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Labour Market Experiences of Miners Following Colliery Closure, South Wales, 1985-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To describe and explain what happened to the workforce following the closure of Markham colliery in the South Wales coalfield in 1985.
It is essentially a labour market study where the labour market responses of former miners are analysed: their initial redundancy/relocation decision, their assessment of...
MORI Omnibus Polls, January - December, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These regular monthly polls are intended to probe political opinion in Britain.
Contemporary Data on the Diffusion and Productivity of Coal Mechanisation in Britain to 1939
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.A common feature of Britain's staple industries during the sixty years to 1939 was a rejection of the new production technologies adopted by their main overseas competitors. This project investigated the extent to which 'path dependence' accounts for the failure of these industries to adopt the new...
Evidence to the Children's Employment Commission, 1842
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The current research (academic article in progress) is aimed at examining the effectiveness of the Mines Commission of 1842 in identifying and examining children who were working in coalmines. It examines the origins, personnel and conduct of the Commission. How and why did the commission come about and...
Productivity and Household Economy in a Tyneside Mining Community, 1774-1867
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project employed computer-aided longitudinal analysis of work records from a nineteenth-century coal mining community. It examined how household labour supplies and exogenous demand for coal were mediated through the work environment. It sought to amend existing views of the historic family economy...
MORI Omnibus Polls, 1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These regular polls are intended to probe political opinion in Britain.
Please note that this study only contains Quarters 1, 3 and 4 - data for Quarter 2 is not currently available.
British Election Study, February 1974, October 1974, June 1975, May 1979; Panel Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. British Election Study, 1974-1983 (BES):
The BES was started as a research project at the University of Essex in 1974, to continue the series started by Butler and Stokes. The BES conducted interview surveys following the general elections of February 1974, October 1974 and May 1979. This series...
British Election Study, February 1974; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Attention to television and newspapers, perceived bias in newspapers, perceived difference between political parties. Opinion of Conservative and Labour parties. Attitude to election and strength of political opinion and interest. Knowledge, perception...
MORI Omnibus Polls, January - June, 1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These regular monthly polls are intended to probe political opinion in Britain.
Scots Miners 1891 Census Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aim of the project was to analyse the factors influencing trade unionism and politics in the Scots coalfields during the period 1874-1939. The objective of the census survey was to provide information on occupation, age, marital status and place of birth of mineworkers in ten localities which...
Anthropometric Data Relating to Working-Class Children, 1841
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To examine variations in the heights and circumferences of children in different occupations during 1841.Main Topics:Industry and place where employed; family name; first name; sex; age in years and months; height in feet and inches; chest circumference in feet and inches; subjective assessment of...
MORI Omnibus Polls, January - December, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These regular monthly polls are intended to probe political opinion in Britain.
British Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup) Polls, 1938-1946
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset comprises data from the 58 surviving BIPO polls conducted between 1938 and 1946.Main Topics:Questions cover domestic, foreign and military affairs, including:
- appeasement
- the progress and prosecution of the war
- whether to sue for peace with Germany, Italy and Japan
- satisfaction with...
Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Wages, Earnings and Consumer Expenditure, 1840-1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This machine-readable version of John Williams' <i>Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics</i> is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University...
Great Britain Historical Database : Economic Distress and Labour Markets Data : Hours of Work Statistics, 1900-1913
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information...
Great Britain Historical Database : Labour Markets Database, Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1845-1913
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information...
Nationalisation of the UK Coal Royalties, 1938 : Compensation Payments
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In Britain, unlike most other countries, mine owners did not own the coal that they mined. It was owned by landlords who received a royalty payment according to how much of their coal was mined. To understand the extent to which this separation between the ownership of the mines and the ownership of the...
Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Coal, 1780-1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This machine-readable version of John Williams' <i>Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics</i> is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University...
British Election Study, 1969, June 1970, February 1974; Panel Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Attention to newspapers and television, interest in campaign, perceived difference between parties, attitude towards election. Knowledge, perception of party position/record, and own opinion on: rising prices, strikes in general, the miners' strike,...
British Coal Mining Strikes, 1893-1940
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The data were originally gathered to form an empirical backdrop to theoretical work on wage bargaining and strike activity undertaken as doctoral research by Outram (Quentin Outram, <i>A Theory of Wage Bargaining</i>, Ph.D. thesis, University of Cambridge, 1987). The wealth of the data...
British Elections, 1963-1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This collection contains files from the national General Election Surveys conducted in Great Britain between 1963 and 1992 which are deposited in the Data Archive at the University of Essex.
There is machine readable documentation for most of the surveys. These include SPSS setup command files,...
Survey of Conservative Party Members, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this study was to obtain information about the social characteristics, political experiences, attitudes, and political activities of a representative sample of Conservative Party members.
Victorian Household Panel Study, 1890-1893; Release 1a, Release 1b and Release 2
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the project was to study the labour supply, effort, and decisions of the workers employed at the Garesfield Bute pit in County Durham.Main Topics:The Victorian Household Panel Study has been compiled from four sources: the wages book and plans of Garesfield Bute pit at High Spen in County...
Sources of Recruitment Information and Publicity Reaching Recently Recruited Apprentices to Coal Mining
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To measure the extent to which information about jobs has reached recently recruited apprentices, with the object of making coalfield and area comparisons of the effectiveness of the different sources.Main Topics:Variables
Data are given on the effectiveness of: a) information received as a result of...
From the Coalface to the Car Park? The Intersection of Class and Gender in Women's Lives in the North East, 2007-2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection.
The research adopted a multi-dimensional approach to explore women's lives (n=97) in the North East of England in the context of de-industrialisation and the transition to a service sector, leisure based economy. It investigated the emergence of 'new' femininities...