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> England Leisure Visits Survey, 2005 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:5732</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Countryside Agency<br>Research International<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsors</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Countryside Agency<br>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<br>Environment Agency<br>Forestry Commission<br>Broads Authority<br>Dartmoor National Park Authority<br>Exmoor National Park Authority<br>Lake District National Park Authority<br>North York Moors National Park Authority<br>Northumberland National Park Authority<br>Peak District National Park Authority<br>Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> November 2007 </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> Countryside Agency and Research International, <i> England Leisure Visits Survey, 2005</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], November 2007. SN: 5732, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5732-1. </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> Crown copyright held jointly with Natural England, the Environment Agency and National Parks Authorities. Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen s Printer for Scotland. </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'> 5732 . England Leisure Visits Survey, 2005<br> (ELVS) </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Natural England</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Countryside Agency</h5> <h5>Research International</h5> <H3>Sponsors:</H3><H5> Countryside Agency<br>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<br>Environment Agency<br>Forestry Commission<br>Broads Authority<br>Dartmoor National Park Authority<br>Exmoor National Park Authority<br>Lake District National Park Authority<br>North York Moors National Park Authority<br>Northumberland National Park Authority<br>Peak District National Park Authority<br>Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The main aim of the <i>United Kingdom Day Visits Survey</i>, the <i>Great Britain Day Visits Survey</i> (GBDVS), and latterly the <i>England Leisure Visits Survey</i> (ELVS), is to measure the extent of participation in day visits, and to estimate the scale and value of visits taken. In particular the principal investigators are interested in the extent of participation in different kinds of day trips, how frequently particular types of trip are undertaken, and associated expenditure.<br> <br> The survey also seeks to provide information on a number of other trip details, such as activities undertaken, areas visited, time spent at the main destination, modes of transport, distance travelled, number of people involved and the trip party composition. Respondents to the survey are generally asked to recall trips taken within the past two weeks.<br> <br><i>England Leisure Visits Survey, 2005</i> (ELVS):<br> In 2005, a consortium of government departments and agencies with an interest in recreation and tourism, led by the then Countryside Agency (see below), commissioned Research International to conduct the ELVS 2005 survey. This survey focused specifically on leisure trips made to England by English respondents, as opposed to the wider Great Britain/United Kingdom scope of the previous surveys, but still effectively forms the fifth study in the GBDVS series. <br> <br> The main aims of ELVS 2005 were to measure the extent of participation in leisure visits in England by the adult population (aged 16 and over), and estimate the total number of leisure visits and their economic value. In addition, two new secondary objectives of ELVS were to provide additional information about visits to National Parks, and information about the use of new open access land. Further information about the survey and links to publications may be found on the Natural England <a href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/enjoying/research/monitor/leisurevisits/default.aspx" title="England Leisure Visits Survey">ELVS</a> web pages.<br> <br> On 2 October 2006, English Nature, the landscape, access and recreation elements of the Countryside Agency, and the environmental land management functions of the Rural Development Service, were joined together to form Natural England.<br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>The questionnaire was divided into five main sections. Some of the content of the questionnaire had been developed and used in the previous GBDVS surveys, but specific questions were developed for ELVS. <br> <br> Section 1 of the questionnaire covered leisure trips taken the previous week, including the main activity and other activities undertaken on the leisure trip. Section 2 covered detailed information about one of the trips identified in the trip diary in Section 1, selected at random. Section 3 was asked of respondents who had visited a National Park or open access land in their selected trip. Section 4 covered leisure trips taken in the past year, and Section 5 covered demographic characteristics of the respondent and their household. For further details, see documentation.<br></h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> February 2005 - February 2006 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Government Office Regions (GORs) <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Adults aged 16 years and over, resident in private households in England. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Repeated cross-sectional study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Multi-stage stratified random sample <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> Respondent-based file: 23,542 cases. Trip-based file: 43,813 cases. <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Telephone interview <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> Weighting used. See documentation for details. </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='http://www.esds.ac.uk/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> 13 November 2007<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright held jointly with Natural England, the Environment Agency and National Parks Authorities. Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen s Printer for Scotland.</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>31 October 2011</h5> </body></html>