The
2007 Scottish Election Study, funded by the Economic
and Social Research Council (REF. 000-22-2256) is based in the Department
of Government at the University of Strathclyde.
The
Scottish Election Study takes the form of a three-wave
internet panel survey, with data collection undertaken
by YouGov.
The aim of the study is to explain the decisions of
Scottish voters on 3 May, both whether and for which
party they voted. As well as voting behaviour, the survey
questionnaires cover the following topics: attitudes
to parties and leaders; issue opinions and evaluations;
national identity; constitutional preferences; socio-demographic
characteristics.
Details
of the three waves of data collection are:
- 'Pre'
- the pre-election wave, N=1872, fieldwork in mid-April
2007
- 'Post'
- the post-election wave, N=1552, fieldwork in May
2007
- 'Follow-up'
- an additional wave concerned largely with aspects
of electoral administration, fieldwork in December 2007
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