Survey of Principal Sources of Entertainment in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1970; General

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The first survey (SN:188) was carried out as an exploratory exercise at the request of the theatre management. The aim was to collect information about the audience attending the theatre over a complete season. Discovery, not hypothesis testing, was the keynote. The second survey (SN:189) complemented and extended the first and set it in an overall context of entertainment and media-usage.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br>
Respondent's exposure to newspapers, television and radio. Frequency of going out: for an evening's entertainment (location), to the theatre, to the cinema. Reasons: for not going out more, for visiting/not visiting Victoria Theatre. Plays seen at the Victoria Theatre, visits to the Theatre Royal, knowledge of Stoke-on-Trent festival.<br>
Background Variables<br>
Age, sex, marital status, age finished full-time education, attendance at organised classes, occupation.<br>