UK Data Archive Study Number 66037 - Survey of Party Workers in Glasgow, 1966
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UK Data Archive Study Number 66037 - Survey of Party Workers in Glasgow, 1966 SSRC C001-25 66037 PRETEST ACTIVIST INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER'S NAME COVER SHEET NO. TIME STARTED DATE 1. WHEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME ACTIVE IN POLITICS? 2. HAVE YOU BEEN ACTIVE IN POLITICS EVER SINCE? YES NO DON'T KNOW IF YES, GO TO Q.3 (IF NO OR DON'T KNOW) 2A WOULD YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? 3. HAVE YOU HELD ANY (OTHER) OFFICES IN THE PARTY? YES NO DON'T KNOW (IF YES) 3A. WHAT IS THAT? WHEN WAS THAT? (GET OFFICES AND DATES) IF NO OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.4 4. HAVE YOU HELD ANY PUBLIC OFFICES? YES NO DON'T KNOW (IF YES) 4A. WHAT IS THAT? WHEN WAS THAT? (FIND IF R HOLDS OFFICE NOW) IF NO OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.5 5. THINKING BACK TO WHEN YOU FIRST BECAME ACTIVE IN POLITICS, WHY DID YOU BECOME ACTIVE THEN? (IF FRIENDS OR RELATIVES NOT MENTIONED) 5A. WOULD YOU SAY THAT ANY FRIENDS OR RELATIVES WERE IMPORTANT IN GETTING YOU INTERESTED IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY? YES NO (IF YES) 5B. IN WHAT WAY? (IF NECESSARY) WHO WERE THEY? (GET RELATIONSHIP) IF NO, GO TO Q.5C (IF ORGANIZATIONS NOT MENTIONED) 5C. WAS YOUR MEMBERSHIP IN ANY ORGANIZATIONS IMPORTANT IN GETTING YOU INTERESTED IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY? YES NO (IF YES) 5D. IN WHAT WAY? (IF NECESSARY) WHAT ORGANIZATION(S) WERE THOSE? IF NO, GO TO Q.6 (IF R HAS A PARTY OFFICE) 6. WHEN YOU FIRST BECAME (R'S PRESENT OFFICE) WERE THERE ANY OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE? YES NO DON'T KNOW 7. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR MOST IMPORTANT JOB OR TASK AS (R'S POSITION) (ANYTHING ELSE?) 8. APART FROM ELECTIONS AND GETTING OUT THE VOTE HAVE YOU EVER GIVEN ADVICE OR HELP TO PEOPLE IN YOUR (WARD/CONSTITUENCY)? YES NO DON'T KNOW (IF YES) 8A. WHAT SORT OF THING DID YOU DO? IF NO OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.9 9. HOW MUCH CONTACT WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU HAD WITH THE (CITY PARTY/PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION)? WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE IN CONTACT VERY OFTEN, OFTEN, OCCASIONALLY OR NEVER? VERY OFTEN OFTEN OCCASIONALLY NEVER DON'T KNOW IF VERY OFTEN, OFTEN OR OCCASIONALLY, GO TO Q.9A IF NEVER OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.10 (IF R HAS ANY CONTACT) 9A. WHAT SORT OF THINGS HAVE YOU CONTACTED THEM ABOUT? (IF RESOLUTIONS NOT MENTIONED) 9B. HAVE YOU EVER SENT A RESOLUTION TO (THE CITY PARTY/PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATE)? YES NO DON'T KNOW 10. HOW MUCH CONTACT WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAD WITH COUNCILLORS (FROM THIS WARD/ FROM THIS CONSTITUENCY)? WOULD YOU SAY YOU WERE IN TOUCH WITH THEM VERY OFTEN, OFTEN, OCCASIONALLY OR NEVER? VERY OFTEN OFTEN OCCASIONALLY NEVER DON'T KNOW IF VERY OFTEN, OFTEN OR OCCASIONALLY, GO TO Q.10A IF NEVER OF DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.11 10A WHAT SORT OF THINGS HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM ABOUT? 11. WHAT DO YOU FEEL ARE THE SATISFACTIONS AND REWARDS THAT THE AVERAGE PARTY WORKER GETS OUT OF HIS POLITICAL ACTIVITIES? 12. IF YOU HAD TO DROP OUT OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY TOMORROW WHAT SORT OF THINGS WOULD YOU MISS MOST? 13. FROM YOUR OWN OBSERVATIONS, WOULD YOU SAY THAT LABOUR AND UNIONIST OR PROGRESSIVE PARTY WORKERS DIFFER IN THE KINDS OF REWARDS AND SATISFACTIONS THEY GET OUT OF POLITICAL ACTIVITIES? YES NO DON'T KNOW (IF YES) 13A IN WHAT WAY? IF NO OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.14 14. IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU LIKE ABOUT THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY IN GLASGOW? (ANYTHING ELSE?) (TAKE EXACT ANSWER) 15. IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY IN GLASGOW? (ANYTHING ELSE?) (TAKE EXACT ANSWER) 16. IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU LIKE ABOUT THE LABOUR PARTY IN GLASGOW? (ANYTHING ELSE?) (TAKE EXACT ANSWER) 17. IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE LABOUR PARTY IN GLASGOW? 