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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...
Great Britain Historical Database: Census Statistics : Collections, 1861
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information...
Adult Learners' Lives, 2002-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Adult Learners' Lives project was a major National Research and Development Centre (NRDC) research study carried out by members of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre. The overall aim of the project was to develop understandings of the relationships between learners' lives and the literacy,...
Resisting Subjugation: Law and Power amongst the Santal of India and Bangladesh, 2002-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is an enhanced qualitative study.
The study uses mixed methods and focuses on the Santal adivasi (tribal people) in Jharkhand, India and Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Anthropological and sociological data collection methods were used to collect material in four villages, three courts of law and from...
Scottish Survey of Adult Literacies, 2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the Scottish Survey of Adult Literacies, 2009 (SSAL2009) was to update existing data on working age (16-65 year old) adults’ literacies skills, and to provide a new baseline estimate of the general population’s levels of literacies skills in Scotland. This included an assessment of skills on...
Afghan Women’s Resistance and Struggle in Afghanistan and Diasporic Communities, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Afghan Women’s Resistance and Struggle in Afghanistan and Diasporic Communities, 2004-2005 aimed to develop a better understanding of Afghan women's resistance to war and violent conflicts; their engagement with multiple worlds as refugees or living in exile, their struggle for survival and/or their...
Stockholm Birth Cohort
The Stockholm Birth Cohort Study (SBC) was created in 2004/2005 by a probability matching of two anonymized longitudinal datasets; The Stockholm Metropolitan study and The Swedish Work and Mortality Database (WMD). The former involves all children born 1953 that lived in the Stockholm metropolitan area as of November 1, 1963, while the latter comprises data for the period...
Raising Awareness of Employees for the Problem of Functional Illiteracy in Companies (SAPfA)
Survey of employers and employees to functional illiteracy in the professional environment.
Integrated Rural Survey of Kenya, 1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aims of this study were to assess the structure of rural household income in Kenya in 1982; to discover changes since 1975 in agriculture and assets with special attention to the impact of the coffee boom; to assess access to government services and health, education, water, wood and sewage.Main...
Household Budget Survey of Rural Tanzania, 1983
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aims of this study were to assess the structure of rural household income in Tanzania in 1983; to discover changes since 1975 in agriculture and assets with special attention to the impact of the coffee boom; to assess access to government services and health, education, water, wood and...
Database of Irish Historical Statistics : Literacy, 1841-1911
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of the project was to provide machine-readable economic and social history statistics relating to the whole of Ireland for the period 1821-1971. Further information about the project is available on the QUB Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis website.
Main Topics:The main tables...
ONS Omnibus Survey, January 1999
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...
Causes of Homelessness among Older People in Four Cities in England, and Boston, Massachusetts, 2001-2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.A comparative study of the causes of new episodes of homelessness among people aged 50 or more years was undertaken in Boston, Massachusetts (USA), Melbourne, Australia, and four English cities. The aims were to make a substantial contribution to the predominantly American debate on the causes of...
Coups d'Etat, 1950-1970
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To collect socio-economic data in order to investigate theories concerning the causes of coups.Main Topics:Variables
Country, % population living in rural areas/working in agriculture 1970, % growth rate of GNP per capita (U.S. dollars) 1970, number of people for each physician 1970, % population...
Wellbeing in Developing Countries: Resources and Needs, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Wellbeing in Developing Countries is a series of studies which aim to develop a conceptual and methodological approach to understanding the social and cultural construction of wellbeing in developing countries. The Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group (WeD), based at the University of Bath,...