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Title:
Studies of Poverty among the Sub-employed in Three Special Areas, 1968-1969

Subject Categories:
Unemployment - Employment and labour
Equality and inequality - Social stratification and groupings
Social indicators and quality of life - Society and culture

Depositor(s):
Townsend, P., University of Essex. Department of Sociology

Principal Investigator(s):
Townsend, P., University of Essex. Department of Sociology

Sponsor(s):
Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Grant Number:
HR 707

Abstract:
This study of the sub-employed built on a national survey of poverty and the distribution of resources, carried out in the late 1960s, and financed by the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust.
Conducted in Salford, Glasgow and Belfast, this later study focused on the economic and social conditions of the low-paid and sub-employed, the long-term and irregularly unemployed, and the chronic sick and disabled. It was undertaken to determine the extent to which poverty among these groups is related to local employment policies. Employment conditions, the distribution of income and other resources were investigated by means of a survey of households as well as a separate survey of the labour force policies and wage structures of local firms.

Main Topics:
Poverty; unemployment; unemployed; inequality; standard of living; social disadvantaged; disabled; sick persons.

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 1968-1969
Dates of Fieldwork: 1969
Country: United Kingdom
Geography: Belfast; Glasgow; Salford; Greater Manchester
Spatial Units: Non-Metropolitan Districts;Metropolitan Districts
Observation Units: Families/households
Kind of Data: Textual data; Alpha/numeric data

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:Subnational
Population:The sub-employed and low paid

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: One-stage cluster sample; Purposive selection/case studies
Number of Units: 3950 individuals ( 1208 households)
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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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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Copyright:
Copyright Professor Peter Townsend