Summary information

Study title

Family and Kinship in East London : Bethnal Green Survey, 1954-1955; Subjects

Creator

Young, M., Institute of Community Studies
Willmott, P., Institute of Community Studies

Study number / PID

171 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-171-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The aim of the project was to study the effects which public authority rehousing since the war has had on family life - both for those families who moved to Essex and those who remained in Bethnal Green.
Main Topics:

Variables
Of Subjects: sex, age, marital status, whether rehoused, household structure and size, housing tenure.
Of Parents: ages, place of residence, whether rehoused, when and where last seen by subject, whether divorced and, if so, age of subject at time.
Of Subjects: whether have done any fostering, kinship interaction (frequency and type), birthplace of subject and spouse, year of arrival in Bethnal Green, subject and spouse's employment status and occupation, religion and terminal education age, type of dwelling.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1954 - 01/01/1955

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Families/households
Subnational
Families
Urban residents

Universe

All adults living in the borough of Bethnal Green, 1954-1955

Sampling procedure

Simple random sample
(every 36th name from the electoral register)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1976

Terms of data access

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Related publications

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