Student Political Attitudes at the University of Warwick

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>A survey designed by and administered by the School of Politics' students to fellow students at the University and including questions on a wide variety of subjects.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br>
Major substantive areas include a series of sophisticated knowledge questions dealing with events, persons and political beliefs in Britain and abroad, questions assessing knowledge of student government at Warwick and attitudes towards student participation, attitudes towards a number of general policy issues including: divorce, drugs, homosexuality, abortion, the Vietnam war, medicare, family allowances and wage freezes; attitudes toward some foreign policy issues, and position on issues of the EEC, arms to South Africa, Israel, Arab countries, the Republic of China and on British possession of nuclear arms.<br>
Background Variables<br>
Father's and mother's occupations, family income, subjective social class, type of school attended, respondent's own and parents' party preferences, religion of respondent and of parents.