Summary information

Study title

Cohort Study of Long Term Unemployed Men, 1978

Creator

Department of Health and Social Security

Study number / PID

1795 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1795-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The DHSS Cohort Study of Unemployed Men (hereafter Cohort Study) was a three-stage longitudinal survey of a sample of men entering registered unemployment in the autumn of 1978. Survey fieldwork and preliminary analysis were carried out for the Department of Health and Social Security by Social and Community Planning Research. Further analysis was carried out by DHSS research staff, who also linked the survey information to data from the Department's own records. The study was originally set up: (1) to establish the actual incomes, in and out of work, of men (and their families) experiencing unemployment, thereby providing a measure of the actual financial incentives to work and of the level replacement when unemployed; (2) to establish the association between such financial incentives (or disincentives) and labour market behaviour, covering not only the association between benefit levels, job search activity and number or length of employment spells for males, but also the response of wives' labour market activity to their husband's unemployment history; (3) to establish the extent of recurrent unemployment and its effects on benefit entitlement. The sample was drawn by DHSS/DE Computer Centres from men registering as unemployed and claiming benefit in the autumn of 1978. The first interview was held with 2,300 men representing 72 per cent of the original sample in the autumn of 1978. Three sets of interviews were conducted with each sample member in total, and, if married or living as married, with his wife, the first one held about one month after registration, the second 4 months after registration, the third a year after registration. The study was updated in 1987 with a sample which included women. For details see SN: 2935 <i>Cohort Study of Incomes In and Out of Work</i>.Main Topics:Variables The Cohort Study is a large and very complex data set; the first interview alone...

Unemployment

ABSENTEEISMAGEATTITUDESCHILD BENEFITSCOMMUTINGCOSTSDISABLED PERSONSEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT HISTORYETHNIC GROUPSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SUPPORT

Data collection period

01/01/1978

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Longitudinal/panel/cohort

Analysis unit

Individuals

Groups

National

Men

Unemployed

Universe

Unemployed men in Great Britain

Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1982

Terms of data access

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