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Democratization and Power Resources 1850-2000
This large longitudinal study is the result of professor Tatu Vanhanen's long-term research on democratization and power resources. International scientific community knows this data also by the name "Vanhanen's Index of Power Resources". The data have been collected from several written sources and have been published as appendices of five different books. The books are...
Verwijzing naar de data van: International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)
The results of the survey shed light on the social and economic impacts ofdifferent levels of literacy, the underlying factors which cause them and how theymight be amenable to policy intervention.
Functionele en schoolse leesvaardigheid 1992-1994
Study aimed at measuring literacy-levels and testing the relationship between functional literacy and school-based literacy. Reading ability tests / general knowledge tests / understanding texts / cognitive ability / verbal reasoning / spatial intelligence / vocabulary / out of school reading. Background variables: basic characteristics/ education
Opinions on the State of the Finnish Language 2013
The survey charted citizen views on written and spoken Finnish. Themes studied included, for instance, language change, the relationship between written and spoken language, loanwords from English, and language practices in the public sphere. Opinions on the use of Finnish and its change were charted. The respondents were asked how important they regarded the well-being of...
PIAAC 2012: Survey of Adult Skills: Finnish Data
The study charted adults' proficiency in basic information-processing skills; literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments. Background information on the respondents included, among others, their educational and occupational backgrounds and their need for cognitive, physical, social, learning and computer skills.
Long-term Changes in Nutrition, Welfare and Productivity in Britain; Physical and Socio-economic Characteristics of Recruits to the Army and Royal Marines, 1760-1879
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To use information about the heights of the British since the middle of the eighteenth century to describe their nutritional status and to explore its relationship to the welfare and productivity of that populationMain Topics:Variables
Height, age, occupation, place of birth, place and date of...
Survey of Disabled Children Living in Private Households, 1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In response to a request from the DHSS, the OPCS undertook a programme of research to find out the numbers and circumstances of disabled people in Great Britain. This programme included surveys of disabled adults living in private households; disabled children living in private households; disabled...
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...
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1987-1994; Cohort Three, Sweep One to Four
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Youth Cohort Study (YCS) is a major programme of longitudinal research designed to monitor the behaviour and decisions of representative samples of young people aged sixteen upwards as they make the transition from compulsory education to further or higher education, or to the labour market. It tries...
Anthropometric Data Relating to Working-Class Children, 1841
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To examine variations in the heights and circumferences of children in different occupations during 1841.Main Topics:Industry and place where employed; family name; first name; sex; age in years and months; height in feet and inches; chest circumference in feet and inches; subjective assessment of...
Educational development in international comparison
Focus of this study is the data of the educational system, collected in different European countries. Mainly there is information about the pupils’ number in primary schools, secondary schools and in universities collected. There is no information about the vocational education and adult education, because the differences between these systems are too strong.
In order to...
Child Development Research Unit Longitudinal Study: Composite File Including Ages One, Four, Seven, Eleven and Sixteen, 1958-1978
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this longitudinal survey study was to investigate parent/child relationships in developmental sequence in order to understand the process of child-rearing as it happens in a fairly typical English urban community. To achieve a detailed picture of the child's behaviour in the home and its...
Wisconsin Political, Social and Economic Data by Counties, 1886-1976
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study is to collect political, economic and social data for each of the seventy-two counties of the American state of Wisconsin relating to different times between 1886 and 1976 inclusive.Main Topics:Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would...
Indiana Political, Social and Economic Data by Counties, 1865-1976
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study is to collect political, social and economic data for each of the ninety-two counties of the American state of Indiana. Most such data are for the twentieth century but a few variables relate to dates between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and 1900.Main Topics:Please note: this...
Segregation and Social Structure in Early 20th Century Belfast, 1901
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to collect data which would facilitate the analysis of segregation and social structure in early twentieth century Belfast in relation to the main religious groups in the city - Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists and other Protestant groups.Main...
Young Lives: School Survey, Ethiopia, 2016-2017
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Lives survey is an innovative long-term project investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four developing countries. The study is being conducted in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam and has tracked the lives of 12,000 children over a 20-year period, through 5 (in-person) survey...
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...
Young Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 3, 2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Lives survey is an innovative long-term project investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four developing countries. The study is being conducted in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam and has tracked the lives of 12,000 children over a 20-year period, through 5 (in-person) survey...
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,...
British Cohort Studies Teaching Dataset for Higher Education, 1958-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In December 2007 the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) completed a two year project which aimed to create a set of teaching datasets and associated resources for lecturers in higher education. These are based on the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). The...
Peer-to-peer Deaf Multiliteracies, 2017-2020
This project on multiliteracies involved groups of deaf learners in India, Uganda, and Ghana, both in primary schools and with young adult learners. The Peer-to-Peer Deaf Multiliteracies project examined how some of the dynamics that contribute to learners’ marginalisation can be changed by involving deaf individuals in the design of new teaching approaches, and by using...
Young Lives: School Survey, Ethiopia, 2012-2013
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Lives survey is an innovative long-term project investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four developing countries. The study is being conducted in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam and has tracked the lives of 12,000 children over a 20-year period, through 5 (in-person) survey...
Household Survey for Evaluation of Indonesia Women's Empowerment Project, 2013
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of Indonesia Women's Empowerment Project, 2013 was collected by Oxfam to evaluate the Papua Women's Empowerment (PAWE) project. The overall objective of the project was to improve women's awareness and participation in the decision-making and implementation of a...
Young Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Lives survey is an innovative long-term project investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four developing countries. The study is being conducted in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam and has tracked the lives of 12,000 children over a 20-year period, through 5 (in-person) survey...
Literacy longitudinal data of deaf and hearing children
Dataset assessing the language and literacy of children with severe–profound hearing loss, using standard measures and scales. Forty-one deaf children, aged 5-7 years, with severe-profound prelingual hearing loss were assessed on single word reading, reading comprehension, English vocabulary, phonological awareness and speech-reading at three time points (September 2014 -...
World Bank Africa Development Indicators, 1960-2011
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The World Bank Africa Development Indicators (ADI) provided annual time series data for over 1,400 indicators. No further updates of this database are currently planned. Topics covered by the extensive database include national accounts, balance of payments, trade, prices, government finance and external...
1970 British Cohort Study: Age 10, Sweep 3 Special Needs Survey, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) began in 1970 when data were collected about the births and families of babies born in the United Kingdom in one particular week in 1970. Since then, there have been nine further full data collection exercises in order to monitor the cohort members' health,...
Skills for Life Survey, 2011
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Skills for Life Survey, 2011 (SfL2011), was a follow-up to the Skills for Life Survey, 2003 (SfL2003) (held under SN 7239). SfL2011 examined the basic skills of adults, aged 16-65 years-old, in England. The aim of the survey was to: examine changes in literacy and numeracy levels among the...
Individual Commitment to Lifetime Learning : Individuals' Attitudes, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employment Department have commissioned three studies of attitudes to individual commitment to learning. The first in the series examined individuals' attitudes to learning (SN:3305), the second was concerned with employers' attitudes to learning (SN:3445) while the third covered the providers of...
PPRU Surveys of Disability, 1989-1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The surveys were commissioned to provide information about disability for use in planning policies and services.
The aims of the surveys were to:
estimate the prevalence of disability among adults and children in Northern Ireland;
assess the circumstances under which people with disabilities live;
provide...