1st Edition

Flats, Families and the Under-Fives

By Elizabeth Gittus Copyright 1976
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1976, Elizabeth Gittus explores two contemporary social issues which were central to future housing policy in Britain at the time: the implications, for families with young children, of both the increased use of flats in new local authority housing, and the sporadic expansion of nursery education and other services for the under-fives. Discussion of these general issues is... Read more

Preface.  Part 1: The Tyneside Survey  1. Background to the Survey  2. The Evidence at the Time  3. The Survey Design  4. The Local Settings  5. The Families  6. The Under-Fives  7. The Response of the Mothers.  Appendix A: The Questionnaire.  Part 2: Flats in Local Authority Housing: The Record of the 1960s  8. Flats in Local Authority Housing.  Appendix B: Housing Authorities in Table 49.  Appendix C: Low-Rise/High-Rise Grouping for Some County Boroughs, April 1971.  Part 3: Play and Other Measures for the Under-Fives  9. Play and Other Measures for the Under-Fives.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Name Index.  General Index.

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Elizabeth Gittus