Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. This study of the sub-employed built on a national survey of poverty and the distribution of resources, carried out in the late 1960s, and financed by the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust. Conducted in Salford, Glasgow and Belfast, this later study focused on the economic and social conditions of the low-paid and sub-employed, the long-term and irregularly unemployed, and the chronic sick and disabled. It was undertaken to determine the extent to which poverty among these groups is related to local employment policies. Employment conditions, the distribution of income and other resources were investigated by means of a survey of households as well as a separate survey of the labour force policies and wage structures of local firms. This collection is not currently digitised and is available as a hard copy only. If you are interested in a project which involves the digitisation of this collection, please contact our Collections team at collections@ukdataservice.ac.uk. We'd be delighted to work with you in enhancing this collection.

This cross-sectional (one-time) study used face-to-face interviews and postal surveys. The sampling method used a one-stage cluster sample (for the postal surveys) and purposive selection/case study (for the face-to-face interviews). In total, 3,950 individuals (1,208 households) were included in this study.