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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 4723 Family Life of Old People, 1865-1955 472310.5255/UKDA-SN-4723-1 Townsend, P., University of Essex, Department of Sociology Copyright Professor Peter Townsend. Nuffield Foundation UK Data Service 02 September 2004 OLD AGEELDERLYFAMILY LIFEHOUSING FOR THE ELDERLYCARE OF DEPENDANTSSOCIAL SERVICESCOMMUNITY LIFERETIREMENTPOVERTYLONELINESS Specific social services: use and availabilityFamily life and marriageElderly <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>This material formed the basis for Professor Townsend’s classic 1954-55 study which examined the growing perception that a breakdown in extended family networks was leaving old people isolated, and creating an increasing demand for residential care. Based primarily on interviews with a random sample of 203 people of pensionable age living in Bethnal Green, East London, the project demonstrated the important role that kinship networks, and relations within the extended family, played in the maintenance of community membership. This collection comprises PDF copies of Townsend's original papers, which are well-written, journalistic summaries of his face-to-face interviews, including his own observations and descriptions. 178 of the interview summaries are included in this collection (including kinship diagrams), several diaries, and 11 summaries of pilot interviews (made in 1954) with elderly people in Hampstead and Westminster.<B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>Old age; elderly people; family life; housing for the elderly; care of dependants; welfare services; community life; retirement; poverty; social isolation; loneliness.<br> 1954 - 195501 January 195401 January 1955 England Greater London IndividualsSubnational Elderly men and women in Bethnal Green, Hampstead and Westminster, London. TextInterview summaries; Kinship diagrams Cross-sectional (one-time) study Quota sample Face-to-face interviewDiaries <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p> See <restrctn> Townsend, P. (1963) <i>The family life of old people : : an inquiry in East London</i>, 2nd edition, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. The family life of old people : Townsend, P. (1957) <i>The family life of old people : : an inquiry in East London</i>, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. The family life of old people : https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 4723 2024-11-28T07:24:59Z ddi:codebook:2_5