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Everyday
The launch of the participatory blog on everyday life and society was triggered by the Covid-19 epidemic, which radically changed daily routines and daily habits, thus encouraging reflections on the self-evidentness of everyday life and modern society. A blog is a collection of material about the changed daily lives of individuals. The aim of the research is to create an...
KDP Data van Dagboeken
In het Kleine Dataproject 'Data van Dagboeken' is de metadata van een deel van de collectie egodocumenten uit het Nederlands Dagboekarchief - onderdeel van het Meerten Instituut - gedigitaliseerd, toegankelijk gemaakt via internet en duurzaam opgeslagen. De data zijn voorzien van CMDI, opgeslagen bij DANS en tevens beschikbaar via CLARIN.Omdat de data bijzondere...
National Diet and Nutrition Survey : Adults Aged 19 to 64 Years, 2000-2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) Rolling Programme (RP) began in 2008 and is designed to assess the diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status of the general population aged 1.5 years and over living in private households in the UK. (For details of the previous NDNS series, which began in...
Hidden crisis project: studies of community water management in Malawi and Uganda 2017-2018
In developing countries, the dominant model for managing rural water supplies is a community-level association or committee. Although a relative paucity of evidence exists to support this model, it continues to exert a strong pull on policy makers. This project examines everyday water governance arrangements, situating these in the exigencies of wider village life and over...
Positive and negative asymmetry of intergroup contact: A dynamic approach 2016-2019
In the course of this project, we have conducted several studies that allowed us to collect a variety of unique data, which we describe in further detail below.
(1) A diary study with the aim to obtain data about the frequency, intensity and location of positive and negative contact experiences and to, furthermore, investigate the effects of personality variables (e.g., RWA...
Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey, 2003-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In the United Kingdom, the diet and nutritional status of the general population is
monitored by the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) programme (held at the UK Data Archive under GN 33275). Results from the NDNS surveys indicate that differences exist in food consumption and nutritional status...
United Kingdom Time Use Survey, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The key objectives of the United Kingdom Time Use Survey (TUS) were:to carry out a large-scale household survey featuring self-completion diaries to measure the amount of time spent by the UK population on various activitiesto build on the lessons learnt from the National Pilot Time Use Survey (not...
Ecological Aspects of Agricultural Sustainability, c.1576-1946; The Archives
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the project was to extract data from appropriate farm records and other sources in England for the period 1500-2000 to address the questions of whether and how English agriculture was 'sustainable' in the period. The objective was to reconfigure English agriculture for the period within a...
National Travel Survey, 2002-2023
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Travel Survey (NTS) is a series of household surveys designed to provide regular, up-to-date data on personal travel and monitor changes in travel behaviour over time. The first NTS was commissioned by the Ministry of Transport in 1965. Further periodic surveys were carried out in 1972/73,...
National Diet and Nutrition Survey : Young People Aged 4 to 18 Years, 1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) Rolling Programme (RP) began in 2008 and is designed to assess the diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status of the general population aged 1.5 years and over living in private households in the UK. (For details of the previous NDNS series, which began in...
Domestic Cooking and Cooking Skills in Late Twentieth Century England, 1996-1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project was researched and written as a doctoral thesis. It came about in response to rising concerns during the 1990s over domestic cooking practices and people's cooking abilities. It provided a critique of the popular and academic discourses surrounding cooking and cooking skills at the time,...
Making Numeracy Teaching Meaningful to Adult Learners, 2002-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project explores what makes numeracy further education in different geographical areas in England.
Its specific aims are:
to investigate ways in which teachers' knowledge of learners' numerate practices outside the classroom inform numeracy teaching inside the classroomto investigate learners'...
Household Electricity Survey, 2010-2011
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Electricity Survey monitored electricity consumption at an appliance level in 250 owner-occupied households across England from 2010-2011. The aim of the project was to investigate the potential for electricity savings by replacing existing appliances and lighting with more efficient...
The English plastic bag charge and behavioural spillover
In order to reduce the number of plastic bags circulated, on the 5th of October 2015 England introduced a five pence (£0.05) fee to shoppers for each single-use plastic bag purchased from large retailers. Similar bag charges have been enacted in other countries, including in Wales and Scotland. The study examines people’s shopping attitudes and behaviours, views on the...
