Redundancy in Steel : Labour Market Behaviour, Domestic Organisation and Local Networks, 1981-1982

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>To examine by means of a longitudinal survey the subsequent labour market behaviour of workers made redundant from the British Steel Corporation's Abbey Works at Port Talbort, South Wales, and to relate this behaviour to patterns of domestic organisation and local social networks.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br>
Post-redundancy labour market experience, domestic organisation, relational involvement, mobility, job acquisition, job satisfaction, attitudes, voting, household finance. A health questionnaire taken from D.P. Goldberg's &lt;i&gt;The detection of psychiatric illness by questionnare&lt;/i&gt; (Oxford Univ. Press, 1972) was administered on waves 2 and 3.<br>
Background Variables<br>
Age, previous occupation, current work status, tenure, religion denomination.