Opinions and Attitudes of Senior Girls, 1973

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The purpose of this survey was to measure the aspirations and attitudes of senior girls in a public school in the South of England.

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Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Amount of spending money each week and how spent, regular newspaper/magazine readership, type of article preferred in school journal, society affiliation, subjects taken at 'O' and 'A' level, most/least interesting subjects, opinion of specialisation. Most/least important school objectives (e.g. do well in exams, develop personality), intentions after leaving school, career preferences, expected career at age 30, ideal success aspirations, whether likely to be achieved. Whether believes parents are over-possessive, whether weekends should be spent on homework/relaxation/social activity. Attitudes to various social and political issues (e.g. Socialism, abortion, Women's Liberation, capital punishment (Wilson and Patterson 'conservatism' scale). Questions also measured belief in the 'preservation of the status quo' and a 'jaundiced view of life' attitude (Himmelweit), extraversion/intraversion, and neuroticism (Eysenck), attitude to various forms of protest action, whether overprivileged/underprivileged groups exist in Britain and possible remedies. Semantic differential scales also measured 'self-perception' and `general life affect'. Background Variables Parent's education, number of siblings, position in family.

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Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-951-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=2516d2fe44944c57f6febf994a1043fa04ee2225501d5555e34c986e85d4f783
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Creator Abrams, M., Social Science Research Council, Survey Unit; Hall, J. F., Social Science Research Council, Survey Unit
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 1977
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Discipline Economics; Social and Behavioural Sciences
Spatial Coverage England