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Title:
British Institute of Public Opinion Polls, 1938

Subject Categories:
Regular opinion polls
Political history - History

Depositor(s):
Roper Center (Connecticut)

Principal Investigator(s):
British Institute of Public Opinion

Project Number: BIPO ; 0052, 0053

Abstract:
Main Topics:
Variables
Questions cover domestic, foreign and military affairs, including:
- appeasement
- the progress and prosecution of the war
- whether to sue for peace with Germany, Italy and Japan
- satisfaction with the government's conduct of the war
- attitudes towards Churchill and other leading politicians, including Halifax, Eden, Atlee, Bevin, Morrison
- the persecution of the Jews
- the opening of a second front
- attitudes to the USSR and the USA as allies
- the dropping of the atomic bomb
- morale, optimism and pessimism
- rationing and other war-time controls
- air-raids and bomb damage
- the Beveridge Report, equal pay, post-war reconstruction.

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Coverage:
Dates of Fieldwork: November 1938;
(and December)
Country: Great Britain
Spatial Units: No information recorded
Observation Units: Individuals

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:Adults in Great Britain

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Time Series
Sampling Procedures: No information recorded
Number of Units: A) November 1171 (obtained);B) December 1868 (obtained)
Method of Data Collection: No information recorded

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.

Available to UK residents or those registered at UK institutions of higher or further education only.
Availability: History Data Service, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: hds@essex.ac.uk
Originating Archive: Roper Center
Please Note: These data are also available as part of a collection, British Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup) Polls, 1938-1946 held at the Data Archive as SN:3331, with SPSS portable files and a set of indexes for use with Paradox.

Date of Release:
First Edition: 1 January 1985

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