Summary information

Study title

Metropolitan Villages Survey, 1966-1968

Creator

Pahl, R

Study number / PID

853318 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-853318 (DOI)

Data access

Open

Series

Not available

Abstract

bstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. This study examined some of the social, economic and administrative aspects of the growth of housing in the outer metropolitan region in new or expanded small settlements. It took the example of the (then) New Ash Green housing development in Kent. The data held includes the minutes of meetings of the New Ash Green Advisory Committee, as well as correspondence and some draft reports. This collection is not currently digitised and is available as a hard copy only. If you are interested in a project which involves the digitisation of this collection, please contact our Collections team at collections@ukdataservice.ac.uk. We'd be delighted to work with you in enhancing this collection. Main topics: Social change; social mobility; geographical mobility; housing; householders; housing policy; housing history; residential areas; estates; New Ash Green; Kent.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1967 - 01/01/1968

Country

England

Time dimension

Not available

Analysis unit

Household
Individual

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Not available

Kind of data

Text

Data collection mode

This is a cross-sectional (one-time) study using face-to-face interviews and observations. Data included are minutes of meetings, correspondence, and draft reports. A quota sample was used to target householders in a new residential environment.

Funding information

Grant number

Unknown

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2018

Terms of data access

These data are available from a service other than UK Data Service - National Social Policy and Social Change Archive. Albert Sloman Library Special Collections, University of Essex. Access can be arranged in the Special Collections Room at the Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex. Further information is available from the Special Collections webpage (http://libwww.essex.ac.uk/speccol.htm).

Related publications

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