Summary information

Study title

Control and Allocation of Money Within the Household, 1983-1984

Creator

Pahl, J., University of Kent at Canterbury

Study number / PID

2961 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2961-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The purpose of this study was:

to gain a better knowledge of patterns of financial management within households and to investigate the significance of different allocative systems for individual members of households

to investigate the relationship between patterns of allocation of money and other dimensions in the lives of husbands and wives

to contribute to relevant policy debates.

Main Topics:

Age, sex, education and employment data for all household members. Amounts and sources of income. Transfers of money within the household. Responsibility for spending. Housekeeping money. Personal spending money. Debts and savings. Ownership of consumer durables. Attitudes to money and control of finances. Marital happiness. Decision making and relative power of husband and wife.

Consumption and consumer behaviourFamily life and marriageIncome, property and investment/saving

ADMINISTRATIVE AREASAGEASSETSATTITUDESBANK ACCOUNTSBOOKSBUILDING SOCIETY ACCOUNTSCARPETSCHILD BENEFITSCHILD-MINDINGCHILDRENCLEANING SERVICES

Data collection period

01/01/1983 - 01/01/1984

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Families/households

Subnational

Families

Married couples

Universe

Married, or as married couples, with at least one child under 16, living in Kent.

Sampling procedure

Simple random sample

selected mainly from age-sex registers held by health centres.

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1993

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.

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Pahl, J. (1986) 'Personal taxation, social security and financial arrangements within marriage', Journal of Law and Society
Pahl, J. (1990) 'Household spending, personal spending and the control of money in marriage', Sociology, 119-138
Pahl, J. (1991) 'Money, marriage and patterns of spending on leisure' in D. Botterill and A. Tomlinson (eds.), : Leisure Studies Association.
Pahl, J. (1987) 'Earning, sharing, spending :: married couples and their money' in R. Walker and G. Parker (eds.), , London: Sage. ISBN0803981287 | 9780803981287
Platt, J. (1987) 'Research dissemination :: a case study', The Quarterly Journal of Social Affairs
Pahl, J. (1980) 'Patterns of money management within marriage', Journal of Social Policy, 313-335