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Title:
Family, Work and Leisure in the London Region, 1970 : Main Study

Subject Categories:
Community and urban studies - Society and culture
Family life and marriage - Social stratification and groupings
Leisure, tourism and sport - Society and culture

Depositor(s):
Willmott, P., Institute of Community Studies

Principal Investigator(s):
Willmott, P., Institute of Community Studies
Young, M., Institute of Community Studies

Sponsor(s):
Nuffield Foundation
Leverhulme Trust
Centre for Environmental Studies
Post Office
Sports Council

Abstract:
The purpose of this survey was to examine the relationship between work, home and leisure in order to explain changes in family patterns; to provide demographic, social/behavioural and economic data for the analysis of family life.

Main Topics:
Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Present and preferred occupation: type, hours, holidays, career structure, autonomy at work, whether physically or mentally tiring or boring. Journey to work.
Present and preferred residence: size, district, tenure, type, garden.
Leisure activities: home based, sports (active or spectator), other (e.g. going out for meals, museum visits, membership of clubs/organisations).
Preferred activity (where and with whom preferred activity done).
Work/Home interface: boredom, satisfaction, interference. Leisure/Home interface: boredom, satisfaction, interference. Married women: respondent's pattern of work (age and reasons), ideal number of children, pet ownership, opinion on London's traffic problem and local government spending, subjective social class, voting intention, newspapers read.
Background Variables
Age, sex, marital status, children (this information also gathered for friends and relatives with whom respondents spent their leisure time), place of birth, age when full-time education finished, age when first married, income, word score. A copy of the main questionnaire appears in Young and Willmott (1973) only.

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 1970
Country: England
Geography: London
Spatial Units: Not known
Observation Units: Individuals; Families/households

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:Subnational
Population:Adult population of London Metropolitan Region

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Number of Units: 3000 (target) 1928 (obtained)
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview; Postal survey

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
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Date of Release:
First Edition: 1973

Copyright:
Copyright Institute of Community Studies

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