Northern Ireland Assembly Candidate Survey, 2003

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The <i>Northern Ireland Assembly Candidate Survey, 2003</i> sought to gather information from candidates for the Northern Ireland Assembly election of that year, on a range of subjects, and also to determine their opinions on a number of key issues affecting Northern Ireland.<br>
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A separate study, the <i>Northern Ireland Assembly Election Study, 2003</i>, conducted with a sample of the electorate by a Northern Ireland-based research team, is held at the UK Data Archive (UKDA) under SN 5394.<br>
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An earlier study conducted by the same Principal Investigator, the <i>Irish General Election, 2002: the Candidates</i>, is also held under SN 4618.<br>
<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Respondents were asked to identify what issues they felt were most important within their campaign, for their constituency, and for the country. They were also able to locate themselves on a number of different attitude scales within the questionnaire relating to six different policy areas: economic growth vs. environment; social and economic justice; morality and religion; Northern Ireland; the European Union; and minority groups.