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Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Life Situation Questionnaire of 50-Year-Olds 2009
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 40 years. At this research stage, the lives of 50-year-olds were surveyed in terms of family, work, health, and leisure. In addition to the Life Situation Questionnaire, this research stage includes an interview,...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Personality Tests of 50-Year-Olds 2009
This Finnish study has continued to follow the same individuals for over 40 years. At this research wave the subjects were 50 years old. Data were collected using an interview, self-ratings based on various tests and methods, a Life Situation Questionnaire, a life history calendar, a medical examination, and laboratory tests. This dataset contains three personality tests...
Mothers and Grown-up Children 2000
An online survey conducted by a Finnish newspaper. The data consist of responses to open-ended questions about mothers' relations with their adult children. The mothers were asked how far away their children lived, and how often and in what ways the mothers were in contact with them. Helping adult children, as well as reasons for doing or not doing so were studied. The...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Life Situation Questionnaire of 36-Year-Olds 1995
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. At this research stage, the life situation of 36-year-olds was charted. In addition, this research stage includes an interview, self-ratings based on various tests and methods, and personality tests. In order to...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Interviews of 36-Year-Olds 1995
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. The research stage also included a life situation questionnaire, two personality tests, and self-ratings based on various tests and methods. First, the respondents were asked to tell about their regular day and...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Interviews of 14-Year-Olds 1974
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. At this research stage, 14-year-olds' social behaviour and living circumstances were explored. The research stage also includes peer nominations and teacher ratings (FSD2073), and parent interviews (FSD2074). The...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Self-Ratings and Free Time Activities of 20-Year-Olds 1980
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. In this data collection wave, some of the respondents, who were 20 years old at the time, were invited to participate in a theme interview. This dataset contains three self-rating questionnaires and a free time...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Interviews of 27-Year-Olds 1986
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. At this research stage, data were collected through interviews probing 12 different themes. The recorded interviews were numerically classified according to the themes only afterwards, when it was possible to...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Personality Tests of 42-Year-Olds 2001
This Finnish study has continued to follow the same individuals for over 30 years. At this research wave the subjects were 42 years old. Data were collected using an interview, a number of questionnaires based on different tests and methods, a medical examination, and laboratory tests. This dataset contains three personality tests which were given to the participants in...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Personality Tests of 36-Year-Olds 1995
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. At this research stage, various aspects of the lives of 36-year-old participants were charted. This research stage includes a life situation questionnaire, an interview, self-ratings based on various tests and...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Interviews of 20-Year-Olds 1980
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. The themes in the interviews of 20-year-olds corresponded to the themes in the interviews of 14-year-olds, which were conducted at an earlier research stage. The themes included the respondents' current family,...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Interviews of 27-Year-Olds 1986: Text Data
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. At this research stage, data were collected using a theme interview, a life situation questionnaire, and two personality tests. This dataset contains the original transcribed responses to the questions presented...
Women's Experiences of Body Positive Selfie Production 2018
The dataset consists of self-administered written texts and interviews on body positivity and the lupanäkyä ("permission to be visible") campaign and hashtag on social media. The lupanäkyä hashtag was part of the Vaakakapina ("Rebellion against scales") movement launched by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE). The study was conducted as part of the Sexuality and Play in...
Body Image and Childhood Memories 2015
The Body Image and Childhood Memories 2015 data consist of 71 texts about appearance and one's own body image in relation to youth and childhood experiences. The texts deal with a variety of topics ranging from obesity and fashion to beauty standards and changes in own appearance through different ages. Most of the respondents were women. The respondents' age varied between...
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....
Health and Lifestyle Survey: Seven-Year Follow-Up, 1991-1992
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....
National Child Development Study: Social Participation and Identity, 2007-2010
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 whole...
Telling the Future: Individual and Household Plans among Younger Adults, 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study is a follow up from earlier survey work conducted in 1997, 'Individual and Household Strategies: A Decade of Change?' (held at the UK Data Archive under SN:4038). The aim of the earlier study was to further develop understanding of individual and household planning behaviour by collecting...
ONS Opinions Survey, June 2011
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) is an omnibus survey that collects data from respondents in Great Britain. Information is gathered on a range of subjects, commissioned both internally by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and by external clients (other government departments, charities,...
Scottish Demography: Scottish Migration to, and Return from, South East England, 2005-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed methods dataset.
The project examined Scots living in England. Scots are one of the largest non-English born immigrant groups in the UK. While the attraction of Scotland to the English-born population is documented, less attention is given to why Scots continue to migrate to England...
Market for Migrant Domestic and Sex Workers, 2002-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed-methods dataset.
The study explored attitudes towards, and experience of, the markets for migrant domestic and sex workers in the UK and Spain through a combination of interview and survey research. The interviews were structured around a standard set of topics, and examined respondents'...
Young People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey (YPBAS) is a school-based survey carried out among 11-16 year olds and covers a wide range of topics relevant to the lives of young people today. The main aim of the YPBAS is to gain an insight into, and increase understanding of, the behaviours and...
Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination, 2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed methods data collection.
The Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination project focused on the consumption practices of the first wave 'baby boom' generation (born 1945-1954). This group, representing 17% of the UK population, began their life at a time...
Deprived White Community? Social Action in Three Norwich Estates, 1940-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection.
The project charted changes since 1940 in the interface between official descriptions of three Norwich council estates (North Earlham, Larkman and Marlpit) as deprived, and residents' own social and spatial identity practices.
It looked critically at the extent to...
Bullying, Ethnic Identity, Coping and Adjustment among Minority Ethnic Pupils, 2005-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Bullying is experienced by many children, and has been shown to have a negative impact upon both psychological and social adjustment. Previous research examining the coping processes engaged in by bullied children has relied on samples drawn from the majority culture and has neglected children from...
Learning to Perform: Data from a United Kingdom Conservatoire of Music, 2004-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed-methods longitudinal data set.
This project looked at the 'secret garden' of conservatoires of music. This is an area of higher education where the one-to-one lesson format has traditionally formed the core of teaching and learning. Conservatoires have hitherto been under-researched. The...
Young People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey (YPBAS) is a school-based survey carried out among 11-16 year olds and covers a wide range of topics relevant to the lives of young people today. The main aim of the YPBAS is to gain an insight into, and increase understanding of, the behaviours and...
Laddishness and Self-Worth Protection, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed-methods collection.
The research investigated the hypothesis that ‘laddish’ behaviour serves to protect the self-worth of some pupils. There were four main research questions.
1) In what ways does ‘laddish’ behaviour act to protect self-worth?
2) How can schools and teachers reduce...
Smoking Attitudes in 11-18 Year-Olds, 1999-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Smoking Attitudes in 11-18 Year-Olds, 1999-2005 provides data on adolescents' views of smoking initiation and smoking behaviour in a sample of young people surveyed from age 11/12 years through to 17/18 years of age. The data are part of an existing large cohort study of adolescents and smoking...
Northern Ireland Life And Times Survey, 2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT) series began in 1998, and was the successor to the previous Northern Ireland Social Attitudes series, which was discontinued in 1996.The main aims of the NILT series are:
to monitor public attitudes towards social policy and political issues in Northern...