ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Mobility of Old People and Housewives : a Study in Guildford, 1975 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:1374</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Transport and Road Research Laboratory<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Data Collector</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>MIL Research Limited<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Transport and Road Research Laboratory, <i> Mobility of Old People and Housewives : a Study in Guildford, 1975</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], 1980. SN: 1374, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-1374-1 </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 1374 . Mobility of Old People and Housewives : a Study in Guildford, 1975<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Transport and Road Research Laboratory</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Transport and Road Research Laboratory</h5> <H3>Data Collector:</H3> <H5>MIL Research Limited<br></H5> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The aim of this survey was to study the travel patterns of old people and the role of transport in their every day lives. A sample of housewives was also surveyed in order to compare some aspects of the travel behaviour and difficulties of old people with a younger group of people with limited mobilty living in the same town.</h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5> Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br> Questions covered difficulties with and use of transport modes,giving up cars and driving, and the effect of ill health on walking ability; a travel diary covered all journeys (including short walks) made in the previous day; detailed sections on travel to the town centre, shops, post office, doctor, hospital, friends and relations. Questions on the location of places visited, frequency of travel, modes used and journey time. Substitutes for travel for different purposes were also included.<br> Straight-line distances were calculated for each respondent between home and various destinations visited; these distances were added to the data file.<br> Background Variables<br> Background variables included age, sex, marital status, working status, household composition, driving licence- holding and household car ownership, distance from town centre, tenure, length of residence, previous residence, social class and SEG, and income additional to state pension and supplementary pension.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> September 1975 - October 1975 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England <br><i class='myclass'>Geography: </i> Guildford; Surrey <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Subnational <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> People aged 65 or over, retired or working less than 20 hours per week and excluding the housebound and those seriously handicapped. The housewife sample consisted of women aged between 18 and 64, also working less than 20 hours per week and being fully mobile. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Simple random sample<br> a systematic random sample of electors was selected from the electoral register. Eligible respondents were then selected with the criteria of being retired or working less than 20 hours per week and being fully mobile. One eligible person per household was interviewed. The sample produced was later increased by weighting: at households where two eligible people lived, the record for the interview was duplicated; where three were eligible, two copies were made.<br> As a control for the elderly sample, a random sample of female housewives aged under 65, not working full-time and mobile, was selected from a randomly selected sub-sample of main sample addresses that did not contain any individuals aged 65 or over. To increase the size of the control sample, additional housewife interviews were conducted on a quota basis. <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> A) Housewives 291 (obtained)<br> B) Old people 825 (obtained) <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview; Diaries; Travel diaries </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 1980<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>19 December 2011</h5> </body></html>