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Archive RefDirective titleParticipant RefGenderBirth cohortRegionDeprivation Index - EnglandDeprivation Index - ScotlandDeprivation Index - WalesDeprivation Index - Northern IrelandLiving ArrangementOccupation 1990Occupation 2010Employment StatusEmployment SectorMarital StatusKeywordsParticipant's Year of birthYear Participant joined
List Archive RefDirective titleParticipant RefGenderBirth cohortRegionDeprivation Index - EnglandDeprivation Index - ScotlandDeprivation Index - WalesDeprivation Index - Northern IrelandLiving ArrangementOccupation 1990Occupation 2010Employment StatusEmployment SectorMarital StatusKeywordsParticipant's Year of birthYear Participant joined
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SxMOA2/1/36/1/1/436: Spring 1992: Personal HygieneA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedpersonal hygiene;health and hygiene;personal habits;personal appearance;toiletries 19251992
SxMOA2/1/38/1/1/438: Winter 1992: Growing OlderA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedstages at different ages;old age;age;care of elderly people;retirement;growing older;gender and differences in the ageing process19251992
SxMOA2/1/38/3/1/338: Winter 1992: Last Night's DreamsA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedrecent dreams;sleep;dreaming19251992
SxMOA2/1/39/1/1/339: Spring 1993: Growing UpA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedgrowing up;juvenile delinquency;relations between parents & children;the influence of film on young people;growing up and bringing up children;teenagers Four difference versions of this Directive were produced and mailed out to MOP panel.19251992
SxMOA2/1/39/2/1/339: Spring 1993: ReadingA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriederotic reading material;reading;reading magazines;reading matter in the home Four difference versions of this Directive were produced and mailed out to the panel.19251992
SxMOA2/1/39/3/1/339: Spring 1993: Community/ForeignersA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedcommunity;foreigners;community and foreigners Four difference versions of this Directive were produced and mailed out to the panel.19251992
SxMOA2/1/40/1/1/340: Summer 1993: PleasureA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedpleasure;sexuality and pleasure;music;enjoyment;leisure19251992
SxMOA2/1/40/2/1/340: Summer 1993: Security & CrimeA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedsafety in the community;children and safety;personal/home security & burglary;household security;dogs as security;violence;crime19251992
SxMOA2/1/40/3/1/340: Summer 1993: Current IssuesA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedthe war in Yugoslavia;the economic situation in 1993;Maastricht Treaty;closing down the mines;Ireland;the Royal family;Somalia19251992
SxMOA2/1/41/1/1/341: Autumn/Winter 1993: Managing moneyA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedviews on the recession;costs in household budget;financial services;costs of mortgage/rent in household budget;health costs;education costs;income;services in the recession;charitable giving and personal/family budgets;expenses of Xmas 93 19251992
SxMOA2/1/41/2/1/341: Autumn/Winter 1993: BirthA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarrieddrugs to aid giving birth;pregnancy & giving birth;having babies 19251992
SxMOA2/1/41/3/1/341: Autumn/Winter 1993: The title Mass ObservationA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedviews of the term MO;Mass Observation;MO19251992
SxMOA2/1/42/1/1/342: Spring 1994: Death & BereavementA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedtreatment of murder & serial killers;murder;reading murder stories;death and dying;faith and religion;supernatural;violence;bereavement;learning about death;death;afterlife;portrayal of serial killers in films19251992
SxMOA2/1/42/2/1/342: Spring 1994: Autobiography & DiariesA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedautobiographies & biographies;writing diaries & autobiographies;autobiography;diaries19251992
SxMOA2/1/43/1/1/243: Autumn/Winter 1994: SportA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedsport;drug use and sport;sport & keeping fit;leisure;sports coverage in the newspaper;spectating sport;watching sport19251992
SxMOA2/1/43/2/1/243: Autumn/Winter 1994: DrugsA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedintoxication;alcohol;drug use;legalisation of cannabis & other drugs;crime19251992
SxMOA2/1/43/3/1/343: Autumn/Winter 1994: Current Events (Rail Strike, Ireland, Royalty, Criminal Justice Bill)A1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedCriminal Justice Bill;Industrial relations;rail;end of a marriage: Charles & Diana19251992
SxMOA2/1/44/1/1/344: Spring 1995: Day Diary (Meals)A1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedfood day diary 2nd March19251992
SxMOA2/1/44/2/1/344: Spring 1995: The CountrysideA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedroad building;countryside;farming;media images of the countryside;rural Britain;British-ness19251992
SxMOA2/1/44/3/1/344: Spring 1995: Television Soap OperasA1223female1920sEast Midlandslow (under 34)with partnerClerical and SecretarialAdministrative and Secretarialself-employedprivatemarriedTV soap operas;television soap operas;soap operas19251992

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