Affluent Worker in the Class Structure, 1961-1962

UKDA study number:6512

Principal Investigators

Goldthorpe, J.H.
University of Oxford. Nuffield College
Lockwood, D.
University of Essex. Department of Sociology

Data Collectors

Bechhofer, F.
Platt, J.

Sponsor

Economic and Social Research Council

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

July 2010

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Goldthorpe, J.H. and Lockwood, D., Affluent Worker in the Class Structure, 1961-1962 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2010. SN: 6512, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6512-1

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6512 . Affluent Worker in the Class Structure, 1961-1962

Depositor:

National Social Policy and Social Change Archive

Principal Investigators:

Goldthorpe, J.H. , University of Oxford. Nuffield College

Lockwood, D. , University of Essex. Department of Sociology

Data Collectors:

Bechhofer, F.
Platt, J.

Sponsor:

Economic and Social Research Council

Abstract:

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.

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 National Social Policy and Social Change Archive, 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. However, a digitised subset of the Luton study interviews, in the form of an MS Access database, is available from the UK Data Archive under SN 4871: Affluent Worker in the Class Structure: a Digitised Sample of the Luton Study, 1961-1962.

Main Topics:

Social attitudes, family life, social mobility, employment, lifestyle, education, social class.

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 1961 - 1962
Country: England
Geography: Cambridge; Luton; Bedfordshire; Cambridgeshire
Spatial Units: No spatial unit
Observation Units: Individuals; Couples
Kind of Data: Textual data; Individual (micro) level; semi-structured questionnaires and notes.

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: Subnational
Population: Male workers from three Luton firms and their wives, 1961-1962. Interviews from a pilot study conducted in Cambridge are also included.

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: Purposive selection/case studies
Number of Units: 847 interviews
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview
Weighting: Not applicable

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

Access Conditions: Host archive conditions apply.
Availability: These data are available from a service other than ESDS, UK Data Archive - 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.
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Date of First Release:

21 July 2010

Copyright:

National Social Policy and Social Change Archive

File last updated:

17 February 2012