Interviews with fieldworkers: 1

The interviews for the 'Poverty in the UK' 1968/69 survey were undertaken by fieldworkers spread across the UK.  A number of these fieldworkers have been tracked down and interviewed about their recollections of working on the survey.  These video interviews throw light onto how these fieldworkers were recruited and trained, how they conducted the interviews on the ground and the problems they encountered and the impact this experience had on them at the time. Below you will find interviews with Angela Avens, Andrea Cordani and Morag Macdonal and Deidre Forsyth.

Angela Avens

Angela Avens was one of the main interviewers and covered the South West of England. Her video interview is in three parts:

1. preparing for the interviews (7' 38")
2. conducting the interviews (8' 48")
3. any difficulties encountered (7' 35")

Angela Avens parts1 - 3

1: preparing for the interviews 2: conducting the interviews 3: any difficulties encountered

1: preparing for the interviews

2: conducting the interviews

3: any difficulties encountered

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Transcripts: 

Angela-Avens-1-preparing-for-the-interviews.pdf

Angela-Avens-2-conducting-the-interviews.pdf

Angela-Avens-3-difficulties-encountered.pdf

Andrea Cordani

1. training and supervision (18' 56")
2. the interview process (17' 53")
3. the personal and political impact (18' 24")

Andrea Cordani interview part 1 - 3

1: training and supervision 2: the interview process 3: personal and political impact

1: training and supervision

2: the interview process

3: personal and political impact

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Transcripts: 

Andrea-Cordani-1-training-and-supervision. interview.pdf

Andrea-Cordani-2-the-interview-process. interview.pdf

Andrea-Cordani-3-the-personal-and-politcial-impact.pdf

To find the questionnaires of the interviews she conducted search by Andrea Cordani in the1968/69 survey questionnaires.

Morag Macdonald and Diedre Forsyth

After graduating from Glasgow university, Morag Macdonald and Deidre Forsyth were looking for a summer job. They were recruited to work on the survey and covered  Glasgow including some of the most deprived areas. They have been interviewed on video together and the video is in three parts:

1. initial process (9' 40")
2. conducting the interviews (13' 03")
3. longer term refelctions (13' 13")

Forsyth & Macdonald parts 1-3

1: initial process 2: conducting the interviews 3: longer term reflections

1: initial process

2: conducting the interviews

3: longer term reflections

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Transcripts: 

Macdonald&Forsyth-1-Recrutiment-and interview-process.pdf

Macdonald&Forsyth-2-Conducting-the-interviews.pdf

Macdonald&Forsyth-3-Longer-term-reflections.pdf

To find the questionnaires of the interviews they conducted search by Morag Macdonald and by Diedre Forsyth in the1968/69 survey questionnaires.