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Title:
Youth Survey, May - June, 1961

Subject Categories:
Youth - Social stratification and groupings

Depositor(s):
Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited

Principal Investigator(s):
Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited

Project Number: CS ; 3939

Abstract:
The purpose of this survey was to obtain information from young people on their attitudes to a number of social and economic topics.

Main Topics:

Education; work and attitude to work; income, expenditure and buying; food and drinking habits and preferences; confectionery; religion, marriage and home life; leisure activities, including attitudes to youth clubs; ownership of durable and semi-durable goods; opinion on politics and other questions of the day; health.

Coverage:
Dates of Fieldwork: May 1961-June 1961
Country: Great Britain
Spatial Units: No information recorded
Observation Units: Individuals

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:Boys and girls aged 16, 17 and 18 at 31st December 1960.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Longitudinal/panel/cohort
Wave 2 of four waves
Sampling Procedures: Sampling units were chosen with probability proportional to the size of the adult population, after stratification by Registrar-General's regions and five community sizes and, within these, by social class and income level.
Number of Units: 2000 (target) 1800 (obtained);300 of each sex in each age group were selected.
Method of Data Collection: No information recorded

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

Access:
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Date of Release:
First Edition: 27 July 1988

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