British Social Attitudes : The 19th Report

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""The Rolls-Royce of opinion surveys"' - The Times """""The indispensable annual British Social Attitudes survey compiles, describes and comments on a range of current social attitudes. The series charts changes in British social values, with annual surveys carried out from a nationwide sample of around 3,500 people by the National Centre for Social Research's team of interviewers. The 19th Report summarizes and interprets data from the most recent survey, and makes comparisons with findings from previous years.

List of tables and figures

xiii

Introduction

xix

Off the buses

(26)

Sonia Exley

Ian Christie

Transport policy challenges: expanding supply and managing demand

(2)

Transport use: patterns and attitudes

(2)

How serious is the transport problem?

(1)

Attitudes to transport policies

(5)

Car and bus users

(2)

Who supports what?

(2)

Attitudes towards buses

(2)

Satisfaction with bus services

(1)

Conclusions

(1)

References

(1)

Acknowledgements

(1)

Appendix

(6)

Buy now, pay later?

(16)

Karen Rowlingson

Stephen Mckay

Attitudes to saving and borrowing

(3)

Saving and spending: words and deeds

(1)

Differences between rich and poor

(1)

Spendthrift youth?

(3)

Funding retirement

(2)

Conclusions

(1)

Notes

(1)

References

(1)

Acknowledgements

(2)

Marching on together? Recent trends in union membership

(32)

Alex Bryson

Raphael Gomez

Trends in union membership

(1)

Explanations for declining union density

(1)

Changes in workforce composition

(1)

Changes in the desire for union membership

(1)

The costs of union membership

(1)

The benefits of union membership

(1)

Difficulties in organising workers

(2)

Implications

(1)

The impact of change in the composition of the workforce on union density

(4)

In what segments did union membership decline most rapidly?

(1)

The rise of `never-membership' in Britain

(2)

The benefits of union membership

(1)

Employees' evaluation of the work of trade unions

(2)

The union membership wage premium

(2)

Conclusions

(1)

Notes

(2)

References

(3)

Acknowledgements

(1)

Appendix

(6)

Support for state spending: has New Labour got it right?

(22)

Peter Taylor-Gooby

Charlotte Hastie

Public spending priorities

(4)

Why is the NHS people's top spending priority?

(3)

Paying for better public services

(2)

What will we get for our money?

(1)

Public knowledge and public attitudes

(3)

Social knowledge and social groups

(3)

Social knowledge and social spending

(1)

Conclusions

(2)

Notes

(1)

References

(1)

Acknowledgements

(1)

Education, education, education

(22)

Ted Wragg

Katarina Thomson

Paying more for better education

(1)

Priorities within education

(1)

Primary education

100

(3)

Selection

103

(1)

Secondary education

103

(3)

Higher education

106

(1)

Expansion of higher education

106

(3)

Grants, loans and fees

109

(2)

The quality of university education

111

(1)

Is Labour reaching the middle class?

112

(1)

Smaller class sizes in primary schools

113

(1)

Selection

114

(1)

Conclusions

114

(2)

Notes

116

(1)

References

116

(1)

Acknowledgements

117

(2)

Illegal drugs: highs and lows

119

(22)

Arthur Gould

Nina Stratford

Attitudes towards illegal drugs

121

(1)

Legalisation

121

(1)

Possession and supply

122

(1)

The medical use of cannabis

123

(1)

Liberal and restrictive views:who thinks what?

124

(2)

Use of cannabis

126

(3)

Why have views changed?

129

(1)

Tolerant generations?

129

(2)

Changing perceptions about the dangers of drugs

131

(2)

Crime and illegal drugs

133

(1)

Knowledge about drugs

133

(3)

Limits to tolerance

136

(2)

Conclusions

138

(1)

Notes

139

(1)

References

139

(1)

Acknowledgements

140

(1)

Where have all the voters gone?

141

(28)

Catherine Bromley

John Curtice

Motivation and disengagement

143

(1)

Political trust

143

(1)

Feelings about the political system

144

(1)

Who has lost faith?

145

(3)

A disengaged electorate?

148

(3)

The demotivated voter?

151

(1)

The political stimulus to vote

151

(1)

Differences between the parties

152

(1)

The closeness of the race

152

(1)

Analysing the fall in turnout, 1997--2001

153

(1)

Political trust

153

(2)

Efficacy

155

(1)

Party identification

155

(1)

Lack of political stimulus

156

(3)

What about young voters?

159

(2)

Conclusions

161

(1)

Notes

162

(2)

References

164

(2)

Acknowledgements

166

(1)

Appendix

167

(2)

English to the core?

169

(16)

Anthony Heath

Catherine Rothon

Lindsey Jarvis

Economic situation

171

(3)

Cultural identity

174

(2)

Perceived political legitimacy

176

(2)

Demand for regional devolution

178

(2)

Who supports regional devolution?

180

(2)

Conclusions

182

(1)

References

183

(1)

Acknowledgements

183

(1)

Appendix

184

(1)

The ties that bind

185

(28)

Alison Park

Ceridwen Roberts

Family ties

186

(1)

Face-to-face contact with close relatives

187

(1)

Other ways of staying in touch

188

(1)

The extended family

189

(1)

The declining family?

190

(1)

Who are the most `family focused'?

191

(3)

Friends

194

(4)

Wider social networks

198

(1)

Network rich, network poor?

199

(3)

The role of different social networks

202

(1)

The downside to strong social ties

203

(1)

Conclusions

204

(1)

Notes

205

(1)

References

206

(1)

Acknowledgements

207

(1)

Appendix

208

(5)

In search of tolerance

213

(18)

Geoffrey Evans

A growing tolerance of minorities

214

(2)

Education

216

(1)

Age

217

(1)

A growing tolerance of homosexuality?

217

(2)

New fashions or new commitments?

219

(2)

Generalised tolerance?

221

(5)

Who are the guardians of tolerance?

226

(1)

Conclusions

226

(2)

Notes

228

(1)

References

228

(2)

Appendix

230

(1)

Appendix I: Technical details of the survey

231

(18)

Sample design

231

(1)

Selection of sectors

231

(1)

Selection of addresses

232

(1)

Selection of individuals

232

(1)

Weighting

233

(1)

Questionnaire versions

234

(1)

Fieldwork

234

(1)

Advance letter

235

(1)

Analysis variables

235

(1)

Region

235

(1)

Standard Occupational Classification

235

(1)

National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC)

236

(1)

Registrar General's Social Class

236

(1)

Socio-Economic Group

236

(1)

Goldthorpe schema

237

(1)

Industry

237

(1)

Party identification

237

(1)

Attitude scales

238

(1)

Other analysis variables

239

(1)

Sampling errors

240

(3)

Analysis techniques

243

(1)

Regression

243

(2)

Factor analysis

245

(1)

International Social Survey Programme

245

(1)

Notes

245

(1)

References

246

(3)

Appendix II: Notes on the tabulations

249

(2)

Appendix III: The questionnaires

251

(82)

Index

333

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British Social Attitudes : The 19th Report

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