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A survey of households in a sample of recently built owner-occupied housing within older areas of the City of Birmingham; to provide information on the origins of the owner-occupiers, their reasons for moving and the criteria on which they selected their accommodation.

Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Present residence: type, number of rooms/bedrooms, persons per room, central heating, number of cars, presence of garage/garden, major additions/alterations, length of residence, previous occupants, occupation (whole/part of the house), household type (family/single person). Rehousing procedure, reason for moving/choice of new house, reason for decision to rent or buy. Details of previous residence. Respondents who owned or were buying their houses were asked for full details of method and means of purchase (deposit, mortgage, leasehold/freehold, etc). Area amenities and accessibility to shops, schools and employment was assessed-respondent's priorities for these services (and possession of garden and/or garage) was investigated. Satisfaction with house/area, with reasons, future house and job plans. Background Variables Age, sex, number of children, employment status, nationality, income, social class. Number of persons/earners in household, tenure of parent's accommodation.

Rateable units on 38 sites (taken from City's Planning Register) for which detailed planning permission had been given between January 1966 and March 1971 for private residential development, and which lay among predominantly pre-1914 buildings

Face-to-face interview