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The survey of a sample of 300 households in the (old) Port Talbot local authority area was intended to provide a context for field research into the <i>Social consequences of high unemployment</i> (G00230048): an investigation of the response to large-scale redundancy and high levels of unemployment in the settlement most affected by the redundancies in West Industrial South Wales (Port Talbot), focusing on the extent, structure and nature of traffic along local social networks within the locality and the response of local voluntary organisations
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Variables The household information includes basic demographic data, questions on labour market experience and incomes. In addition, respondents were asked a series of questions in a number of key areas including their labour market experience, education and training, attitudes and opinions, social life and social networks. Also included are details of present and former residence of respondents and partners, data on religious affiliation and activity, data on trade union membership and activity, respondents knowledge of local voluntary organisations. Measurement Scales Occupational data is provided in the form of the Hope-Goldthorpe Scale of Values (see Goldthorpe, J.K. and Hope, K., <i>The social grading of occupations: a new approach and scale</i> (Clarendon, Oxford: 1974, pp 75-83) The household income brackets are derived from study number 1637 <i>Redundancy in Steel: Labour Market Behaviour, Domestic Organisation and Social Networks</i> (C.C. Harris and R.M. Lee)
The sampling frame was the draft register of electors for 1984 for five of the 11 wards in the Boro
Face-to-face interview
