Summary information
Study title
General Household Survey Cross-Year Leisure Activities, 1973-1997
Creator
Gershuny, J., Institute of Social and Economic Research
Fisher, K. D., Institute of Social and Economic Research
Study number / PID
4054 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-4054-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The General Household Survey Cross-Year Leisure Activities file permits cross-time study of changes in leisure activities in Great Britain gathered during General Household Surveys. The variables in these files have been recoded from the original studies to achieve consistent formats. The GHS included leisure questions in the following years: 1973, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1996-97. This file also permits the observation of demographic changes in Great Britain over the same time period.
Main Topics:
The leisure activities covered in this data series include: participation in a variety of sports, reading, recreational study, socialising, listening to music, smoking, drinking, gardening, use of electronic media, attending events, visiting tourist facilities, travel, and possession of equipment in the household which can be used for leisure activities. The data also include demographic variables standardised for cross-time comparisons.
Standard Measures
Registrar General's Social Class Schema.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
Not availableCountry
Great Britain
Time dimension
Repeated cross-sectional study
Analysis unit
Individuals
Families/households
National
Households
Universe
Private households in Great Britain
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Numeric
Data collection mode
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1999
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.
Related publications
- Gershuny, J. and Fisher, K. (1999) Leisure in the UK across the 20th century, [Working paper].Colchester, Essex: Institute for Social and Economic Research .
- Fisher, K. and Gershuny, J. (2000) 'Leisure in the UK across the 20th century' in J. Webb and A. Halsey (eds.), , Basingstoke | New York: Macmillan | St Martin's Press. ISBN0333721497 (Macmillan) | 9780312227067 (St Martin's Press)