTITUDES POLITICAL AWARENESS POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR POLITICAL INTEREST POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLITICIANS PORNOGRAPHY POVERTY PRESERVATION OF MONUMENTS PRICES PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURE POLITICAL INFLUENCE PUBLIC SECTOR QUALIFICATIONS RACE RELATIONS ETHNIC CONFLICT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION REGIONAL GOVERNMENT RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR RENTED ACCOMMODATION REPATRIATION RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY RIOTS SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE SCHOOLS SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY SELF-EMPLOYED SEX DISCRIMINATION SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL CONFORMITY SOCIAL HOUSING SOCIAL ORIGIN WELFARE POLICY SOCIAL PROTEST SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS SPOUSES SPOUSE'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SPOUSE'S OCCUPATIONAL STATUS SPOUSE'S OCCUPATION STATE CONTROL STRIKES STUDENTS TAXATION TEACHING METHODS TELEPHONES TENANTS' HOME PURCHASING TERRORISM TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP TRADE UNION RIGHTS TRADE UNIONS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UPPER HOUSE VOTING BEHAVIOUR VOTING INTENTION WAGE DETERMINATION WAGES WAGES POLICY WOMEN WOMEN'S RIGHTS WORKERS PARTICIPATION HOURS OF WORK 1979 Great Britain
Description:	<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>&nbsp; <B>Main Topics</B>:<BR> Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br> Vote in general election, other party thought of, vote in local elections, vote in October 1974, February 1974, and 1970. Direction and strength of party identification, level of negative identification. Marks out of ten for parties and leading politicians, open-ended likes and dislikes for Conservative, Labour and Liberal parties.<br> Attention to media during the campaign, participation in the campaign, difference between political parties. Political knowledge measured through photography identification. Knowledge, perception of position/record on, and own opinion on: rising prices, strikes, unemployment, law and order, social services and benefits, level of taxation and government services, degree of nationalisation, best way of creating jobs, EEC economic policy, race relations and immigration, how wage levels should be established and laws to regulate activities of trade unions.<br> Whether respondents thought the following had gone &lt;i&gt;too far&lt;/i&gt;: welfare benefits, sex and race equality, pornography, teaching methods, abortion, military cuts, challenging authority. Whether respondents agree/disagree with suggestion that government should: put more cash in health service, establish comprehensives, repatriate immigrants, control land for building, give more foreign aid, bring back the death penalty, give workers more say, curb communists, get rid of poverty, redistribute wealth, preserve the countryside, give stiffer sentences to offenders, allow tenants to buy their council houses, expand the nuclear power industry, withdraw troops from Northern Ireland, reduce the power of the House of Lords. Two series of questions examine the extent of willingness to engage in various forms of political protest and forecasts about Britain's future. Amongst other issues measured were opinions on: devolution, the sex of political candidates, Britains economy in the last six months and in the next few years, income and prices, wage differentials, how good a job the trades unions were doing for their members and for the country as a whole. Respondents were also asked how powerful they thought the trade unions and big business were and how willing the Conservative and Labour parties were to listen to various interests within the economy.<br> Background Variables<br> Age, sex, marital status, number of children, Tenure and type of accommodation, area grew up in, length of residence in area. Income, whether respondent has: private telephone, automobile, private medical scheme, domestic help. Type of school attended, type of further education level of qualification gained. Trade union membership, religion, class identification, father and mother's vote. Employment status, occupation, socio-economic group and social grade for respondent, spouse and father. Whether self-employed, number of employees, sector of employment, size of establishment, degree of supervision for respondent and spouse.
URI:	https://t2-4.bsc.es/jspui/handle/123456789/67185
Other Identifiers:	10.5255/UKDA-SN-1533-1 1533 http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-1533-1
Appears in Collections:	Cessda

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