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1970 British Cohort Study: Age 16, Sweep 4, 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...
Income, Expenditure and Disability, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study is to examine the income and expenditure patterns of disabled people and the impact of the introduction of Disability Living Allowance thereon.Main Topics:The interview schedule was split into three parts. The first interview was an income and expenditure inventory, looking at...
1970 British Cohort Study: Age 10, Sweep 3, 1980
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...
Adult Literacy in Britain, 1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Adult Literacy Survey, carried out in Great Britain in 1996, was part of an international programme of surveys known as the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS).
The aim was to profile the literacy skills of adults aged 16-65 using an internationally agreed measure. The objectives were to...
Girls into Science and Technology: Initial Survey, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.GIST is an Action Research project aiming to improve girls' participation in scientific and technological studies at school when these become optional. The initial survey was conducted with 2065 first year children in ten co-educational comprehensive schools in Greater Manchester. Eight of these were...
National Pupil Database, Key Stage 2, Tier 4, 2002-2016: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Pupil Database (NPD) is one of the richest education datasets in the world. It is a longitudinal database which links pupil characteristics to information about attainment for those who attend schools and colleges in England.
There are a range of data sources in the NPD providing detailed...
1970 British Cohort Study: Age 10, Sweep 3 Special Needs Survey, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) began in 1970 when data were collected about the births and families of babies born in the United Kingdom in one particular week in 1970. Since then, there have been nine further full data collection exercises in order to monitor the cohort members' health,...
Prison Reading Survey, 1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.There is a widespread belief that literacy levels among offenders are lower than those in the general population. A frequently-associated belief is that if their reading problems were to be addressed, then offenders would abandon anti-social ways and pursue law-abiding careers. The Prison Reading Survey...
Teaching and Learning Processes in Inner City Infant Schools, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.There were five key objectives to this research project :
to examine the teaching approaches experienced by year 2 pupils in inner city schools since the introduction of the national curriculum and assessment;
to examine how Teacher Assessments (TAs) and Standard Assessment Tasks (SATs) were being carried...
Girls into Science and Technology (GIST); Panel Study, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.GIST is an Action Research project aiming to improve girls' participation in scientific and technological studies at school when these become optional. The initial survey was conducted with 2065 first year children in ten co-educational comprehensive schools in Greater Manchester. Eight of these were...