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The impact of Thatcherite social and economic policies on the lives of British people 1958-2012
As part of a project exploring the impact of Thatcherite social and economic policies on the lives of British people, we have merged together key variables from the British Cohort Study so that longitudinal data analyses over several years and decades are more easily available.
The variables included relate to housing, schooling, employment, offending and victimisation,...
Labour Parliamentarians and European Integration Survey, 1995-1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The principal aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the ideological mapping of Labour politicians is best drawn on the basis of two dimensions: state/market and national sovereignty/interdependence. The research was intended to contribute to knowledge and understanding of the ideological...
MORI General Election Data, 1992 : Polls for the Times, March - April, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To provide Election Campaign information.
Families and Children Study: Waves 1-10, 1999-2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Families and Children Study (FACS), formerly known as the Survey of Low Income Families (SOLIF), originally provided a new baseline survey of Britain's lone-parent families and low-income couples with dependent children. The survey was named SOLIF for Waves 1 and 2, and FACS from Wave 3 onwards.
The...
Understanding Health Variations and Policy Variations, 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this study was to undertake an empirical analysis of the policy process in the NHS, in order to examine how policy towards health inequalities is formulated and how that policy is translated vertically into local policy. How and why local policies differ within health authorities and other...
Devolution and Constitutional Change, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The principal aim was to establish whether initial reactions to the introduction of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland enhanced or otherwise the legitimacy of (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) the new institutions themselves. In particular, the project aimed to test three competing theories...
Doing Youth Justice: Analysing Risk and Need Assessments in Youth Justice Practice, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the numbers of young people drawn into the criminal justice system and custody. This study investigates how youth justice practitioners (including Youth Offending Team (YOT) workers, solicitors, police and lay magistrates) assess the risks and needs of young...
British Election Study, October 1974; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Attention to newspapers and television, degree of political interest, attitude towards election, perceived differences between political parties. Opinion of Liberal and Scottish National Party campaigns, opinion on the various political parties....
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
British Election Study, February 1974; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Attention to television and newspapers, perceived bias in newspapers, perceived difference between political parties. Opinion of Conservative and Labour parties. Attitude to election and strength of political opinion and interest. Knowledge, perception...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Social Attitudes (NISA) survey series began in 1989, and was conducted every year in which the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey was fielded until 1996. Supported initially by the Nuffield Foundation, the Central Community Relations Unit (CCRU) and the Policy Planning Research...
British Election Study, February 1974, October 1974, June 1975, May 1979; Panel Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. British Election Study, 1974-1983 (BES):
The BES was started as a research project at the University of Essex in 1974, to continue the series started by Butler and Stokes. The BES conducted interview surveys following the general elections of February 1974, October 1974 and May 1979. This series...
Welfare Regimes under the Irish Poor Law, 1850-1921
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This data was collected as a part of a project that set out to investigate the history of statutory poor relief in Ireland from the end of the Great Famine in 1850 to the establishment of an independent Irish state in 1922. Using qualitative and quantitative data, it explored the character, organisation...
MP's Attitudes to Welfare, 1986-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of the MP's Attitudes to Welfare, 1986-1987 was to explore MP's attitudes to welfare policy paying particular attention to privatisation, selectivity, cuts and party divergences.Main Topics:Main topics include:philosophy of the role of the state in welfare;priorities for policy...
Jeremy Bentham, 1748-1832: Transcripts of Original Manuscripts
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the Bentham Project is to produce a new scholarly edition of the works and correspondence of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), the influential jurist, philosopher and social scientist, whom A.J.P. Taylor described as 'the most formidable reasoner who ever applied his gifts to the practical questions...
MORI Omnibus Polls, January - December, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These regular monthly polls are intended to probe political opinion in Britain.
Conservative Parliamentarians and European Integration, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey was to investigate attitudes of Conservative MPs, MEPs and European Election candidates to a range of policy issues concerning European integration.Main Topics:The questionnaire covered key current issues and issues likely to become significant during the debates leading up to the...
OECD Tax Statistics, 1965-2017
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The OECD Tax Statistics provide detailed annual information on tax and other government revenues for the period 1955 onwards for all OECD countries (where data is available).
The OECD Tax Statistics are presented in the following datasets (some tables will include missing data):
Revenue Statistics
Data...
English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Panel Survey: Waves 1-2, 2010-2012
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Panel Survey (CSJPS) collects data relating to people’s experiences of civil justice (or ‘justiciable’) problems and the strategies they used to resolve them.
The survey is a substantial development of the English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Survey...
A Survey of Food Banks Operating Independently of the Trussell Trust Food Bank Network, 2018-2019
Food banks – charitable projects providing free parcels of food for people in need to take away, prepare and eat - have existed in high-income countries for decades, but their spread in the UK is generally linked to the establishment and growth of The Trussell Trust’s member-based food bank network. Since 2011, The Trussell Trust has been publishing data on the volume of...
British General Election Study, 1983; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. From 1983, the British Election Study series continued under a slightly changed name, British General Election Study, directed by Anthony Heath, Roger Jowell and John Curtice, and conducted jointly by Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR - now NatCen Social Research) and Nuffield College...
Divisions of the House of Commons, 1841-1847
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To study the social and economic composition of Parliament (1841 - 1847) and the political behaviour of the men who sat in it.Main Topics:Variables
Topic and date of division, party alignment for each division, use of whips, total votes, party votes. The number of Ayes and Noes for the whole Parliament...
Members of the House of Commons : London, 1852-1867
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To study the social and economic composition of Parliament (1852 - 1867) and the political behaviour of the men who sat in it.Main Topics:Variables
Political party of respondent, whether married at time of election, nationality, date and place of birth, occupation, social class, whether titled, legal...
Members of the House of Commons : Great Britain, 1841-1847
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To study the social and economic composition of Parliament (1841 - 1847) and the political behaviour of the men who sat in it.Main Topics:Variables
Details of constituency (location, number of seats, number of registered voters) place of residence, whether father or other relative was a member of...
Public Attitudes to Market Research, 1978
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to measure awareness of, experience of and attitudes to market research.Main Topics:Variables
Main areas covered are:
1. Previous experience of being interviewed.
2. What market research is believed to be and who does it.
3. Opinion of its benefits, utility, confidentiality,...
European Elections Survey, 1979
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The survey was designed to record reactions to the first direct elections to the European Parliament, across the European Community. It forms part of an international study conducted through the International Institute of Communications on the role of broadcasting in those elections.Main...
British Election Study, May 1979; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Vote in general election, other party thought of, vote in local elections, vote in October 1974, February 1974, and 1970. Direction and strength of party identification, level of negative identification. Marks out of ten for parties and leading...
Irish Marketing Survey Political Opinion Survey, June 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Pre- and post-election surveys conducted in Ireland.
Welsh Election Study, 1979
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to investigate specific Welsh dimensions within the general field of voting behaviour and partisanship in British politics. In addition, data was collected on exclusively Welsh issues such as the Welsh language, devolution, and aspects of national identity. This study was...