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> Affluent Worker in the Class Structure: a Digitised Sample of the Luton Study, 1961-1962 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:4871</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Todd, S.<br>University of Manchester. School of Arts, Histories and Cultures<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Data Collectors</h2> <H3 class='myclass'>Bechhofer, F.<br>Platt, J.<br>Young, H.<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Original Data Producers</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Goldthorpe, J.H.<br>University of Oxford. Nuffield College<br>Lockwood, D.<br>University of Essex. Department of Sociology<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Economic and Social Research Council<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> December 2009 </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> Todd, S., <i> Affluent Worker in the Class Structure: a Digitised Sample of the Luton Study, 1961-1962</i> [computer file]. Goldthorpe, J.H., Lockwood, D., [original data producer(s)]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], December 2009. SN: 4871, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4871-1 </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> S. Todd </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'> 4871 . Affluent Worker in the Class Structure: a Digitised Sample of the Luton Study, 1961-1962<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Todd, S. , University of Manchester. School of Arts, Histories and Cultures</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Todd, S. , University of Manchester. School of Arts, Histories and Cultures</h5> <H3>Data Collectors:</H3> <H5>Bechhofer, F.<br>Platt, J.<br>Young, H.<br></H5> <h3>Original Data Producers:</h3> <h5>Goldthorpe, J.H. , University of Oxford. Nuffield College</h5> <h5>Lockwood, D. , University of Essex. Department of Sociology</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Economic and Social Research Council<br> <i class='myclass'> Grant Number:</i> RES-061-23-0032-A </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The 'Affluent Worker' project was undertaken to test empirically the thesis of working class embourgeoisement. The research studied the attitudes and behaviour of high wage earners in three mass or continous flow companies. During 1961-1962, married, male workers from three Luton factories (Vauxhall, Skefco and Laporte) were firstly interviewed at work and then, again, at home with their wives. Additionally, a sample of middle-class white-collar workers from the same companies were interviewed only at home.<br> <br> This qualitative data collection comprises a digitised subset of the Luton study interviews, (see below for details of the full collection). For this subset, 30 married male Vauxhall workers' completed questionnaires were selected from boxes 01 and 02 from the full collection, as the handwriting on the original papers was legible, and follow-up home interviews were available as well as the initial workplace interview. The resulting data have been collated into tabular form, within an MS Access database. The tables replicate the structure and variables of the questionnaires used in the original study. Street, place and personal names were standardised by the original investigators, and care has been taken to retain original spellings. The subset database therefore contains a total of 60 interviews, each with 464 variables. This research formed part of a wider ESRC project <a href="http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/esrcinfocentre/viewawardpage.aspx?awardnumber=RES-061-23-0032-A" title="Living Standards, social identities and the working class in England, c.1945-c.1970">Living Standards, social identities and the working class in England, c.1945-c.1970</a>.<br> <br> The full Affluent Worker data collection (including a set of interviews conducted in Cambridge as a pilot prior to the main Luton study) is held at the <a href="http://libwww.essex.ac.uk/speccol.htm#NSPSCA" title="National Social Policy and Social Change Archive">National Social Policy and Social Change Archive</a>, part of the Albert Sloman Library Special Collections, based at the University of Essex. The materials are paper based and authorised copies are permitted as copyright is retained by the University of Essex. Consultation is by appointment only. A separate catalogue record covering the full study is available under <a href="http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=6512" title="Affluent Worker in the Class Structure, 1961-1962">SN 6512: Affluent Worker in the Class Structure, 1961-1962</a>.<br> <br> <br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>Social attitudes, family life, social mobility, employment, lifestyle, education, social class.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> 1961 - 1962 <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 1961-1962 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England <br><i class='myclass'>Geography: </i> Luton; Bedfordshire <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> No spatial unit <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Couples <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Textual data; Individual (micro) level; semi-structured questionnaires and transcription of hand-written notes. </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Subnational <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Male workers from a Luton factory and their wives, 1961-1962 </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Purposive selection/case studies <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 30 respondents interviewed twice: total of 60 interviews. <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview; Transcription of existing materials; Textual data; Individual (micro) level;semi-structured questionnaires and transcription of hand-written notes. <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> Not applicable </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. Available to all registered users. The depositor may be informed about usage. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Qualidata, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>External note: </i></b> These data are a subset of The Affluent Worker Collection available from the National Social Policy and Social Change Archive. Albert Sloman Library Special Collections, University of Essex. Contact ESDS Qualidata, UK Data Archive, in the first instance. <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: qualidata@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 07 December 2009<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> S. Todd</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>4 January 2012</h5> </body></html>