Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
This study has three main aims: 1) The collection of theoretically informed empirical data on British interest groups; 2) The comparison of that data with comparable US material; 3) Improvement in understanding of decisions by potential members about joining interest groups.
Main Topics:
Membership characteristics of survey groups (i.e. FOE, Amnesty, NFU (Scotland), NFU (Countryside) etc.); motivation for joining; method of joining; demographic information - membership profiles.
Simple random sample
Postal survey