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Part of the study of the ownership and management of housing in the new towns, commissioned by the, then, Ministry of Housing and Local Government. Social surveys were undertaken in Crawley, Stevenage, Aycliffe and East Kilbride. The surveys were concerned with the tenure of housing in the new towns and the opinion of the residents about housing tenure. They were asked not only about local authority and development corporation ownership but also their attitudes to buying or renting.

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Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Present residence: tenure, attitude to, number of bedrooms. Previous residence: tenure, location, reasons for leaving. Reasons for moving to new town, date of move, reasons for choice of new house (satisfaction), reasons for decision to buy/rent, preferred tenure. Respondents who owned their houses were asked for details of method, date and means of purchase. Similar details were collected by those respondents who rented property. Satisfaction with neighbourhood and town was measured and likelihood of moving in next year was assessed. Reasons/preferences for renting/buying property. Attitudes to ownership and management of housing in the new town were examined from various aspects e.g. opinion on the sale of council houses. Background Variables Details collected about all members of the household: age, sex, marital status, employment status. Details collected for the head of household only: occupation (nature of firm, job description, place of work, income, qualifications). Number of persons in household, number of earners in household.

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

Face-to-face interview