Summary information

Study title

Mobile Services in Rural Areas, 1982

Creator

Packman, J., University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences
Moseley, M. J., University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences

Study number / PID

2344 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2344-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The aim of this study was to describe the provision of mobile and delivery services in rural Britain, and to make recommendations on how they might be better developed to alleviate rural social problems.
Main Topics:

Variables
Village services; distance to bank, Woolworths; mobile shops visiting village; delivery services.

Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

Channel Islands, Great Britain, Isle of Man

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Administrative units (geographical/political)
National
Rural settlements

Universe

Village/town settlements represented by Women's Institutes in Great Britain

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Postal survey

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1988

Terms of data access

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Related publications

  • Moseley, M. and Packman, J. (1985) 'The distribution of fixed, mobile and delivery services in rural Britain', Journal of Rural Studies
  • Moseley, M. and Packman, J. (1983) Mobile services in rural areas : : the national survey of Women's Institutes [Research report], : University of East Anglia.
  • Packman, J. and Moseley, M. (1983) Mobile services in rural areas : : report to the Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office [Research report], Norwich: University of East Anglia.