Summary information

Study title

Factors Affecting the Location of Voluntary Organisation Branches, 1981

Creator

Unsworth, P., Policy Studies Institute
Mocroft, I., Policy Studies Institute
Hatch, S., Policy Studies Institute

Study number / PID

1236 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1236-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To examine the way in which national voluntary organizations and their branches are distributed throughout the country.
Main Topics:

Variables
Population according to the 1971 Census, % of population under 14 years/of pensionable age, % of residents born in the New Commonwealth, % intercensal population change (corrected), % in-migrants in last five years, % of one/six plus person households, % with 1.5 or more persons per room, % of council or new town tenants, % of households with rented furnished accomodation, % with all five amenities exclusive, % without a car, % of population not in private households, % of one parent families, % of males/ females (15 plus) economically active, % unemployed males, % males in socio-economic groups 1-4/5-7/8-12. Local authority, pounds per capita retail sales, % turnout in 1971 local government elections, % of local councillors Labour or other left-wing parties % of population aged 15-24 in full-time education, whether a university town. Total number of voluntary organizations present, presence of specific voluntary organization branches (list of 22)

Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

England and Wales

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Institutions/organisations
Administrative units (geographical/political)
National
Census data
Demographic data
Voluntary organizations

Universe

1) All county boroughs and urban districts in England and Wales with a population of 50,000+ in 1971 2) National voluntary organizations in the social welfare or environmental fields.

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)
excluding London (1); 22 voluntary organizations, selected according to number of branches (2)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Postal survey
Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1981

Terms of data access

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Related publications

  • Morcroft, I. and Hatch, S. (1977) 'Factors affecting the location of voluntary organization branches', Policy and Politics, 163-172