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To discover how the students of University College Wales had voted in the general election of 28th February, 1974, in order to ascertain whether student voting was likely to make a significant difference to the distribution of the vote in the university constituency; particularly in a marginal seat.

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Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Whether on an electoral register (location specified), whether and how voted in General Election, party membership, campaign work undertaken, where voted, whether application made for postal vote. Background Variables Age, sex, place of residence at college, home town, whether Welsh spoken. Father's occupation (Hall-Jones).

Simple random sample

Postal survey