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> Families, Social Mobility and Ageing, an Intergenerational Approach, 1900-1988 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:4938</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Thompson, P.<br>Newby, H.<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'> July 2005 </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> Thompson, P. and Newby, H., <i> Families, Social Mobility and Ageing, an Intergenerational Approach, 1900-1988</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2005. SN: 4938, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4938-1 </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> P. R. Thompson </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'> 4938 . Families, Social Mobility and Ageing, an Intergenerational Approach, 1900-1988<br> (100 Families) </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Thompson, P. , University of Essex. Department of Sociology</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Thompson, P. , University of Essex. Department of Sociology</h5> <h5>Newby, H. , University of Essex. Department of Sociology</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Economic and Social Research Council<br> <i class='myclass'> Grant Number:</i> AI01230015 </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>This is an enhanced qualitative study.<br> <br> The study sought to combine two normally separate fields of study, family life and social mobility. It examined connections between them through in-depth life story interviews. The objective of the research was to produce a sample-based investigation of ordinary families and normal processes of inter-generational influences with which to compare them.<br> <br> The study explored geographical and social mobility and the role of the family in inter-generational terms from the perspective of gender and migration. Participants were asked extensive questions relating to their own, and their family's, education, politics, family tree, marriage and relationships, housing, parents' work, and leisure.<br> <br> The fieldwork strategy selected a 'middle generation' of men and women aged 30 to 55 and married with children. Where possible an older or younger (over 16) member of the family was additionally interviewed. The middle generation informants were initially drawn from a subsample of informants interviewed for an ESRC stagflation project who had agreed to been re-interviewed. They were located in 200 polling districts in 35 parliamentary constituencies in Scotland, London, north-west, west and south-east England and the Midlands. Further polling districts were added and a stratified occupational quota was introduced to ensure an appropriate class balance. The collection consists of interviews with 170 informants. Of these, 87 were middle generation, 42 younger, and 41 were older generation informants. The families included 26 represented by a lone informant and 11 where three generations were interviewed. The interviews average 54 pages in length.<br> <br> The collection was deposited on paper. It was enhanced through scanning, proof-reading and anonymisation of the original transcripts. Usability of the transcripts was further enhanced through reformatting of the layout, the insertion of XML speaker tags and eventual conversion to searchable Word and RTF formats.<br> <br> Further information on the project is available through <a href=http://www.esds.ac.uk/qualidata/online/>ESDS Qualidata Online</a></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>The survey was carried out with the purpose of gathering ethnographic and dynamic information illustrative of family, ageing, and social mobility. The semi-structured interview transcripts combine accounts of family background and occupations with full life stories covering education, politics, family tree, marriage and relationships, housing, parents' work, and leisure.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> 1900 - 1988 <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 1985 - 1988 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> Great Britain <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Electoral Wards/Divisions (England);Electoral Divisions (Wales);Electoral Wards (Scotland) <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Families/households <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Textual data; Individual (micro) level; Semi-structured interviews </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Men and women aged 30 to 55 and married with children and older or younger (over 16) members of the family </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> One-stage stratified or systematic random sample <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 170 <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> No weighting used </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 Qualidata, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: qualidata@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 21 July 2005<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> P. R. Thompson</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>4 January 2012</h5> </body></html>