DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 2000 2015-03-10T12:18:50Z Family Life and Work Experience Before 1918, 1870-1973 The Edwardians 2000 10.5255/UKDA-SN-2000-1 Thompson, P., University of Essex. Department of Sociology Lummis, T., University of Essex. Department of Sociology Copyright P. Thompson, University of Essex. Database right P. Thompson, University of Essex and UK Data Service, University of Essex, 2006 Economic and Social Research Council UK Data Service Thompson, P., University of Essex. Department of Sociology 1984 1984 7h 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 AGE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS APPRENTICESHIP ATTITUDES AUTHORITY BIRTH ORDER BOARDING SCHOOLS BOOKS BREAST-FEEDING CHILD CARE CHILD WORKERS CHILDBIRTH CHILDHOOD CHILDREN CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS CLOTHING COOKING CULTURAL PARTICIPATION CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS DISCIPLINE DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES EDUCATIONAL ADMISSION AGE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT ENGLAND EVERYDAY LIFE EXPENDITURE FAMILIES FAMILY INFLUENCE FAMILY LIFE FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY ROLES FATHERS FRIENDS GAMBLING GREAT BRITAIN HOLIDAYS HOME OWNERSHIP HOME SEWING HOME-GROWN FOODS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEWORK INTERGROUP RELATIONS LANDLORDS LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES LIFE HISTORIES LODGERS MARRIAGE MORAL CONCEPTS MOTHERS MUSIC OCCUPATIONS ORAL HISTORY PARENT RESPONSIBILITY PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP PARENTS PARENT-SCHOOL RELATIONSHIP PEER-GROUP RELATIONSHIPS PERSONAL HYGIENE PLAY POCKET MONEY POLICE SERVICES POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP POLITICAL INTEREST POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POVERTY PUNISHMENT RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES RELIGIOUS FOOD CUSTOMS RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY SAVINGS SCHOOL DISCIPLINE SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE SCHOOLS SCOTLAND SERVANTS SIBLINGS SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL HISTORY SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL SANCTIONS SOCIAL SUPPORT SPORT SPOUSES STUDENT EMPLOYMENT TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP TRADE UNIONS TRAINING VISITS (PERSONAL) WALES WOMEN'S EDUCATION WORKING MOTHERS General - Employment and labour Economic history - History Population history - History Social history - History Family life and marriage - Social stratification and groupings Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study is available via the UK Data Service <a href="http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/QualiBank" title="QualiBank">QualiBank</a>, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service. This qualitative data collection comprises 453 life-story interviews originally collected as part of the study The Edwardians: Family Life and Work Experience Before 1918. The interviews were undertaken in the late 1960s and early 1970s and formed the basis of the first national oral history project in the United Kingdom. Paul Thompson first became aware of the need for a project of this kind in the late 1960s while in the process of writing a book about the social history of Britain between 1900 and 1918. He recognised that there existed little direct evidence of life during this period from a working class point of view, that such material would be valuable, and that it must be gathered immediately while there were still people alive who were able to provide testimony of this kind. His objective was to examine social life and social change during this period, focusing upon work experience and family and community life. The project resulted in a number of publications, including Thompson's The Edwardians: The Remaking of British Society, which was published in 1975 and again in revised form in 1992. In his introduction, he detailed three basic aims for the book: The first was 'to establish what I believe to be the most important dimensions of social change in the early twentieth century' (1992: xv). In doing so, he concentrated upon specific issues which he considered to be fundamental to social structure, notably class, gender and age, while also exploring other issues such as work experience, education and leisure. His second intention was 'to suggest the main reasons for social change, and especially the extent to which conscious effort by Edwardians for social change was critical' (1992: xvi). Finally, he aimed 'to give a place, in this evaluation of general social change, to the contribution and experience of ordinary individuals' (1992: xvi). The experiences gained from the project also contribute greatly to Paul Thompson's 'The Voice of the Past' (1978, second edition 1988). A total of 537 interviews were recorded on reel-to-reel audio tape and 453 later transcribed as typed, paper documents. The interviews were open-ended (guided by a schedule) and of between one and six hours duration. A related project, Systematic Analysis of Life Histories, is also included. The aim of this project was to prepare the qualitative interviews for numerical coding shortly after completion. Additionally, this quantitative component of the collection has been enhanced. A selection of the original variables was cross-referenced for verification. The data set was then expanded to include a set of additional variables on occupation and location as well as textual summaries of the interview transcripts. The original sound recordings are deposited at the British Library National Sound Archive. 1870 1973 1969 1973 Great Britain No spatial unit Individuals Families/households National Families Men and women born between 1870 and 1908 in England, Scotland and Wales Textual data Numeric data in-depth interview transcripts Cross-sectional (one-time) study Quota sample derived from the occupational census of 1911, clustered and stratified by region and social class 453 (qualitative and quantitative) Face-to-face interview; Compilation or synthesis of existing material No weighting used A UK Data Service Variables per Case: 191 variables per case Open The depositor has specified that registration is not required. <a> href="http://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/help/get-in-touch.aspx">Get in touch</a> These data are available to any user for any purpose under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0) q-0fdfa424-cb25-4cc3-9ec5-972b738f7756 5404 Family Life and Work Experience before 1918, Middle and Upper Class Families in the Early 20th Century, 1870-1977 Language Of Study Description: English Language Of Study Documentation: English Language Of Dataset: English M_2000spss_3fd767336b30f8cca52421cd165c411f.zip ZIP ZIP data bundle includes SPSS data files, RTF transcripts and other description and documentation files Copyright P. Thompson, University of Essex. Database right P. Thompson, University of Essex and UK Data Service, University of Essex, 2006