National Travel Survey, 1995-2001: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Travel Survey (NTS) is a series of household surveys designed to provide regular, up-to-date data on personal travel and monitor changes in travel behaviour over time. The first NTS was commissioned by the Ministry of Transport in 1965. Further periodic surveys were carried out in 1972/73,...
Veganism and Religion: Interviews, Diaries, and Field Notes Exploring the Understandings and Experiences of Faith Vegans in the UK, 2021
These data were generated as part of an ESRC-funded PhD studentship exploring the understandings and everyday lived experiences of 'faith vegans' in the UK, as well as the intersection between veganism and religion, specifically Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. In order to unravel the phenomenon of 'faith veganism' that was coined in this research project, the researcher...
Centre for Time Use Research UK Time Use Survey 6-Wave Sequence across the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2016-2021
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In 2016 the Centre for Time Use Research developed an online Click and Drag Diary Instrument (CaDDI), collecting population-representative (quota sample) time use diary data from Dynata’s large international market research panel across 9 countries. We fielded the same instrument using the UK panel across...
Paperwork and Pressure in Educational Workplaces, 2007-2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection. This project explored the impact of paperwork demands on people’s experiences in two contrasting educational workplaces. It focused on two case study sites: an Adult Education College, and an Early Years Education Centre. The broad aim of the project was to...
Media Consumption and the Future of Public Connection, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project was conducted under the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)/Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Cultures of Consumption programme, to gather qualitatively rich but also reliably representative data on whether and how people's practices of media consumption (including 'new'...
National Travel Survey, 2002-2023: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Travel Survey (NTS) is a series of household surveys designed to provide regular, up-to-date data on personal travel and monitor changes in travel behaviour over time. The first NTS was commissioned by the Ministry of Transport in 1965. Further periodic surveys were carried out in 1972/73,...
National Travel Survey, 2002-2023: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Travel Survey (NTS) is a series of household surveys designed to provide regular, up-to-date data on personal travel and monitor changes in travel behaviour over time. The first NTS was commissioned by the Ministry of Transport in 1965. Further periodic surveys were carried out in 1972/73,...
Home OnLine, 1998-2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Home Online, 1998-2001 (HoL) data derive from a household panel survey conducted over three annual waves. The main focus of the research was to gather household and individual information and examine information and communications technology (ICT) access and behaviour.
Methodology from the HoL...
Art and Industry in the Eighteenth Century
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The general purpose of the project was to identify a shift from the mid-eighteenth century in the connections between art and manufacture in England, and to plot the emergence of a distinctive style and range of new English consumer goods. Specifically, the project was intended to produce a case study of...
National Diet and Nutrition Survey : People Aged 65 Years and Over, 1994-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) Rolling Programme (RP) began in 2008 and is designed to assess the diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status of the general population aged 1.5 years and over living in private households in the UK. (For details of the previous NDNS series, which began in...
National Travel Survey, 1995-2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Travel Survey (NTS) is a series of household surveys designed to provide regular, up-to-date data on personal travel and monitor changes in travel behaviour over time. The first NTS was commissioned by the Ministry of Transport in 1965. Further periodic surveys were carried out in 1972/73,...
National Diet and Nutrition Survey Years 1-11, 2008-2019
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) Rolling Programme (RP) began in 2008 and is designed to assess the diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status of the general population aged 1.5 years and over living in private households in the UK. (For details of the previous NDNS series, which began in...
Project SIGMA : Gay Mens Panel Study, 1987-1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The SIGMA project research had its origins in 1982 at University College Cardiff, as a project to investigate gay and bisexual men's sexual behaviour as AIDS began to threaten (then GRID: gay-related immune deficiency). Following extensive piloting, the main SIGMA study was launched in 1986 and between...
Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People surveys began in 1982, under the name Smoking among Secondary Schoolchildren. The series initially aimed to provide national estimates of the proportion of secondary schoolchildren aged 11-15 who smoked, and to describe their smoking behaviour....
Living with Seasonal Affective Disorder: The Wintering Well Programme, 2022-2023
This is a data collections is related to the ESRC 'Living with SAD' research, an interdisciplinary project featuring cultural geography, psychiatry and arts practice.
The purpose for the study was to understand more about the lived experience of SAD with participants who worked with the research team via semi-structured seasonal interviews; seasonal diaries; workshops over...
1970 British Cohort Study: Age 16, Sweep 4 Dietary Diaries, 1986
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...