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In More or Less this week, Andrew Dilnot takes us on a tour of locations identified from a massive analysis of data in the Census. He examines the suggestion by two eminent researchers that we are ...becoming intricately, geographically tribal. This is an idea we have explored on More or Less in the past, but only at the level of income, age and ethnicity. The latest research goes much further - into values, aspirations and lifestyles, even how much time you spend in your kitchen - and about which we now have data down to the level of the 1.5 million postcodes in Britain. (Each postcode is about 17 households). You can measure the rate at which this is happening from one Census to another. Is it true? Is a label like "middle-class" now inadequate to describe the way people of similar socio-economic status are now clustering together in much more tightly defined and distinct sub-groups?
In More or Less this week, Andrew Dilnot takes us on a tour of locations identified from a massive analysis of data in the Census. He examines the suggestion by two eminent researchers that we are ...becoming intricately, geographically tribal. This is an idea we have explored on More or Less in the past, but only at the level of income, age and ethnicity. The latest research goes much further - into values, aspirations and lifestyles, even how much time you spend in your kitchen - and about which we now have data down to the level of the 1.5 million postcodes in Britain. (Each postcode is about 17 households). You can measure the rate at which this is happening from one Census to another. Is it true? Is a label like "middle-class" now inadequate to describe the way people of similar socio-economic status are now clustering together in much more tightly defined and distinct sub-groups?
| Series: | More or less; Series 4 |
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| Episode | 5 |
| First transmission date: | 2006-07-20 |
| Published: | 2006 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Michael Blastland |
| Presenter: | Andrew Dilnot |
| Contributors: | Tim Butler; Clive Coleman; A. W Dilnot; Gillian Klinkert; Graham Klinkert; Jessica Pilington; Nigel Wearne; Sarah Wearne; Richard Webber |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Mathematical statistics; Social sciences--Statistical methods |
| Production number: | AUDA103B |
| Available to public: | no |
