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ONS Omnibus Survey, February 2003
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...
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...
Family Expenditure Survey Follow-up Survey of Disabled Adults, 1986-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey was to analyse and compare the income and expenditure patterns of households containing a disabled adult with other households. To provide a comparative measure of the extra costs of disability to complement the subjective measures used in the OPCS Survey of Disabled Adults in...
Constituency Campaigning in the 2001 General Election
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Over the last decade, there has been a renewal of interest in, and revaluation of, the effects of local constituency campaigning on the part of both academics and political parties. From the 1950s to the 1980s, as campaigning became more 'nationalised' - dominated by party leaders and focused almost...
Trade Union Campaigning in the British General Election, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the study were: to conduct a multi-level investigation of the campaigning activities of British trade unions at the 2001 General Election; to analyse the impact that the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (2000) and that changes in the union-Labour Party link have had on union...
Communication and Isolation among the Elderly, 1968
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to discover the use made by old people of postal and telephone services and also their personal health and social contacts.
Main Topics:Section on telephone ownership and use: reason for having telephone installed, whether respondent's telephone bills are subsidised, if so,...
Constituency Campaigning in the 2010 General Election
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Over the last decade, there has been a renewal of interest in, and revaluation of, the effects of local constituency campaigning on the part of both academics and political parties. From the 1950s to the 1980s, as campaigning became more 'nationalised' - dominated by party leaders and focused almost...
Telephone Survey Call Diaries, 1969
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Data accumulated from Consumers' Association surveys are designed to be used by the consumer. The surveys are, therefore, very specific in nature and the subjects covered diverse. The Data Archive holds 19 such surveys.
Readers are asked to note that, with the exception of the surveys on the Telephone...
British Crime Survey, 2001-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering...
British Crime Survey, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering...
British General Election Study, 1997; Cross-Section Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. <i>British General Election Study, 1997</i>
The aims of the 1997 British General Election Study are:
to maintain the continuity of the BGES survey series thereby providing a record of voting behaviour over the last three decades;
to compare voting behaviour and issues of identity North...
British General Election Study, 1997 : Ethnic Minority Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. British General Election Study, 1997 : Ethnic Minority Survey
The aims of the Ethnic Minority Survey are:
to evaluate the extent to which ethnic minority voters are integrated into the electoral process;
to evaluate whether, after taking into account their social background, members of the main...
Oxford Internet Survey, 2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) is the longest-running academic survey of internet use in Britain, describing how internet use has evolved from 2003 to the present day. Run by the Oxford Internet Institute, a Social Sciences department at the University of Oxford, this survey provides unrivalled data,...
Life Stress, Symptomatology and First Year Examination Performance in Overseas Students, 1976-1977
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aims of this study were to examine a sample of first year overseas undergraduate students at Edinburgh University and to determine the relationship between, on the one hand, sociological data, life events experienced since being accepted to Edinburgh and on the other, first year examination...
Changes in the Structure of General Practice: the Patient's Viewpoint, 1977
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to examine the public's attitudes towards,and experience of,different aspects of the structure of GP services and the social, rather than the clinical, aspects of the process of care given by general practitioners.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
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Hospitalised Children in Swansea, 1972
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this study was to investigate cultural factors often thought to be associated with social classes, leading to differences of attitude and belief and to variation in behaviour with regard to patterns of child rearing, and, more specifically, to investigate the proposal that working class parents...
Young Life and Times Survey, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Life and Times Survey (YLT) originally began as a companion survey to the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT) series. It surveyed young people aged 12-17 living in the households of adults interviewed for NILT, and YLT ran alongside it from 1998-2000. Following an evaluation in 2001,...
Monitoring the Welfare of the Elderly, 1973-1974; Dummy Run
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to test on a limited scale the procedures and problems of following up clients over a period of time, using caring staff to undertake the interviews, and to give some indication of the degree of change. In the experimental phase (SN: 517) interviewing procedures were tested...
Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-16, 2008-2023
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Understanding Society, (UK Household Longitudinal Study), which began in 2009, is conducted by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex and the survey research organisations Verian Group (formerly Kantar Public) and NatCen. It builds on and incorporates, the British...
Constituency Campaigning in the 1997 General Election
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Over the last decade, there has been a renewal of interest in, and revaluation of, the effects of local constituency campaigning on the part of both academics and political parties. From the 1950s to the 1980s, as campaigning became more 'nationalised' - dominated by party leaders and focused almost...
British Crime Survey, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering...
United Kingdom Time Use Survey, 2014-2015
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The United Kingdom Time Use Survey, 2014-2015 (UKTUS) is a large-scale household survey that provides data on how people aged 8 years and over in the UK spend their time. At the heart of the survey is a time diary instrument in which respondents record their daily activities. Time diaries record events...
Children Creating Kinship, 2004-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Children Creating Kinship, 2004-2006 explores how children create kinship in their everyday lives. The aim of the study was to examine the range of relationships which matter to children and ask how children experience, shape and give meaning to these relationships.
Relationships with parents and...
E-Living : Life in a Digital Europe : Waves 1-2, 2001-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The most fundamental questions vexing current commercial and public strategists in the information society arena are questions that can only be answered by longitudinal studies that measure the same individuals at different points in time. Whilst cross-sectional surveys tell us about penetration and...
United Kingdom Children Go Online, 2003-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed methods data collection.
Many United Kingdom households, especially those with children, now have access to the internet although, importantly, some do not. The growing significance of the internet in our lives raises many questions for social scientists, policy makers and the public -...
Families of Teenagers with Down's Syndrome: Parent, Child and Sibling Adaptation, 1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study is one of a series involving the Manchester Down's Syndrome Cohort. The present study relates to earlier work with the Cohort (see Figure 1 in accompanying documentation). In particular, measures used in the Family Adaptation Study in 1986-87 formed the basis of the present study, thus...
ONS Omnibus Survey, October 2002
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...
British Crime Survey, 1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering...
Constituency Campaigning in the 1992 General Election
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Over the last decade, there has been a renewal of interest in, and revaluation of, the effects of local constituency campaigning on the part of both academics and political parties. From the 1950s to the 1980s, as campaigning became more 'nationalised' - dominated by party leaders and focused almost...
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...