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Title:
Papers of the Child Poverty Action Group, 1965-1998

Subject Categories:
Community and urban studies - Society and culture
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

Abstract:
This collection includes the correspondence, press releases and publications of the national pressure group, the Child Poverty Action Group, from 1965 to 1998. Executive Committee minutes are divided into six-monthly reports. A wide range of supporting reports, memoranda and publications are also included in the collection which illustrates the debate on poverty and social welfare through four decades.


Main Topics:
Pressure groups; children; child welfare; rights of the child; poverty; child care; social policy; social security; social security benefits; social welfare; social justice; social disadvantage.

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 1965-1998
Dates of Fieldwork: 1965-1998
Country: United Kingdom
Spatial Units: No spatial unit
Observation Units: Text units (documents/chapters/words)
Kind of Data: Textual data

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:Committee papers

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of Data Collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Weighting: No weighting used

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.
Contact: Help desk: qualidata@esds.ac.uk

Copyright:
Copyright Professor Peter Townsend.

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