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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 5515 Women Workers in the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory during World War Two, 1939-1945 551510.5255/UKDA-SN-5515-2 Brown, R. K., University of Durham, Department of Sociology and Social Policy Copyright Imperial War Museum Nuffield Foundation UK Data Service 14 August 2014 WOMENWOMEN'S EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENTGENDERINDUSTRIAL PLANTSINDUSTRIAL WORKERSWARMILITARY SERVICEWAGESINDUSTRIAL INJURIESOCCUPATIONAL SAFETYEVERYDAY LIFESEXUAL BEHAVIOURTRANSPORTWORKING CONDITIONSFAMILY LIFEFRIENDSHIP Labour and employmentGender and gender rolesHistory <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>This study is available via the UK Data Service <a href="http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/QualiBank" title="QualiBank">QualiBank</a>, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service.<br> <br> This is a qualitative data collection. The primary aim of the project was to record the experiences of some of the women who worked in the Aycliffe munitions factory during World War Two. This collection consists of 68 semi-structured interviews, conducted during 1988-89, with women wartime workers from a wide range of occupations and grades within the munitions factory. The interviews were structured around a set of topics which included early life and family situation at the time of starting work at Aycliffe, recruitment to the factory, relations with fellow workers (including male workers and supervisors), trade union activity, social life at the factory, and leaving the factory. The interview tapes were transcribed, corrected by the interviewee and retyped into a clean copy. Hard copies of the transcripts are available through the Imperial War Museum.<br> <br> This project tried to highlight to different threads: 1) to take an account of women’s experiences which acknowledged their contribution to the war effort and 2) show how people from very different backgrounds adapted to the unaccustomed demands of manufacturing industry under wartime conditions. It was also hoped that this project could contribute to the continuing debates about the changing position of women in British society by highlighting the extraordinary experiences and demands of the Second World War period on subsequent changes in women’s situation.<br> <br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>Main topics include: women; women's employment; employment (work); gender; factories; factory workers; war; military service; wages; industrial injuries; industrial safety; everyday life; sexual behaviour; transport; working conditions; family life; and friendship. 1988-198901 January 1988 England North East England IndividualsSubnational Women who had worked at the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance factory during the 1939-1945 war TextIn-depth/unstructured interview transcripts; audio-taped interviews Cross-sectional (one-time) study Purposive selection/case studies Face-to-face interviewAudio recording <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> q-a9f63382-7b29-4e31-b767-753eda787b44 https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 5515 2024-11-28T07:26:34Z ddi:codebook:2_5