Finding the right questions: Overcoming methodological difficulties associated with measuring participation at a local level

Summary

The present study sets out to explore an apparent increase in participation in local organisations reported in the 2004 survey and to validate respondents' survey responses. The study assesses whether it is possible to design a new participation question which offers better value for money i.e. facilitates a similar level of understanding of the types of groups respondents are involved in and better captures their understanding of social participation, yet is sufficiently short to make it a viable option for local surveys.

Keywords: participation, local communities, voluntary work
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Academic units: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) > Research Centres > Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR)
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Funder NameGrant NumberFunder ID
Economic and Social Research CouncilRES-000-22-2287http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
Publisher of the data: UK Data Service
Publication date: 9 March 2015
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URL of the data (if published elsewhere): https://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-851741
SHURDA URI: https://shurda.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/267

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