British Election Study: EEC Referendum Survey, 1975

This data collection is part of a continuing series of surveys of the British electorate, begun by David Butler and Donald Stokes at Nuffield College, Oxford, in 1963, and continued at the University of Essex. In the EEC Referendum Survey, 2,117 British electors responded to a questionnaire that was mailed to all respondents interviewed in the BRITISH ELECTION STUDY, OCTOBER 1974, CROSS-SECTION (ICPSR 7870) and, thus, it constitutes the third wave of a panel, including also the FEBRUARY 1974 CROSS-SECTION (ICPSR 7868). As with other surveys in the series, electors in Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands and Islands were excluded from the sampling frame. The three purposes of the survey were (1) to collect information on voting in the referendum about Great Britain's entry into the Common Market held in the spring of 1974, (2) to collect data on respondents' views of the parties and politics in general (as in the earlier panel waves), and (3) to include questions about the referendum as such, i.e., as a constitutional form of decision-making. Respondents answered questions regarding readership of official leaflets on the European Economic Community (EEC), attitudes toward future referendum votes, expected effect of Britain's membership in the EEC (in particular, on prices), their vote in the referendum, strength of opinion about the EEC, difference made to voting decision by new terms negotiated by the government, attitude toward Labour Government's handling of rising prices, party identification, and strength of party support. Respondents were also asked to rate the Conservative, Labour, Liberal, and Scottish National political parties. Finally, respondents were asked to reveal their degree of trust in the parties and their knowledge of orientations of various power groups toward the EEC.

本数据集属于英国选民持续追踪调查系列的组成部分，该系列由牛津大学纳菲尔德学院的戴维·巴特勒（David Butler）与唐纳德·斯托克斯（Donald Stokes）于1963年发起，后续由埃塞克斯大学接续开展。在本次欧洲经济共同体（European Economic Community）公投调查中，共有2117名英国选民完成了问卷作答；该问卷的发放对象为所有参与1974年10月英国选举研究横截面调查（ICPSR 7870）的受访者，因此本次调查属于该追踪面板的第三波，此前两波分别为1974年2月横截面调查（ICPSR 7868）。与本系列其他调查一致，本次抽样框架未纳入北爱尔兰选民以及苏格兰高地与离岛地区的选民。

本次调查共有三大核心目标：其一，收集1974年春季英国加入共同市场公投的投票相关信息；其二，收集受访者对各政党及整体政治生态的看法（与此前几波追踪调查的设计一致）；其三，设置针对公投本身的相关问题，即探讨公投作为宪政决策形式的相关议题。

受访者需回答以下多类问题：是否阅读过欧洲经济共同体（EEC）官方宣传手册、对未来公投投票的态度、对英国加入EEC所产生影响的预期（尤其是对物价的影响）、本次公投中的投票选择、对EEC的看法强度、政府谈判达成的新条款对其投票决策的影响、对工党政府应对物价上涨举措的态度、政党认同以及政党支持强度。此外，受访者还需对保守党、工党、自由党以及苏格兰民族党进行评级评分。最后，受访者需表明其对各政党的信任程度，以及其对各类利益集团关于EEC立场的了解情况。