ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Attitudes towards Extending British Summer Time, 1986 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:2341</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Research Surveys of Great Britain<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Development Commission<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> April 1988 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Research Surveys of Great Britain, <i> Attitudes towards Extending British Summer Time, 1986</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], April 1988. SN: 2341, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-2341-1. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Development Commission </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 2341 . Attitudes towards Extending British Summer Time, 1986<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Development Commission</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Research Surveys of Great Britain</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Development Commission<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>This survey was undertaken to assess the effect that the system of changing the clocks has on rural businesses and those employed in rural areas</h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5> Variables<br> Preference between three alternative seasonal time systems:<br> - permanent British Summer Time (GMT plus 1 hour)<br> - British Summer Time from late February to late November<br> - British Summer Time from late March to late October (the present system)<br> Impact of daylight hours on working conditions, especially outdoors, on recreation and tourism and on children's travel to school.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 29 October 1986 - 24 November 1986 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Standard Regions <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Institutions/organisations </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Subnational <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Employers and employees in rural businesses and other adults (not economically active) </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Districts in England ordered by rural population (DoE definition): districts selected with probability proportional to rural population; parish selected randomly within district and matched to local telephone exchange; parish population less than 5000 in 1981; businesses in Yellow Pages categories were enumerated and simple random sample drawn: five in each of three categories (land work, building etc., services). Interviewers had a quota target of 3 employers in each category. <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> Employers 450 (target) 496 (obtained)<br> Employees 756 (target) 640 (obtained)<br> Other adults 450 (target) 450 (obtained) <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 5 April 1988<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> Development Commission</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>11 October 2011</h5> </body></html>