Summary information

Study title

Personal Mobility and Contact in East Anglia

Creator

Hoare, A. G., Queen's University of Belfast, Department of Geography

Study number / PID

260 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-260-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To study the social and economic characteristics of commuter villages around Norwich. This was originally designed as an exercise in data collection and analysis for second year geography students.
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
If resident for less than 5 years: reasons for coming to live in village, usual shopping location for groceries/chemist's goods/footwear/clothing. Regular attendance of Norwich City's home matches by any member of household, place of residence of majority of close friends, visits to friends in previous month, number of visits within/outside the village, membership of village clubs/organisations (specify 'church' and 'non-church' societies), whether respondent sits on committee or council for any organisations, cinema or theatre visits in last month (location), visits to surrounding main towns (reasons).
Assessment of village social life, adequacy of public transport facilities. Main advantages to household of living in village, any serious disadvantages. Weekly newspaper bought.
Background Variables
Place of residence, number of persons in household, number of persons in full-time employment. Head of household's occupation and place of work, length of residence in village, previous place of residence (whether within or outside Norfolk), age of dwelling, car ownership, average weekly income of household.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/04/1973

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Families/households
Administrative units (geographical/political)
Subnational
Rural residents

Universe

Eight villages north-west of Norwich

Sampling procedure

Systematic sample of 25% of households in each village

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1975

Terms of data access

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Related publications

  • Hoare, A. (1975) 'Some aspects of rural transport: An experimental survey', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 141-153