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The Scottish and Welsh Referendum Studies were conducted immediately after the 1997 referendums on devolution. The objectives were to: understand the sources of support for constitutional change in Scotland and Wales and the influences on voting behaviour in the referendums; to explore the expectations which the electorates had of their parliament/ assembly; to assess how voters are likely to behave at future elections to the parliament/assembly; to assess the possible impact the parliament/assembly may have on future constitutional change; comparative analysis of Scotland and Wales

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The questionnaires cover political attitudes and behaviour, national identity and social and economic attitudes and beliefs, as well as a comprehensive classification section. Standard measures Left-right scale made up of self-completion questions 1a,1b,1e,1f,1g and 2a. Libertarian-authoritarian scale made up of self-completion questions 1c,1d and 2b-e.

Multi-stage stratified random sample

using the Postoffice Address File as sampling frame

Face-to-face interview

Self-completion