Glasgow Citizens Panel — Aggregate Data Analysis

In July 2003 MORI Scotland was commissioned by Glasgow City Council to recruit and manage a new Glasgow Citizens' Panel. In a departure from methods used in the past, it was decided that the panel would be recruited over a series of waves -- a process which is ongoing. Each financial year, two residents' surveys are conducted among representative samples of around 1,000 people in Glasgow with each survey doubling as a panel recruitment exercise. The surveys focus on local services and wider community issues, and the results are used to inform service development. To date (autumn 2005), four waves of the survey have been conducted and a fifth is underway.

In Autumn 2005, the Council commissioned MORI Scotland to conduct an analysis of the aggregated data from the first 4 panel waves. The exercise provided an opportunity to conduct more extensive analysis than is possible for individual waves.

Technical details

In each of the 4 waves of the survey, MORI interviewed a quota sample of residents in randomly selected Census Output Areas (COAs) across the Glasgow City Council area. Sample sizes and fieldwork dates for each wave are provided in the table below. All interviewing was conducted face-to-face in respondents' homes.