English County Borough Data, 1951-1967

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>To investigate the relationship between various aspects of English urban local authorities and the policies adopted by those authorities in eight areas of service. Policy was seen primarily in terms of per capita spending on each of the services, though several other measures were also used. Explanatory variables were arranged in terms of a model including community needs, policy-makers' dispositions and resources in the community and the authority.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Variables<br>
Demographic: per cent by age groups; class; occupation and tenure of residence. Population densities for areas and households were collected.<br>
Expenditure on services: welfare; children's services; public libraries; fire; police; housing; education. Information about rateable values and rate support grants was gathered. Details of council (meetings and political control) and authority organisation in the boroughs.<br>
Towns were classified according to Moser and Scott's functional categories, (see Moser and Scott, &lt;i&gt;British Towns&lt;/i&gt; (London: 1961)).

<P>本摘要版权归英国数据服务中心（UK Data Service）及数据采集版权方所有。</P><br>本研究旨在探究英格兰城市地方当局的多维度特征与这些当局在八大服务领域所推行政策之间的关联。本研究主要以各项服务的人均支出作为政策的核心衡量指标，同时也辅以其他若干度量方式。解释变量基于包含社区需求、政策制定者倾向以及社区与地方当局的资源在内的模型进行构建。<br><B>核心主题</B>:<BR><br>变量<br>人口统计学变量：按年龄分组、社会阶层、职业及住房保有类型划分的人口占比；收集了区域及家庭的人口密度数据。<br>服务支出：涵盖福利、儿童服务、公共图书馆、消防、警务、住房及教育领域；收集了应评税价值（rateable value）与地方税支持拨款（rate support grant）相关信息；获取了各自治市镇的议会运作（会议情况与政治控制权）及地方当局组织架构的详细资料。<br>城镇依据莫泽与斯科特（Moser and Scott）的功能分类体系进行划分（详见Moser和Scott所著《英国城镇》（<i>British Towns</i>，伦敦：1961年版））。