Summary information

Study title

Visually Handicapped in the City of Nottingham, 1977-1978

Creator

Heyes, A. D., University of Nottingham, Blind Mobility Research Unit

Clark-Carter, D., University of Nottingham, Blind Mobility Research Unit

Dodds, A. G., University of Nottingham, Blind Mobility Research Unit

Armstrong, J. D., University of Nottingham, Blind Mobility Research Unit

Howarth, C. I., University of Nottingham, Blind Mobility Research Unit

Study number / PID

2032 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2032-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The aims of this survey were: to update the information from the 1967 national survey by Gray and Todd (Mobility and Reading Habits of the Blind, Government Social Survey SS 386); to learn specifically about the visually handicapped who live in the City of Nottingham; to extend the age range of the national survey and to include those registered as partially sighted.
Main Topics:

Variables
Vision, mobility, reading habits, employment, additional disabilities.
Daily living skills, hearing aid usage, tactile map usage, use of mobility information.

Specific social services: use and availability

Data collection period

01/03/1977 - 01/04/1978

Country

England

Time dimension

Follow-up to cross-sectional study

Analysis unit

Individuals

Subnational

Visually disabled

Universe

People (over 16) registered as visually handicapped and living in private households

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1985

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.

Heyes, A., Howarth, C. and Clarke-Carter, D. (1982) 'Mobility, access to information and employment among the visually handicapped in the City of Nottingham', 141-143
Howarth, C., Clarke-Carter, D. and Heyes, A. (1981) The visually handicapped in the City of Nottingham 1981:: a survey of their disabilities, mobility, employment and daily living skills [Research report], : BMRU.
Clarke-Carter, D. (1983) 'The Nottingham survey of visually handicapped people', International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 495-497