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Quality of Life: Urban Britain, 1973; UK
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to probe subjective indicators of social life in various aspects - housing, health, education, job, standard of living, district, democratic processes and leisure.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Satisfactory/unsatisfactory aspects of house/district, most...
Scottish Tourism and Recreation Survey, 1973; Home Interview
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey is to discover recreational and tourist activity of Scottish residentsMain Topics: Variables
The Scottish Tourism and Recreation Survey, 1973 consists of three groups of files: the Home Interview files, the Holidays files and the Cordon Survey files.
The Home Interview Survey files...
Scottish Tourism and Recreation Survey, 1973; Holidays
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey is to discover recreational and tourist activity of Scottish residentsMain Topics: Variables
The Scottish Tourism and Recreation Survey, 1973 consists of three groups of files: the Home Interview files, the Holidays files and the Cordon Survey files.
The Home Interview Survey files...
Scottish Tourism and Recreation Survey, 1973; Cordon Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey is to discover recreational and tourist activity of Scottish residentsMain Topics: Variables
The Scottish Tourism and Recreation Survey, 1973 consists of three groups of files: the Home Interview files, the Holidays files and the Cordon Survey files.
The Home Interview Survey files...
Educational Priority Areas Project, 1969; Survey of Parents
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The object of the research programme was to find ways of improving the quality of the education provided for children in poor areas and of enabling them to take full advantage of the opportunities they are offered. Local projects were started in five areas and project directors have developed a range of...
Quality of Life; Stoke, 1973/74
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to probe subjective indicators of social life in various aspects - housing, health, education, job, standard of living, district, democratic processes and leisure.Main Topics:Variables
District questions specific to Stoke were asked in addition to those in the standard...
Quality of Life; Sunderland, 1973/74
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to probe subjective indicators of social life in various aspects - housing, health, education, job, standard of living, district, democratic processes and leisure.Main Topics:Variables
District questions specific to Sunderland were asked in addition to those in the standard...
Vacancies in Chesterfield, 1988
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To find out how many jobs were available in a reference week in July 1988 in the Borough of Chesterfield.Main Topics:Variables
Pay, hours, training, type of employment on offer.
Scottish Church Attendance Census, 1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To ascertain the numbers going to church regularly in Scotland, their trend, by geographical area and denomination, their age/sex, and the Bible version used in churches.Main Topics:Variables:
Denomination; geographical location; age and sex of church-goer (by groups); numbers of attenders, 1980 and 1984,...
ESRC/Manchester University Macclesfield Survey, 1983
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To study the social implications of changing patterns of work and employmentMain Topics:Variables
Occupation, gender, age, family/household structure, attitudes, life and work histories.
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1987
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...
General Household Survey, 1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The General Household Survey (GHS), ran from 1971-2011 (the UKDS holds data from 1972-2011). It was a continuous annual national survey of people living in private households, conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The main aim of the survey was to collect data on a range of core topics,...
Rural Change in Europe : Research Programme on Farm Structures and Pluriactivity; Spain: Baseline Data, 1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study sought to reflect the diversity of rural contexts and farm structure across Western Europe. It consists of two surveys - the baseline survey and the final survey.
The baseline survey, conducted in 1987, covered basic conditions, work and income patterns of farm households in different...
National Food Survey, 1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Background and coverage over time:
The National Food Survey (NFS), which ran from 1974-2000, was the longest-running continuous survey of household food consumption and expenditure in the world. It was originally set up in 1940 by the then Ministry of Food to monitor the adequacy of the diet of urban...
Census Enumerators' Books, Keighley, West Yorkshire, 1851-1881
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The focus of the study was the inter-relationship between women's work, particularly that of married women working outside the home, and low levels of fertility in mid-nineteenth century textile communities. Although the data were collected for the purpose of studying fertility patterns, they may be of...
Home Ownership and Privatised Consumption, 1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To investigate the economic, cultural and political implications of the growth of home ownership in EnglandMain Topics:Variables
Region, housing type and condition, housing tenure, household composition, housing career history, social class, tenure preferences and aspirations, job history and orientation...
Survey of Disabled Children Living in Private Households, 1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In response to a request from the DHSS, the OPCS undertook a programme of research to find out the numbers and circumstances of disabled people in Great Britain. This programme included surveys of disabled adults living in private households; disabled children living in private households; disabled...
Family and Kinship in East London : Bethnal Green Survey, 1954-1955; Children
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the project was to study the effects which public authority rehousing since the war has had on family life - both for those families who moved to Essex and those who remained in Bethnal Green.Main Topics:Variables
Of children:
number, sex, age, group, marital status, place of residence, when...
Local Authority Housing Policy and Practice, 1973; West Bromwich Clearance
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.A series of surveys were carried out to provide factual and detailed information on the performance of 6 local authorities in council house allocation, improvement grants, council mortgages and council house sales. The information was intended to support inter-authority comparisons, and to check on...
Family Expenditure Survey, 1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Family Expenditure Survey (FES), which closed in 2001, was a continuous survey with an annual sample of around 10,000 households. They provided information on household and personal incomes, certain payments that recurred regularly (e.g. rent, gas and electricity bills, telephone accounts, insurances,...
Schoolchildren's Dietary Survey, 1983
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to investigate the diets of schoolchildren in two specific age groups.Main Topics:Variables
Food and nutrient intake of children aged 10/11 and 14/15 in relation to socio-economic variables. Schoolchildren and their parents provided the information with senior...
Political Participation in Britain, 1984-1985; National and Community Studies
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The research involved a series of linked surveys designed to examine the state of mass political participation in Britain. Data were collected from a national survey, a series of six community studies and within the community studies, surveys of elites. The latter are not included with this dataset,...
Exploring Data, First Edition: Teaching Datasets, 1944-1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This series of small datasets, covering a range of research topics in the social sciences, was created to illustrate statistical techniques.
Users should note that these datasets are for use with the first edition of the following publication only:
Marsh, C. (1988) Exploring data, Cambridge: Polity...
Young Adults in the Labour Market, 1983
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To explore educational, employment, unemployment and training experiences of the 18-24 age group. To relate their experiences and aspirations to general shortages in their local labour markets, and to possible demands for labour in the future. To assess their attitudes to and willingness to undertake...
1970 British Cohort Study: Birth and 22-Month Subsample, 1970-1972
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) is a longitudinal birth cohort study, following a nationally representative sample of over 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1970. Cohort members have been surveyed throughout their childhood and adult lives, mapping their...
General Household Survey, 1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The General Household Survey (GHS), ran from 1971-2011 (the UKDS holds data from 1972-2011). It was a continuous annual national survey of people living in private households, conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The main aim of the survey was to collect data on a range of core topics,...
Local Authority Housing Policy and Practice, 1973; Warley Council House Analysis
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.A series of surveys were carried out to provide factual and detailed information on the performance of 6 local authorities in council house allocation, improvement grants, council mortgages and council house sales. The information was intended to support inter-authority comparisons, and to check on...
Scottish Young People's Survey, 1983/84 Cohort; S4 Cohort 2nd Sweep, 1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Young People Survey (SYPS), a cohort series, began in 1984, subsuming the Scottish Qualified School Leavers Surveys, (GN 33237). It is a postal survey in which questionnaires are initially sent to young people approximately nine months after they have left school or have completed their 4th...
1970 British Cohort Study: 42-Month Subsample, 1973
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) is a longitudinal birth cohort study, following a nationally representative sample of over 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1970. Cohort members have been surveyed throughout their childhood and adult lives, mapping their...
British Crime Survey, 1988
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering...