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Deprivation, Work Experience and the Legitimation of Authority (DWELA), 1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To examine the different ways in which individuals understand and explain the working of the structure of reward distribution.
(N.B. Potential users of this data set should note that this study was an exploratory feasibility study with a rather small number of respondents).Main...
Capitalist Farmers in the Class Structure, 1974-1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this project was to describe and analyse the changing position of East Anglian farmers and landowners in the rural class structure. For those employing labour this provided complementary data to that already collected from farm workers (SN: 963).Main Topics:Variables
The data collected included...
Effect of Orientation on Probation Work, 1974-1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To examine hypotheses that there are two main orientations, judicial and clinical, in probation work and that these have differential effects on subsequent probationer behaviour. The data collected was also used to perform a comparative study of outcome in Scotland and England.
Exploratory Study of Attitudes and Behaviour of Workers in Small Firms, 1974-1976
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aims of the survey were to investigate the attitudes and behaviour of workers in small and large firms in the printing and electronics industries. Data were collected on three main issues:
(i) the process of becoming a small firm worker;
(ii) the meanings and social relations distinctively...
Now! Religion Survey, 1979
Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
A)Clergy
Most important job clergy has, main value of having a religious faith, whether believes in life after death and in what form, proportion of people from own parish meets during year and most usual place. Agreement/disagreement with several statements concerning church and religion, for which causes money should be raised....
Social Status in Great Britain, 1974
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study examined some basic issues in social stratification.Main Topics:Occupations of respondents, current and previous; occupations of friends, neighbours, father, father-in-law, wife, brothers; education and qualifications, particularly post-school; background and personal circumstances, including...
Child Development Research Unit Longitudinal Study: Composite File Including Ages One, Four, Seven, Eleven and Sixteen, 1958-1978
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this longitudinal survey study was to investigate parent/child relationships in developmental sequence in order to understand the process of child-rearing as it happens in a fairly typical English urban community. To achieve a detailed picture of the child's behaviour in the home and its...
Aircraft Noise and Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders, 1977
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this study was to determine, as part of a larger research programme, whether or not there are reliable associations between aircraft noise exposure and several indications of psychiatric morbidity and distress.Main Topics:Variables
(I) Awareness and attitudes to aircraft noise
Open-ended...
Reading Marriage Survey, 1974
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To describe and analyse geographical and social aspects of marital choice in modern Britain and to investigate their likely genetical import. Marital choice is important biologically because partners with remote origins tend to be genetically more different than those with close origins. Proximity of...
Shop Steward Tenure, 1979-1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to test hypotheses suggesting that the higher turnover amongst shop stewards in small plants is due to the fewer resources available to these stewards.
Redundancy in Steel : Labour Market Behaviour, Domestic Organisation and Local Networks, 1981-1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To examine by means of a longitudinal survey the subsequent labour market behaviour of workers made redundant from the British Steel Corporation's Abbey Works at Port Talbort, South Wales, and to relate this behaviour to patterns of domestic organisation and local social networks.Main...
Family and Kinship in East London : Bethnal Green Survey, 1954-1955; Subjects
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 Subjects: sex, age, marital status, whether rehoused, household structure and...
The National SOM Survey Cumulative Dataset
In order to identify how the evolution of society affects Swedes’ attitudes and behaviour, the SOM Institute started its National SOM study in 1986. National SOM addresses three areas - society, opinions and mass media - and consists of a large number of questions related to politics, society, media and social background, but their areas of focus differ. Every year, the...
ISSP 2017 - Social Networks and Social Resources
The ISSP is a cross-national collaboration programme conducting annual surveys on diverse topics relevant to social sciences.
This survey is the Swedish part of the 2017 'International Social Survey Program' (ISSP), and it is the fourth time an ISSP-survey is focusing on Social Networks and Social Resources.
1985 The Role of Government I
1986 Social Networks I
1987...
ISSP 1995 - National identity I: Sweden
This survey is the Swedish part of the 1995 'International Social Survey Program' (ISSP), and it focuses on national identity. Respondents were asked to comment on various topics regarding national identity, such as how 'close' they felt to Sweden, national pride, Sweden's relations with other countries, and treatment of immigrants and minority groups. Those queried were...
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...
Occupational Stress in Graduate Engineers, 1980-1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The research set out to study occupational stress and its consequences in newly qualified graduate engineers. The project was also concerned with a number of more general issues in the area of stress research. A longitudinal design was employed, with measures taken before subjects entered their first...
Survey of Residents of Two Therapeutic Communities for Former Drug Users, 1973
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The survey was part of a wider evaluation of two residential therapeutic communities.Main Topics:Variables
Pre-admission characteristics (including information about age, sex, social class, previous drug and alcohol use, school history and educational attainment, criminality, employment and medical...
MORI Living in Britain Survey, 1983: 'Breadline Britain'
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Living in Britain Survey, 1983 took the form of a public opinion poll conducted amongst adults in Britain on behalf of London Weekend Television. It formed the basis of the 'Breadline Britain' television series. The survey investigated the public's perceptions of minimum needs and then identifying...
British Crime Survey, 1984
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...
National Consumer Study in One Hundred Local Authority Old Peoples Homes, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the survey were:
(a) to assess the reaction of elderly residents in LA Homes to their present environment and to interpret the practical implications this may have for planners and architects;
(b) to explore the attitudes of old people to residential care and identify consumer preferences, or...
Health and Lifestyle Survey, 1984-1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Following a number of feasibility studies and pilot surveys carried out in 1978, the first Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS1) (held at the UKDA under SN 2218), funded by the Health Promotion Research Trust, was carried out in 1984-1985 on a random sample of the population of England, Scotland and Wales....
Women and Leisure: Constraints and Opportunities, 1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this study was to collect new empirical data on women's access to free time and their leisure experiences. To discover how such access is differentiated by women's economic and social situation and by cultural norms.Main Topics:Variables
Access to free time; amount of free time, participation...
Disability in Adolescence, 1977-1979: Psychological and Social Problems of Teenagers with Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida with Hydrocephalus
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was:to ascertain the nature and extent of psychological and social problems in adolescents with congenital cerebral palsy or spina bifida with hydrocephalusto identify some of the factors associated with good or poor `adjustment'to assess the adequacy of services available,...
Household Movements and Planning Policy, 1976-1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To investigate the way in which household movements are influenced by planning control over the differential expansion of rural settlements on Leicester's urban fringe.Main Topics:Variables
Migration over one year period (repeated four times, 1976 to 1979); origins of migrants; household characteristics...
Transition to Parenthood, 1979-1981
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The study aimed to examine:
(i) the extent and nature of change occurring during the transition period and parents' reactions to these changes. Particular attention was paid to economic and environmental circumstances; the division of work; and relationships with the extended family and spouse;
(ii)...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1986
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...
Values in Norway, 1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this project was to describe and analyse the value systems in the Norwegian population and to provide data for comparisons of values between nations.
OPCS Omnibus Survey, May 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (formerly known as the ONS Opinions Survey or Omnibus) is an omnibus survey that began in 1990, collecting data on a range of subjects commissioned by both the ONS internally and external clients (limited to other government departments, charities, non-profit...
Attitudes of Students at the London School of Economics, 1991-1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To conduct a course exercise that collects questionnaire-based information each year from a sample of students at the London School of Economics. The studies focus on background characteristics relevant to a student population, on attitudes to selected political and social issues, and on participation in...