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Summary information

Study title

General Household Survey, 1973 : Leisure Questions

Creator

Gershuny, J., Institute of Social and Economic Research
Fisher, K. D., Institute of Social and Economic Research

Study number / PID

3982 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3982-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


These SPSS files for the GHS 1973 leisure questions were created during the course of a research project which sought to track changes in patterns of leisure activities across the last century in the United Kingdom. The General Household Survey served as one of many sources of data for the project.
Main Topics:

This dataset contains 24 variables about leisure activities performed by respondents to the 1973 General Household Survey. This dataset was designed to be matched into the 1973 General Household Survey Surrey Files. (SN:1553).

Topics

Leisure, tourism and sport

Keywords

BUILDING MAINTENANCEHOLIDAYSLEISURE TIMELEISURE TIME ACTIVITIESRADIO LISTENINGPUBLIC HOUSESRESTAURANTSSPORTTELEVISION VIEWINGVISITS (PERSONAL)

Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Families/households
National
Households

Universe

Persons aged 16 and above selected in private households in Great Britain interviewed in the 1973 General Household Survey.

Sampling procedure

No information recorded

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Processing of original punch card ASCII file

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1999

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Fisher, K. and Gershuny, J. (2000) 'Leisure in the UK across the 20th century' in J. Webb and H. Halsey (eds.), , London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN0333721497 | 978-0333721490
  • Fisher, K. and Gershuny, J. (1999) Leisure in the UK across the 20th century, [Working paper].Colchester, Essex: Institute for Social and Economic Research.