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ONS Omnibus Survey, July 1996
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...
ONS Omnibus Survey, October 1996
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...
EU Kids Online: Enhancing Knowledge Regarding European Children's Use, Risk and Safety Online, 2010
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project aimed to enhance the knowledge base regarding children’s and parents’ experiences and practices of risk and safety in their use of the internet and new online technologies in Europe. The goal was to inform the promotion of a safer online environment for children. A comparable quantitative...
Exploring Data, First Edition: Teaching Datasets, 1944-1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This series of small datasets, covering a range of research topics in the social sciences, was created to illustrate statistical techniques.
Users should note that these datasets are for use with the first edition of the following publication only:
Marsh, C. (1988) Exploring data, Cambridge: Polity...
Employment and the Family: Great Britain, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Norway and Portugal, 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project explored the decline of the 'male breadwinner' model of the articulation of employment and family life, in which men were responsible for market work and women for unpaid caring. As women increasingly enter employment, has the gendered division of labour (understood as incorporating both paid...
Women's Working Lives Survey, Northern Ireland, 1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This survey was designed to identify the various factors which determine whether or not women participate in paid work and how the unpaid work which women carry out in the home influences their lifetime involvement in the labour market. In addition it was intended that the survey would document the type...
Exploring British Society : 1979 General Household Survey Teaching Dataset
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 1979 GHS Teaching Data Set <i>Exploring British Society</i> is a series of four data sets based on the General Household Survey intended for undergraduate sociology and social science students.Main Topics:Each data set contains 30-50 variables. The main topics of each of the four data sets...
Social Origins, University Experiences and Career Destinations of Oxford University Members, 1900-1979
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To collect and analyse data on the social origins, university experiences, and career destinations of a 9 per cent stratified sample of Oxford University's twentieth-century members; to elaborate and develop computer methods used with large-scale collective biography; to elaborate taxonomic schemes used...
National Study of Health and Growth, Phase I: 1972-1976 (Years 1-5)
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Following changes in the provision of welfare, school milk and school meals in 1971, studies were set up to assess the possible effects of these changes upon the nutritional state of the population. The aim of the National Study of Health and Growth (NSHG) was to set up an anthropometric system of...
ESRC/Manchester University Macclesfield Survey, 1983
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To study the social implications of changing patterns of work and employmentMain Topics:Variables
Occupation, gender, age, family/household structure, attitudes, life and work histories.
Quality of Life of the Healthy Elderly: Residential Setting and Social Comparison Processes, 2000-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The objectives and research questions of this project were:to increase understanding of the factors that contribute to quality of life (QoL) perceptions in the healthy elderlyto obtain a broader understanding of the factors that influence QoL perceptions among the healthy elderlyto contribute to...
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...
Children's Dental Health Survey, 2013
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Children’s Dental Health (CDH) Survey series is a set of national surveys of children’s dental health that have been carried out every 10 years since 1973. Since its inception, the survey has provided important information to underpin the development and monitoring of dental health care for children....
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2021-2022
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,...
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2019
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,...
HELM Survey of 1982 Graduates, 1983-1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Higher Education and the Labour Market (HELM) Project was longitudinal survey of 1982 CNAA graduates, looking at their jobs and evaluating their education in 1982, 1984 and 1985.Main Topics:Variables
Employment status, income, type of work, type of employers, quality of job, post-graduate education...
Pre-School Children and the Need for Day Care Survey, 1974
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The prupose of this survey was to assess the extent of use and need for day care among pre-school childrenMain Topics:Variables
Age, social class and status.
Measurement scales
Children's behaviour; maternal depression and anxiety; need for day care.
Some questions were derived from M. Richman and P....
Social Mobility in Italy, 1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To construct social mobility tables (also by gender, cohort and region) for contemporary Italy, taking account of educational variables.Main Topics:Occupational mobility; social mobility; education; homo-heterogamy; gender inequality; geographical mobility.
Measurement Scales
De Lillo-Schizzerotto (DESC)...
Watford Shopping Survey, 1969
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this project was to improve the fund of information from which planners can assess the merits of alternative schemes for distributing a town's shopping provision. It was evident from the state of knowledge at that time that more information was needed, both for immediate assessment purposes,...
Survey of Family Planning Services in Scotland, April - July, 1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to show women's requirements of the family planning services and the way in which they had been changing.Main Topics:Variables
Use of family planning services, use of contraceptive methods, pre- marital sexual intercourse. Age, marital status, time.
Children's Dental Health Survey, 2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Children’s Dental Health (CDH) Survey series is a set of national surveys of children’s dental health that have been carried out every 10 years since 1973. Since its inception, the survey has provided important information to underpin the development and monitoring of dental health care for children....
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1995
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...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1995
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...
Northern Ireland Social Mobility Survey, 1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims and objectives of this project were :
to examine the relationship between, one the one hand, social mobility and on the other, political preferences, attitudes and behaviour within the context of Northern Ireland, a society which is deeply divided on politico-religious backgrounds. In particular,...
DSS/PSI Programme of Research into Low-Income Families, 1991-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The DSS/PSI Programme of Research into Low-Income Families (PRILIF) studied low-income families with dependent children. The study was conducted by the Department of Social Security (DSS) (now the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)), and the Policy Studies Institute (PSI).
The PRILIF series began in...
Growing Up in Scotland: Cohort 2, Sweeps 1-3, 2011-2015: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) study is a large-scale longitudinal social survey which follows the lives of several groups of Scottish children from infancy through childhood and adolescence. It aims to provide important information on children, young people and their families in Scotland. The study...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1994
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...
National Child Development Study: Childhood Data from Birth to Age 16, Sweeps 0-3, 1958-1974
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...
Childhood Vaccination: Science and Public Engagement in International Perspective, 2002-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Given crises of public confidence in certain childhood vaccination regimes both in the United Kingdom and West Africa, this study used the lens of vaccination to explore emerging science-society relations in European and African settings which have conventionally been theorised very differently. Focusing...