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This survey is a thirteen year follow-up survey of a large national sample of men and women who graduated from British universities in 1960. The graduates involved were those who took part in an earlier survey undertaken in 1966 (SN:67036 <i>National Survey of 1960 University Graduates, 1966-1967</i>). This second survey deals largely with their activities since that date. The issues examined are employment patterns, including information on the particular problems of working women with families, family life, family building patterns and internal and overseas migration. The information is in sufficient detail to facilitate comparisons between this cohort and other groups, between sub-groups within the cohort and to look at change over a period of time.

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Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Career profile: starting date, date of leaving, nature of duties, number of subordinates, industry, employer's business before/after marriage. Membership of professional societies, conferences attended, publications, experience of employment overseas, country. Reason for changing post, change in ideas about family size and career, intended family size at marriage/now, reasons for change in desired family size. Arrangements for children during working hours/school holidays, maternity leave, arrangements for children under three/three-five. Woman's responsibilities, time spent at home, reasons for return to work, non-employed mother's intentions, hours preferred, conditions facilitating work, obstacles to career development. Background Variables Age, sex, marital status (date of marriage), number of children (age and sex), place of residence. Employment status, salary. Mother's occupation at various times in respondent's life. Maternal father's and grandfather's occupation. Spouse's and spouse's father's education and occupation (before and after marriage), children's education.

No sampling (total universe)

Postal survey