DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02617.v2
title: British General Election Study: Scottish Election Survey, 1997
title: Version 2

description: The 882 respondents to the Scottish Election Survey are a
 subset of those surveyed for the BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION
 CROSS-SECTION SURVEY, 1997 (ICPSR 2615). The aims of the Scottish
 Election Survey survey were (1) to contribute to the construction of a
 time series on electoral change at a time when political divergence
 was one of the key features of political behavior within the United
 Kingdom (UK), (2) to model political behavior and attitudes in
 Scotland with regard to Britain as a whole, the nations and regions of
 the UK, and within Scotland itself, (3) to understand nationalism in
 Scotland in the wider European context, and (4) to provide a benchmark
 for assessing the outcomes of Scottish Parliament elections and
 against which to assess future constitutional change. Respondents were
 asked for their opinions on the possibility of a separate Scottish
 Parliament, the Scottish National Party, how the European Union will
 affect Scotland, the economic benefits to both England and Scotland of
 Scotland's being part of the UK, social class differences between
 England and Scotland, the relationship between Protestants and
 Catholics in Scotland, the importance of a Scottish heritage, and the
 faith held by the Scottish that British political parties will work in
 their interest. Additionally, topics repeated from the Cross-Section
 Survey include the 1997 campaign, participation in 1997 local
 elections, British political parties, trust in government, images of
 British leadership, the European Union, Northern Ireland, nuclear
 weapons, unemployment, inflation, nationalization and privatization of
 companies, redistribution of income, women's rights, the role of
 government in social policy, abortion, ethnic minorities, the British
 economy, political knowledge, and the future of governmental
 institutions such as the House of Lords. Background information on
 respondents includes age, sex, race, ethnicity, political party,
 political orientation, marital status, number of members in household,
 social class, employment history, health insurance status,
 citizenship, country of birth, voter registration and participation
 history, household income, education, religion, parents' employment
 history, parents' voting behavior, spouse's employment history, and
union membership.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: British General Election Study: Scottish Election Survey, 1997
description: (1) The data are provided as an SPSS portable file.
 (2) This collection has not been processed by ICPSR staff. ICPSR is
 distributing the data and documentation for this collection in
 essentially the same form in which they were received. When
 appropriate, hardcopy documentation has been converted to
 machine-readable form and variables have been recoded to ensure
 respondents' anonymity. (3) The codebook, frequencies, user guide, and
 data collection instruments are provided as a Portable Document Format
 (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems
 Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as
 the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the
Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.