Survey of Public Attitudes to Quality of Life and the Environment, 2001

This study is the fifth in a series of national surveys commissioned by the Department of the Environment to investigate people's environmental concerns, awareness and behaviour. The previous four surveys were carried out in 1986, 1989, 1993 and 1996-1997. Users should note that the UK Data Archive currently holds the first three surveys in addition to this one (SNs 2684, 2685 and 3329), but not the fourth (conducted in 1996-1997).<br>
The objectives of the research were to:<br>
<li>establish current attitudes to the environment, and knowledge and behaviour regarding environmental matters;<br>
<li>allow comparison of current attitudes with those found in previous Department of Environment (DOE)/Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) studies;<br>
<li>explore views on a wider range of issues not covered by those previous DOE/DETR studies.<br>
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