SSRC Survey Unit Quality of Life in Britain surveys

This page contains links to details of all four surveys conducted betwen 1971 and 1975 by Mark Abrams and John Hall of the SSRC Survey Unit. The abstracts contain details of content, sampling, fieldwork and available data files. The questionnaires are facsimiles of the actual questionnaires used in the field. The user manuals contain questionnaires, unweighted frequency counts on the raw data as well as technical information on fieldwork, sampling, coding, show-cards and interviewer instructions. The SPSS saved files are restorations from original files generated in the 1970s with some editing of SPSS setup files from 1970s versions to SPSS (11 and 15) for Windows: a few (self-explanatory) derived variables have been left in.

Quality of Life in Britain: 1st Pilot Survey 1971

1: Abstract
2: Questionnaire
3: User Manual
4: SPSS saved file for 1st pilot

Quality of Life in Britain: 2nd Pilot Survey 1971

1: Abstract
2: Questionnaire
3: User Manual
4: SPSS saved file for 2nd pilot

Quality of Life in Britain: 1st National Survey 1973
(replicated simultaneously in Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland)

1: Abstract
2: Questionnaire
3: User Manual for main GB survey
4a: SPSS saved file for main GB survey 1973
4b: SPSS saved file for Stoke-on-Trent survey 1973
4c: SPSS saved file for Sunderland survey 1973

Quality of Life in Britain: 2nd National Survey 1975

1: Abstract
2: Questionnaire
3: User Manual
4: SPSS saved file for main GB survey 1975

Showcards

Satisfaction scale showcards

1st GB pilot May 1971: 0-10 ladder
2nd GB pilot Oct 1971: 1-7 ladder (as per USA survey)
Main GB, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland 1973, GB 1975: 0-10 boxed beads

Journeys in Survey Research