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UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS Attitudes and Behaviours related to Environmental Issues Peter Lynn ISER [email protected]
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UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS
Attitudes and Behaviours related to Environmental Issues
Peter Lynn
ISER
UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS
Potential Research Topics
Determinants of behaviour that impact upon any of the following, including knowledge, beliefs and attitudes:
- energy consumption (particularly fossil fuel energy)- transport demand- air quality and environmental pollution- global warmingRelated issues such as intra-household transmission of
knowledge and beliefsEtc…
UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS
Potential Questionnaire Topics
Knowledge and beliefs regarding human-induced climate change;
Knowledge and beliefs regarding energy supply and energy demand;
Attitudes towards personal responsibility vs. collective (government) responsibility;
Attitudes towards relevant personal behaviour (car use, electricity consumption, waste, etc);
Housing decisions (location, construction, insulation, etc);
Transport behaviour (car use, public transport, walking, cycling);
Energy consumption (source of energy, purpose, quantity, etc).
Etc….
UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS
Key Issues
• Identifying the most important relevant research questions – over the next decade or two ….
• …. which cannot be addressed using existing (or planned) data sources
• Which other topics/questions are needed in conjunction?
• What sample sizes / frequencies are needed?• Measurement issues (past week vs. past month vs.
“usual”; self-report vs. diary; etc)• Lessons from previous surveys and research
