Summary information

Study title

Noise Annoyance in Central London, 1961

Creator

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Social Survey Division

Study number / PID

1006 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1006-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The purpose of this survey was to set noise in perspective with other factors, and to ascertain the relative effects on daily living of indoor and outdoor noise, within an area of about 35 or 40 square miles around Charing Cross.

Environment and conservation

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Data collection period

01/01/1961

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

Noise levels

Subnational

Adults

Noise

Universe

Adults living within an area of about 35 or 40 square miles of Central London around Charing Cross

Sampling procedure

Simple random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Noise measurements

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1978

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.

Hunt, E. and McKennell, A. (1966) Noise annoyance in Central London: Government Social Survey.