18. IN GENERAL, WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEMS FACING GLASGOW CORPORATION AT THE MOMENT? (TAKE EXACT ANSWER) MENTION 1 MENTION 2 MENTION 3 MENTION 4 MENTION 5 IF DON'T KNOW OR NOT ANY, GO TO Q.19 (IF MENTION PROBLEMS) 18A DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE IN GLASGOW AGREE ABOUT WHAT TO DO ON ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS? YES NO DON'T KNOW (IF YES) 18B WHICH PROBLEMS ARE THESE? (ANYTHING ELSE?) (TAKE EXACT ANSWER) MENTION 1 MENTION 2 MENTION 3 MENTION 4 MENTION 5 IF NO OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.19 (FOR 1 MENTION ONLY) 18C WHAT DO PEOPLE IN GLASGOW THINK SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT .....? (TAKE EXACT ANSWER) 19. DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE (WARD/CONSITITUENCY) PARTY HAVE MUCH INFLUENCE IN BRINGING ISSUES TO GENERAL ATTENTION? YES NO DON'T KNOW, CAN'T SAY (IF YES) 12A IN WHAT WAY? (IF NO, DON'T KNOW, OR CAN'T SAY) 12B WHY IS THAT? 20. CAN YOU THINK OF ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEMS THAT WOULD BE WORSENED BY GENERAL ATTENTION BEING PAID TO THEM? YES NO DON'T KNOW (IF YES) 20A WHAT PROBLEMS ARE YOU THINKING OF? IF NO OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.21 21. HAVE YOU THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE PUBS IN THE CORPORATION HOUSING ESTATES? YES NO DON'T KNOW 21A COULD YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL? (CLEARLY IDENTIFY SOURCE, EG WHICH NEWSPAPER ETC) 21B WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU AGREE OR DISAGREED WITH THIS PROPOSAL? AGREE DISAGREE NEUTRAL DON'T KNOW (IF AGREE OR DISAGREE) 21C WOULD YOU SAY THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT YOU FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT, FAIRLY STRONGLY, OR NOT STRONGLY AT ALL? VERY STRONGLY AGREE FAIRLY STRONGLY AGREE NOT STRONGLY AGREE DON'T KNOW HOW STRONGLY NOT STRONGLY DISAGREE FAIRLY STRONGLY DISAGREE VERY STRONGLY DISAGREE IF NEUTRAL OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.21D 21D APART FROM YOUR PARTY, ARE YOU A MEMBER OF ANY ORGANIZATION(S) WHICH HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS SUBJECT? YES NO DON'T KNOW (IF YES) 21E WHICH ORGANIZATION(S) IS THAT? (ANY OTHERS?) (GET FULL NAMES) IF NO OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.21F 21F DO THE PEOPLE IN YOUR OWN (CONSTITUENCY/WARD) AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS PROPOSAL? AGREE SOME AGREE, SOME DON'T DISAGREE DON'T KNOW IF AGREE, DISAGREE OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.21I IF SOME AGREE, SOME DON'T ASK Q.21G AND Q.21H (IF R DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN PEOPLE IN (CONSTITUENCY/WARD)) 21G WHICH ONES AGREE WITH THE PROPOSAL? (TAKE EXACT ANSWER) 21H AND WHICH DISAGREE? 21I DO THE COUNCILLORS FROM YOUR OWN (WARD/CONSTITUENCY) AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS PROPOSAL? AGREE SOME AGREE, SOME DON'T DISAGREE DON'T KNOW IF AGREE, DISAGREE OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.21L IF SOME AGREE, SOME DON'T ASK Q.21J AND Q.21K (IF R DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN COUNCILLORS) 21J WHICH ONES AGREE WITH THE PROPOSAL? (TAKE EXACT ANSWER) 21K AND WHICH DISAGREE? 