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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 711 Greater Manchester Public Attitudes Survey, 1974-1975 71110.5255/UKDA-SN-711-1 Greater Manchester Council Social and Community Planning Research No information recorded Greater Manchester Council UK Data Service 01 January 1977 AGEATTITUDESCOMMUTINGCOUNTRYSIDEEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENVIRONMENTAL PLANNINGENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYGENDERHEADS OF HOUSEHOLDHEALTH SERVICESHOME OWNERSHIPHOUSEHOLDSHOUSEWIVESHOUSINGHOUSING CONSTRUCTIONHOUSING IMPROVEMENTINCOMELEISURE TIME ACTIVITIESLOCAL COMMUNITY FACILITIESMARITAL STATUSMORTGAGESMOTOR VEHICLESNEIGHBOURHOODSOCCUPATIONSPRIVATE GARDENSPUBLIC TRANSPORTQUALIFICATIONSQUALITY OF EDUCATIONRATESREBATESRENTED ACCOMMODATIONRENTSRESIDENTIAL MOBILITYSHOPPINGSHOPPING AREASSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUSTRAVELLING TIMEHOURS OF WORKWORKING WOMEN Land use and planning Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to collect data in order to define the main problems of the area and to help in evaluating strategies, and to collect the views of a representative cross-section of the area's population.Main Topics: Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Length of residence in house/area, tenure (past present and preferred), details of payments (rent, mortgage, rates, rebates etc), details of changes or improvements respondent would like to see in neighbourhood. Most serious problem facing household, good aspects of and suggested improvements for present residence, expectation of move in next year (reasons), action taken, type of house considered. Head of household: employment status, journey to work (method, time, longest time prepared to travel). Woman not in paid employment: whether job wanted; reasons for non-employment; preferred hours of work. Respondents were asked to agree/disagree with a number of statements about possible changes in the job situation in Greater Manchester. Members of household in full-time education (nursery - further), opinion of educational facilities and reasons, use of social/health services during past year by members of household, opinion of facilities and reasons, shopping habits (frequency, journey to shops), other places visited while shopping, features of shopping area, location of shopping for more expensive goods other than food. Regular sport/recreation activities, frequency of visits to Manchester City Centre, importance of open countryside to respondent (reasons). Opinion on various problems in area and satisfaction with services and facilities in area, opinion on transport policy, reasons for favouring public transport or private car provision, opinion on housing policy, reasons for favouring improvement or rebuild or both, opinions on planning for shopping, reasons for favouring hypermarket or small shop development. Background Variables Age, sex, marital status, age finished full-time education, employment status, household status, socio-economic group of head of household, number of other household members (aged 0 - 4, 5 - 15, 16 - 59, 60 plus, and total). Membership of local clubs, number of cars owned or available to household, garden, income, type of dwelling. October 1974 - January 197501 October 197401 January 1975 England Greater Manchester IndividualsSubnationalUrban residents All wards in Greater Manchester Cross-sectional (one-time) study Wards were classified as `key', `non-key', `booster' or `Manchester' depending on selected indicators. Wards from each of the first three groups were selected with probability proportional to population. Using electoral registers for each selected ward from the first three groups and for Manchester CB as a whole, addresses were selected with equal probability Face-to-face interview 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>.Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> Courtenay, G. (1974) Greater Manchester public attitudes survey: qualitative stage and methodological report [Research report], London: Social and Community Planning Research. Greater Manchester public attitudes survey (1977) Greater Manchester structure plan supplementary report of survey: public attitudes survey, Manchester:Greater Manchester Council. Greater Manchester structure plan supplementary report of survey (1975) Greater Manchester structure plan: social aspects report of survey, Part 3 [Research report], Manchester: Greater Manchester Council. Greater Manchester structure plan https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 711 2024-11-28T07:29:24Z ddi:codebook:2_5