Family, Work and Leisure in the London Region, 1970 : Main Study

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The purpose of this survey was to examine the relationship between work, home and leisure in order to explain changes in family patterns; to provide demographic, social/behavioural and economic data for the analysis of family life.<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions<br>
Present and preferred occupation: type, hours, holidays, career structure, autonomy at work, whether physically or mentally tiring or boring. Journey to work.<br>
Present and preferred residence: size, district, tenure, type, garden.<br>
Leisure activities: home based, sports (active or spectator), other (e.g. going out for meals, museum visits, membership of clubs/organisations).<br>
Preferred activity (where and with whom preferred activity done).<br>
Work/Home interface: boredom, satisfaction, interference. Leisure/Home interface: boredom, satisfaction, interference. Married women: respondent's pattern of work (age and reasons), ideal number of children, pet ownership, opinion on London's traffic problem and local government spending, subjective social class, voting intention, newspapers read.<br>
Background Variables<br>
Age, sex, marital status, children (this information also gathered for friends and relatives with whom respondents spent their leisure time), place of birth, age when full-time education finished, age when first married, income, word score. A copy of the main questionnaire appears in Young and Willmott (1973) only.