Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Gallup political polls are conducted on a regular basis several times each month by Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Ltd. The Archive holds the data from these polls from 1958 to the 1990s, We expect to update our stock regularly. The Archive can also supply the data from a series of polls from November 1938 to September 1946, complete with SPSS set-ups for each study. A CD-ROM product <i>Database of Selected British Gallup Opinion Polls</i> (SN:3803) is also available from the Data Archive. Further information is available on request.

Main Topics: Variables A wide variety of political, social and economic subjects are covered, including among others: Satisfaction with: Government's performance, Opposition policies, the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition. Voting record and intention. Political parties and individuals. Specific political issues and current problems. Consumer confidence. Social concerns, such as law and crime, nationalisation, emigration, etc. Respondents are classified by age, sex, marital status, socio-economic group, employment status and occupation, self-assessed social class, trade union membership, size of household, number of children, terminal education age, car ownership. More information on these surveys is provided in the 'Gallup Political Index', available in many libraries. The Index provides specific information on a selection of the polls for which we hold the data. For more information on the holdings of the Archive, please contact The User Service Section, Data Archive.

Quota sample

each week a nationally representative sample of 2000 adults is interviewed. This cross-section comprises of 1000 men and 1000 women. 100 sampling points are covered in each survey per 1000 adults, seleced to give a correct distribution according to the population within region and community size. Interviewers are given quotas for sex by age, social class and employment of respondents

Face-to-face interview