Neighbourhood Survey, 2005

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The main aim of this study was to provide a set of self-administered questions that would produce comparable data to interviewer-administered questions on social capital. There is a demand for these questions at the local level but local authorities tend to have insufficient resources to carry out face-to-face surveys, consequently most local authority surveys are carried out by post. <br>
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In order to assess any differences between the self-administered format and the interviewer-administered format, the postal survey was run in parallel with the interviewer-administered survey, also held at the UK Data Archive (UKDA) under SN 5656 <i>ONS Omnibus Survey, Social Capital Module, April, May and June, 2005 </i>.<br>
<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The survey contains data collected on adults aged 18 and over living in private households in Great Britain. A postal questionnaire was sent to one named person per household. The questionnaire contained questions on social capital including:<br>
<ul><li>views about your neighbourhood</li><li>participation in local issues</li><li>contact with relatives, friends and neighbours</li><li>unpaid help to groups and individuals</li><li>classification variables</li></ul><br>