Measurement of Party Identification in the United Kingdom, 1999-2000

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The main aim of this project was to assess the stability of a measure of party identification based on a new question. The data generated in this study was compared with data based on the traditional &lt;i&gt;British Election Study&lt;/i&gt; (BES)* measure of party identification, provided by Professor Harold Clarke of the University of North Texas. Users should note, however, the comparative data are not included in this dataset. Please see documentation for further details.<br>
The project also included some qualitative material from focus group work, which is also available alongside the quantitative element. <br>
*The BES series is held at the Data Archive under GN:33066.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The dataset contains data on aggregate levels of party identification and vote intention for twelve months between February 1999 and January 2000. The party identification figures are based upon responses to the following question: 'Many people think of themselves as being Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat (or Nationalist), even if they don't always support that party. How about you? Generally speaking do you think of yourself as Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat (or Nationalist), or don't you think of yourself as any of these?'

<P>摘要版权归英国数据服务（UK Data Service）及数据收集版权所有者所有。</P><br>本项目的主要目的是评估基于新问题的政党认同测量方法的稳定性。本研究生成的数据与基于传统<i>英国选举研究</i>（<i>British Election Study</i>，BES）*政党认同测量方法的数据进行了对比，后者由美国北德克萨斯大学的Harold Clarke教授提供。然而，用户需注意，对比数据未包含在本数据集中。详情请参阅文档。<br>
本项目还包含来自焦点小组工作的定性材料，这些材料也与定量部分一同提供。<br>
*BES系列数据由数据档案库（Data Archive）保管，编号为GN:33066。<br><B>核心主题</B>:<BR><br>本数据集包含1999年2月至2000年1月这12个月期间政党认同和投票意向的聚合层面数据。政党认同数据基于对以下问题的回答："许多人认为自己属于保守党、工党、自由民主党（或民族主义政党），即使他们并不总是支持该党。你呢？一般而言，你认为自己属于保守党、工党、自由民主党（或民族主义政党），还是不属于其中任何一个？"