21L DOES THE LABOUR PARTY AGREE OR DISAGREE OR HAVE NO OPINION ON THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE PUBS ON CORPORATION HOUSING ESTATES? AGREES HAS NO OPINION DISAGREE DON'T KNOW 21M DOES THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY AGREE OR DISAGREE OR HAVE NO OPINION ON THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE PUBS ON CORPORATION HOUSING ESTATES? AGREES HAS NO OPINION DISAGREES DON'T KNOW 21N HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THIS PROPOSAL WITH ANYONE SINE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? YES NO DON'T KNOW (IF YES) 21O WHO WAS THAT? (GET POSITION EG COUNCILLOR, PARTY WORKER, CONSTITUENT) IF NO OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.21P 21P IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE IN YOUR WARD/CONSTITUENCY) THOUGHT ABOUT THIS ISSUE WHAT WOULD YOU DO? 21Q IF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE CORPORATION HOUSING ESTATES WANTED PUBS THERE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF ALL PEOPLE IN GLASGOW WERE AGAINST SUCH A PROPOSAL, WHICH SIDE DO YOU THINK SHOULD WIN? PEOPLE IN CORPORATION HOUSING MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN GLASGOW DON'T KNOW 22 HAVE YOU THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO STOP THE PAYMENT OF FEES IN SOME CORPORATION SCHOOLS WHERE FEES HAVE BEEN PAID UP TO NOW? YES NO DON'T KNOW 22A COULD YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL? (CLEARLY IDENTIFY SOURCE EG WHICH NEWPAPARE ETC) 22B WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU AGREED OR DISAGREED WITH THIS PROPOSAL? AGREE DISAGREE NEUTRAL DON'T KNOW (IF AGREE OR DISAGREE) 22C WOULD YOU SAY THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT YOU FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT, FAIRLY STRONGLY ABOUT, OR NOT STRONGLY AT ALL? VERY STRONGLY AGREE FAIRLY STRONGLY AGREE NOT STRONGLY AGREE DON'T KNWO HOW STRONGLY NOT STRONGLY DISAGREE FAIRLY STRONGLY DISAGREE VERY STRONGLY DISAGREE IF NEUTRAL OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.22D 22D APART FROM YOUR PARTY, ARE YOU A MEMBER OF ANY ORGANIZATION(S) WHICH HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS SUBJECT? YES NO DON'T KNOW (IF YES) 22E WHICH ORGANIZATION(S) IS THAT? (ANY OTHERS) (GET FULL NAMES) IF NO OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.22F 22F DO THE PEOPLE IN YOUT OWN (CONSTITUENCY/WARD) AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS PROPOSAL? AGREE SOME AGREE, SOME DON'T DISAGREE DON'T KNOW IF AGREE, DISAGREE OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.22I IF DISAGREE ASK Q.22G AND Q.22H (IF R DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN CONSTITUENTS) WHICH ONES AGREE WITH THE PROPOSAL? (TAKE EXACT ANSWER) 22H AND WHICH DISAGREE? 22I DO THE COUNCILLORS FROM YOUR OWN (WARD/CONSTITUENCY) AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS PROPOSAL? AGREE SOME AGREE, SOME DON'T DISAGREE DON'T KNOW IF AGREE, DISAGREE OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.22L IF DISAGREE ASK Q.22J AND Q.22K (IF R DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN COUNCILLORS) 22J WHICH ONES AGREE WITH THE PROPOSAL? (TAKE EXACT ANSWER) 22K AND WHICH DISAGREE? 22L DOES THE LABOUR PARTY AGREE OR DISAGREE OR HAVE NO OPINION ON THE PROPOSAL TO STOP THE PAYMENT OF FEES IN THESE SCHOOLS? AGREES HAS NO OPINION DISAGREES DON'T KNOW 22M DOES THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY AGREE OR DISAGREE OR HAVE NO OPINION ON THE PROPOSAL TO STOP THE PAYMENT OF FEES IN THESE SCHOOLS? AGREES HAS NO OPINION DISAGREES DON'T KNOW 22N HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THIS PROPOSAL WITH ANYONE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? YES NO DON'T KNOW (IF YES) 22O WHO WAS THAT? (GET POSITION EG COUNCILLOR, PARTY WORKER, CONSTITUENT) IF NO OR DON'T KNOW, GO TO Q.22P 22P IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE IN YOUR (CONSTITUENCY/WARD) THOUGHT ON THIS ISSUE WHAT WOULD YOU DO? 22Q IF THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN GO TO THESE SCHOOLS WANTED THE SCHOOLS TO BE FEE-PAYING, BUT THE MAJORITY OF ALL PEOPLE IN GLASGOW WANTED TO STOP FEE-PAYING IN CORPORATION SCHOOLS, WHICH SIDE TO YOU THINK SHOULD WIN? PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN GO MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN GLASGOW DON'T KNOW 23.