Life styles and patterns of mobility in Hertfordshire commuter villages

The papers are stored in one archival box and are sorted into three folders. Folders one and two contain papers from Brickendon Lane Estate Mobility Study: Hand-written notes of brief interviews (30); 1 small notebook with hand-written notes giving impressions of interviews; 1 short week diary; assorted correspondence analysis and notes; folder three contains papers associated with the Survey of the Wife in the Family: assorted correspondence; 3 completed questionnaires; questionnaire schedule; draft research proposal.

This small data set includes research material collected from two related projects: 'The Brickendon Lane Estate Mobility Survey', 1965 and the 'Survey of the Wife in the Family', 1964-65. These were both carried out as part of the activities of the University of Cambridge Extra Mural Studies Department. They can be seen to represent Professor Pahl's initial enquiries into topics given fuller consideration in his later study: 'Managers and their wives'.

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The materials held in the collection contain personal and identifying information. It is essential that the privacy of all respondents is not infringed. No real names or any other identifiable information used in the studies may appear in public. No attempt may be made to contact respondents directly. Use of the materials to derive information relating specifically to an identified individual or to claim to have done so is prohibited.

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The collection was acquired and prepared for archiving by Qualidata in 1997 and deposited in the NSPSCA.

Additional material is not expected

Pahl, R.E.(1968) 'Newcomers in Town and Country', in Munby, L.M. (ed) 'East Anglian Studies' (Cambridge: Heffer)

National Social Policy and Social Change Archive (NSPSCA), Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex