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Horse Dealer Interviews 2012
The data contain Finnish horse dealers' interviews that examined the impact of the interaction between man and horse on the trade situation. Ethical questions on the wellbeing of horses in horse trading were also studied. The interviewees were asked about things such as the fulfilment of customers' expectations of horses, the impact of the chemistry between the horse and the...
Low-threshold Meeting Places and Inclusive Communities during COVID-19: Client Survey 2021-2022
The survey explores the well-being and experiences of people attending low-threshold meeting places during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey focused on meeting places serving disadvantaged groups. The data was collected by the University of Helsinki's Inclusive Communities sub-project, which is part of the COVID-19 in the margins of society (KoMa) project. First, respondents...
Living Conditions of Social Assistance Recipients and Social Work 1996
The survey charted the living conditions, life experiences and client relationship of social assistance recipients and social work. First, the respondents were asked to assess their childhood and childhood home, for example, who had looked after them the most and whether there had been serious conflicts or drinking problems in the family. The respondents were asked how many...
Cohort Study of Recently Formed Northern Businesses, 1993-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the study are:
(i)to identify the key characteristics of (a) a sample of newly formed Northern businesses; and (b) the founders of those businesses;
(ii)to track the perceptions founders have, at different points during the first two years of life, of likely business prospects over a range of...
Delivering Financial Services in the Home, 2002-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The qualitative research aimed to investigate the feasibility of using home service as a means of raising levels of financial literacy and providing support services for the financially excluded. It was recognised in the proposal that home service provision for savings was in decline. However, when the...
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...
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...
Survey of the Solicitors' Profession, 1989
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To obtain a profile of the structure, organisation and staffing of solicitors' firms; to describe the types of legal and non-legal work carried out by solicitors; to investigate the social background of solicitors including career history and educational qualifications; to explore solicitors' attitudes on...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Media Dataset, 1992-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The principal aim of this project was to examine the impact on the competitiveness of the UK media industries of three related developments: (1) changes in economic organisation which have seen greater use of contracting, outsourcing and vertical disintegration; (2) shifts in the regulatory framework for...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Management Practice of Foreign Ownership Firms Dataset, 1985-1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Foreign direct investment [FDI] into the United Kingdom (UK) has grown considerably in recent years. US, French, German and Japanese companies have generally accounted for the largest share of this FDI. In addition to greenfield and expansion investment, a major vehicle for inward FDI has been the...
Changing Employment Relationships, Employment Contracts and the Future of Work, 1999-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project was designed to identify changes in the employment relationship and contractual basis of employment over the 1980's and 1990's, and to examine their consequences for the future of work. The growth and distribution of numerical and functional flexibility, and their impact on employees and the...
European Working Conditions Survey, 2010
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...
Innovation in the London Region, 1999-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The theoretical aim of this research is to examine and understand why innovative and competitive firms tend to cluster in a limited number of particular cities. The project is also seeking to understand the observed variety of supplier and customer arrangements among firms and the interactions between...
Innovation in Amsterdam, London, Milan, Paris and Stuttgart, 1999-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The theoretical aim of this research is to examine and understand why innovative and competitive firms tend to cluster in a limited number of particular cities. The project is also seeking to understand the observed variety of supplier and customer arrangements among firms and the interactions between...
Survey of 400 Locally Controlled Manufacturing Establishments in Merseyside and Greater Manchester, 1979-1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to examine the financial standing and policies of locally controlled manufacturing establishments in Merseyside and Greater Manchester during 1979-1980. The study aimed to examine the 'birth process' of newer firms and to assess the knowledge and effect of central and...
Tampere Praksis: Adult Social Work Clients' Views on Applying for Social Assistance 2018
This dataset consists of four interviews with adult social work clients in Tampere, Finland. Themes of the interviews included applying for basic social assistance, importance of social assistance for personal finances, and the role of their appointed social worker. The data were collected after the transfer of the responsibility for granting basic social assistance from...
Initial and Follow-Up Interviews with Patients Participating in Work Ability Support Services in Primary Health Care 2021-2022
The dataset covers the experiences of primary health care clients of the work ability coordinator's work and functional ability support service in Finland. All interviewees participated in both the initial and follow-up interviews. The first interview took place immediately after the first visit to the work ability coordinator and the follow-up interview after the last...
Greenwood and Batley Ltd: Machine Tool Production, 1856-1900
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To collect data about a record of orders completed between 1856 and 1900.Main Topics:Order number, volume number of sales records, year and month of order and of despatch of order from works.
Name and address of customer (if abroad, country only given), name and address of agent through whom machines were...
Regional Economic Performance, Governance and Cohesion in an Enlarged Europe, 1999-2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To discover whether Europe’s regional economies were moving closer together, or whether new geographical differences and inequalities were being created, this research concentrated on developed and less developed parts of four countries: England, Italy, Poland and Slovakia. Data were collected on the...
Pensions Online: Producer, Distributor and User Attitudes and Behaviour, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project examined the extent to which the internet can make a difference to pension industry structure, product distribution, transaction procedures and administrative processes. Key researched questions to be resolved included: what was the continued role of the independent financial advisor (IFA)...
Public Attitudes to Price Fixing in Britain, 2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset contains the results of a survey gauging public attitudes in Britain to price-fixing and cartel enforcement mechanisms. This was the first ever survey of consumer attitudes to cartels. To ensure balanced and unbiased results, respondents were mainly presented with various scenarios and were...
European Working Conditions Survey Integrated Data File, 1991-2015
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...
Annual Business Survey, 2005-2022: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Annual Business Survey (ABS) is an annual survey of businesses covering the production, construction, distribution and service industries, which represents about two-thirds of the UK economy in terms of Gross Value Added (GVA).
Every year, ABS questionnaires are sent by the Office for National...
Individual's Attitudes Within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises to Environment and Environmental Compliance, 1996-1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the study were : to understand better the attitudes of individuals within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to environmental compliance and non-compliance including whether they regard the latter as crimes, and to understand the influence of such attitudes on business responsiveness...
Environmentally Friendly Farming and the Market: Extending Experience from England to France, 1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of this study were to determine the following:
Are geography, attitudes and traditional practices still influences on environmentally friendly farming?
What role do agri-environment policies have in influencing environmentally friendly farming?
What role do food marketing arrangements have in...
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...
Virtually Second-Hand: a Case Study of eBay, the Internet Auction Site, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project was a detailed study of a phenomenally successful form of e-commerce, the internet auction site. Such sites have revolutionised the buying and selling of second-hand and collectible items. However, they also provide potential new ways and spaces to perform and display knowledge and...
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...
The customer experience of town centres
Dataset resulting from tracking 200 respondents in six town centres to examine consumer behaviour in relation to the changing landscape of town centres. Research was carried out in Swindon, Huddersfield, Watford, Loughborough, Bury St Edmunds and Sandbach; typical for the type of towns that could be under threat from rival forms of retailing.
To start with, focus groups...