Summary information

Study title

Studies of Poverty among the Sub-employed in Three Special Areas, 1968-1969

Creator

Townsend, P

Study number / PID

853284 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-853284 (DOI)

Data access

Open

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. This study of the sub-employed built on a national survey of poverty and the distribution of resources, carried out in the late 1960s, and financed by the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust. Conducted in Salford, Glasgow and Belfast, this later study focused on the economic and social conditions of the low-paid and sub-employed, the long-term and irregularly unemployed, and the chronic sick and disabled. It was undertaken to determine the extent to which poverty among these groups is related to local employment policies. Employment conditions, the distribution of income and other resources were investigated by means of a survey of households as well as a separate survey of the labour force policies and wage structures of local firms. This collection is not currently digitised and is available as a hard copy only. If you are interested in a project which involves the digitisation of this collection, please contact our Collections team at collections@ukdataservice.ac.uk. We'd be delighted to work with you in enhancing this collection.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1968 - 01/01/1969

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

Not available

Analysis unit

Household

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Not available

Kind of data

Numeric
Text

Data collection mode

This cross-sectional (one-time) study used face-to-face interviews and postal surveys. The sampling method used a one-stage cluster sample (for the postal surveys) and purposive selection/case study (for the face-to-face interviews). In total, 3,950 individuals (1,208 households) were included in this study.

Funding information

Grant number

HR707

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2018

Terms of data access

These data are available from a service other than UK Data Service - National Social Policy and Social Change Archive. Albert Sloman Library Special Collections, University of Essex. Access can be arranged in the Special Collections Room at the Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex. Further information is available from the Special Collections webpage (http://libwww.essex.ac.uk/speccol.htm).

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