Summary information
Study title
Residential Mobility in London, 1990-1993
Creator
Dowding, K., Brunel University, Department of Government
John, P., Keele University, Department of Politics
Study number / PID
3557 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-3557-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
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The purpose of the study was to find out if local taxes and services influenced households' decisions to move in Inner London during the Poll Tax years - a test of the Tiebout model.
Main Topics:
The topics covered by this study are length of residence; tenure; knowledge of current and previous councils; factors affecting decision to move from and to current address; knowledge of level of poll tax; perception of services; whether the level of taxes and services affected moving decision; occupation; children.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/02/1993 - 01/04/1993
Country
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Families/households
Subnational
Households
Universe
Households which moved in Inner London between 1990 and 1993.
Sampling procedure
Simple random sample
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Postal survey
Funding information
Grant number
R000233815
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1997
Terms of data access
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Related publications
- Biggs, S., Johnson, P. and Dowding, K. (1995) 'Residential mobility in London :: a micro-level test of the Tiebout model', British Journal of Political Science, 379-397