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Preferences, beliefs, attitudes and expectations

Preferences, beliefs, attitudes and expectations . S C Noah Uhrig <scnuhrig@essex.ac.uk Jackie Scott jls1004@cam.ac.uk. Importance of subjective indicators for understanding:. individual development individual and societal wellbeing – both functioning and affect Need to measure:

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Preferences, beliefs, attitudes and expectations

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  1. Preferences, beliefs, attitudes and expectations • S C Noah Uhrig <scnuhrig@essex.ac.uk • Jackie Scott jls1004@cam.ac.uk UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS

  2. Importance of subjective indicators for understanding: individual development individual and societal wellbeing – both functioning and affect Need to measure: Beliefs, Expectations and outcomes Preferences and realisable opportunities Topics: gender division of labour; ageism and employment; risk aversion in finance or partnership; intolerance and acceptance of others; self-efficacy in areas such as education & health UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS

  3. UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS

  4. Issues • Can’t be stand alone section – looking to shed light on other areas of behaviour/individual development e.g. family, social networks, employment, standard of living • how innovative e.g. hypothetical questions about risk adversity – on cash winnings, on jobs, even on having children; perceived benefits and drawbacks of choices • Is it beneficial to replicate items for which we have time-series data/cross-national comparisons from attitudinal surveys (BSA; ISSP; EVS; ESS etc) • Dead hand of history versus difficulty of asking questions that aren’t salient (yet!) UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS

  5. Themes might include: • Preferences of time-use, risk aversion, social contacts, health behaviours etc. • Beliefs (and relation to knowledge) concerning domains of relevance, including family choice, employment, health, consumption, social relations etc. • Attitudes towards contemporary issues of relevance for individual and household choices • Attitudinal precursors and consequences of behavioural changes • Values, personality differences, and perceptions of cultural norms that influence life choices • Expectations for self, significant others and future societal change UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS

  6. Attitudes and behaviours at aggregate level - little relationship At individual level – change more likely where attitude/behaviour inconsistency Attitude change more likely than behavioural change But without knowing attitude strength/centrality importance of preferences unclear What about dads? Tricky because even-handed norms not salient in work-family responsibilities Attitudes and Behavioural Inconsistency – it’s the content &form of questions that counts UKHLS Consultation Launch, 19/06/07, RSS

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