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Here are a few more activities to consider that use various microdata sets available through the UK Data Service.

Activity 4: further exploration - victims of crime

Using the European Social Survey looking at the victims of crime and feeling safe walking in neighbourhood.

Does it fit with your expectation?

Do the Nordics look high - if so why might that be?

You may need your UK HE/FE Institutional username and password to complete this task if you access the data through the UK Data Service.

Activity 5: further exploration - attitude to migration

Suggested area to explore using the Eurobarometer - look at the survey of accession countries questions on attitude to migration.

- You may need your UK HE/FE Institutional username and password to complete this task if you access the data through the UK Data Service.

Activity 6: further exploration - confidence in different institutions

Suggested area to explore using the World Values Survey -

  1. Look at survey information about confidence in different institutions - examine the correlates of questions in some developing countries to see if there are differences.
  2. Look at Ireland, France, Spain, and Portugal for 1990 and 1999 to see if the values have changed over time and whether correlates have changed over time.
    1. Is the change driven by demographic change?
    2. Are there gender or rural/urban differences?
    3. A001 to A007 - examine difference and suggest analysis for investigating further.
  3. Look at Church, police, and civil service.
    1. Is the self-positioning in political scale (EO69) consistent with views expressed elsewhere? You will need to go online to follow this activity
- You may need your UK HE/FE Institutional username and password to complete this task if you access the data through the UK Data Service.

The University of Manchester; Mimas; ESRC; RDI

Countries and Citizens: Unit 3 Making cross-national comparisons using micro data by Siobhan Carey, Department for International Development is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence.