The methods I have used to establish that inequalities exist between different wards in Northampton are: Primary:Affluence Surveys

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results and Analysis

                ▪Quality of Life Questionnaire

                ▪Environmental Quality Survey

                ▪Affluence Surveys

                ▪Cars in the wards

                ▪Cars per household

                ▪Tenure of household

                ▪Unemployment in Northampton – Choropleth map

                ▪Multiple Deprivation Maps

                ▪Photographs

                ▪House prices

  • Conclusion
  • Evaluation
  • Bibliography
  • Maps of Northampton Borough

Introduction

Northampton is a town located in central England with a population of 198000.

Northampton grew rapidly in size in the 19th century due to the shoe trade.  This was the dominant industry in the 19th and early 20th century although started to decline in the 1920s and 30s.  Today the main industries in Northampton are financial services, soft drinks, cosmetics and brewing.

There are many different wards within Northampton and I believe there are differences between them all. I hope to find out whether there are inequalities between these wards.

The wards I will be focussing on are Abington, Eastfield, Headlands and Weston. I will need Primary and Secondary data on people’s attitudes in the wards, population, wealth and appearance. I will collect this data by taking photos around the wards, filling in affluence surveys, environmental quality surveys and asking people living in the wards to fill in questionnaires about the area in general.


Methods

The methods I have used to establish that inequalities exist between different wards in Northampton are:

Primary:

  • Affluence Surveys
  • Environmental Quality Surveys
  • Quality Of Life Questionnaires
  • Photographs

Secondary:

  • Newspaper cuttings detailing house prices
  • 2001 census data
  • Ward maps and Northampton Borough maps
  • Data from the internet

Primary Data is data I have collected myself that didn’t exist before.  Secondary data is data that is available from other sources.

Affluence Surveys show the quality of cars in the wards and also the average house size and a description of a typical house.

Environment Quality Surveys rate different aspects of each of the wards including condition of houses, clean air and parking spaces.

Quality Of Life questionnaires are filled in by people living in the wards about each of the wards in general. This covered various categories such as jobs, housing, shops and levels of crime/vandalism.

Photographs taken around the wards highlight the quality of houses, well kept gardens, graffiti and parking availability.

Newspaper cuttings from a weekly free property newspaper compare the prices of houses in each of the wards.

2001 census includes unemployment in the areas, amount of cars per household and the tenure of households. A comparison of data from the census was shown using various graphs.

Ward maps are essential information detailing the location and boundaries of each ward.

Data available from the internet includes deprivation levels in the wards.

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Scale: 0=very happy 1=happy 2=not bothered 3=unhappy 4=very unhappy



Analysis of Quality of Life Questionnaires.

The quality of life questionnaires were filled out by 10 people living in each of the wards.  The ages varied from 0-10 to 60 + year olds, both male and female.  

They had to rate different aspects of the wards from 0 to 4.  0 being very happy to 4 being very unhappy.  I took an average of the ten from each ward, for each answer they gave and put it into ...

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