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Ethnic heterogeneity and ethnic conflicts 2003-2010
This database on the measures of ethnic heterogeneity and ethnic conflicts in 176 contemporary countries is connected with Tatu Vanhanen's long-term research project on the causal relationship between ethnic nepotism and the extent of ethnic conflict and violence in the world. The measures are: Ethnic Heterogeneity (EH) that measures to some extent the significance and...
Ethnic Conflicts and Ethnic Nepotism 2003-2011
The data are part of Professor Tatu Vanhanen's long-term research on ethnic nepotism and ethnic conflicts. The data contain 176 states and two measures: the estimated scale of ethnic conflicts (EEC) is used to measure the relative extent and significance of ethnic conflicts in a country during the period 2003-2011 and the measure of ethnic heterogeneity (EH) is used to...
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA) survey was launched by ScotCen Social Research (formerly the Scottish Centre for Social Research) in 1999, following the advent of devolution. Based on annual rounds of interviews of between 1,200 to 1,500 people drawn using probability sampling (based on a stratified,...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2002
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...
Black Immigrants to Britain, 1890-1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study is available via the UK Data Service QualiBank, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service.
Life-history interviews with black immigrants born before 1911 focusing on family life, community and work...
Survey of Representatives, 1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.As part of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 1998 Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications (SETA98 - held at the UK Data Archive under SN: 4894), a supplementary 'spin-out' survey of professional advisors/representatives was undertaken, thereby providing an opportunity to consider first-hand...
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Social Attitudes (SSA) survey was launched by ScotCen Social Research (formerly the Scottish Centre for Social Research) in 1999, following the advent of devolution. Based on annual rounds of interviews of between 1,200 to 1,500 people drawn using probability sampling (based on a stratified,...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2003
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...
European Working Conditions Survey, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
National Evaluation of the New Deal for Communities Programme: Household Survey Data, 2002-2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Evaluation of the New Deal for Communities Programme (NDC) surveys began in 2002. To begin the programme, MORI Social Research worked with CRESR at Sheffield Hallam University, on behalf of the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit. The first phase of the programme took the form of a large-scale project...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2004
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...
Scottish Minorities Survey, 2003-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aim of this project was to see how well post-devolution Scotland is succeeding in accommodating both nationalism and multiculturalism at the same time. A further and more specific objective was to increase understanding of ethnic minority perspectives on post-devolution Scotland.
The study...
Politics and the English Child, 1969
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to investigate political ideas among English school children taking into account the following main variables: age, type of school, social class and sex differences.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Knowledge about: party in office, elections, the Queen, Members...
National Child Development Study: Age 23, Sweep 4, 1981, and Public Examination Results, 1978
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Child Development Study (NCDS) is a continuing longitudinal study that seeks to follow the lives of all those living in Great Britain who were born in one particular week in 1958. The aim of the study is to improve understanding of the factors affecting human development over the...
National Child Development Study: Age 33, Sweep 5, 1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Child Development Study (NCDS) is a continuing longitudinal study that seeks to follow the lives of all those living in Great Britain who were born in one particular week in 1958. The aim of the study is to improve understanding of the factors affecting human development over the...
European Working Conditions Survey, 1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
European Working Conditions Survey, 1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
European Working Conditions Survey, 2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify...
Experiences of Claimants in Race Discrimination Employment Tribunal Cases, 2005-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This qualitative study for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) explored the perceptions and subjective experiences of claimants who were involved in Race Relations Act (RRA) employment tribunal cases.
The main aims of the study were to explore, in-depth, the subjective experiences of claimants...
Citizenship Survey, 2007-2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Citizenship Survey (known in the field as the Communities Study) ran from 2001 to 2010-2011. It began as the 'Home Office Citizenship Survey' (HOCS) before the responsibility moved to the new Communities and Local Government department (DCLG) in May 2006. The survey provided an evidence base for the...
Methodological Aspects of Attitude Research, 1985-1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The major aim of the study was to find ways of improving the reliability and validity of instruments for measuring social and political ideology. It represents a follow-up to the 1983 British Election Study (SN: 2005).Main Topics:Party identification, social and political values (equality, self-reliance,...
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...
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...
Social Change and Economic Life Initiative Surveys, 1986-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The principal emphasis of the programme was to examine the attitude of the population to changes in the employment structure of British society, including occupational structure changes in the gender composition of the workforce, increased unemployment and increases in the use of casual employment. These...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1989
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 Social Attitudes Survey, 1990
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 Social Attitudes Survey, 1991
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 Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1991; Cumulative File
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...
Discrimination Against Gay Men and Lesbians, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The study was designed to take an unbiased and comprehensive look at the nature of discrimination against gay men and lesbians in Britain today, through a random sample survey of gays/lesbians and of heterosexuals. There was also a follow-up qualitative study of gays and lesbians, but only data from the...
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...