British Electoral Panel Survey on Political Change, 1969-1970

A national cross-section of the electorate in England, Scotland, and Wales was first interviewed in 1969 (1,114 respondents). Of these, 792 were reinterviewed in 1970, and 1,093 new respondents were added to create a representative sample for the second wave. The data, associated with author David Butler, includes questions on political interest, activities, media usage, and opinions on political issues and party evaluations.

Use Cases

• Modeling political opinion shifts based on panel survey data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the relationship between media usage and political involvement as described
• Studying voter evaluations of political parties and candidates using the described assessment methods

Strengths

• Panel design with 792 respondents interviewed in both 1969 and 1970
• Representative sample for the second wave created by adding 1,093 new respondents
• Covers a wide range of political topics including interest, activities, media usage, and issue opinions

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count for the combined 1969-1970 dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

David Butler

Collection Method

National cross-sectional survey with a panel component, conducted via interviews.

Time Range

1969-1970

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Geography

England, Scotland, and Wales