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Making Reading Real: Survey Data, 2022
What is the problem I am solving? How would you feel if, while reading this text, letters and words started merging or disappearing, making your reading impossible, and you knew there was nothing you could do to recover your reading ability? Frightening. Devastating. That is precisely the experience of millions of people in the world who have had a stroke or live with...
Attitudes of Industrial Clerical Workers to White Collar Unionisation, 1972-1973
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes and reference groups of clerical employees in different employment situations. The firms were selected to give as wide a range as possible of different employment and trade union situations. The firms were given fictitious names.Main...
Computers and the Law: Mechanised Searching of Legal Documents, 1975-1977
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These data are from a computer program designed to store and search the text of legal documents and to develop a small-scale working system which law students can use for practical searching in selected areas of statute and case law. The data comprise three text (.dat) files.The area of case law chosen...
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...
Company Level Industrial Relations Survey, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main objectives were:
to assess changes that have taken place since the first Company Level Industrial Relations Survey in 1985 (Study not available via the UK Data Archive.)
to investigate how employee relations fits in with broader policy making
to explore the relationship between employee relations...
Internet Use of Finns 2013
The study charted Finnish Internet use, online behaviour, and use of consumer electronics and mobile devices. The study was produced in collaboration by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) and 15/30 Research. The data are freely available on the Internet and licensed under Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). The data creators have expressed their wish that any...
Computer Survey, 1970-1971
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to investigate the use, and lack of use, of computers by social scientists.Main Topics:Variables
Department composition (number of research and academic staff, post-graduate and undergraduate students), whether desk calculators/card or paper tape equipment are used, if so -...
Internet Use of Finns 2010
The study charted Finnish Internet use, online behaviour, and use of consumer electronics and mobile devices. The study was produced in collaboration by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) and 15/30 Research. The data are freely available on the Internet and licensed under Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). The data creators have expressed their wish that any...
Memories and Experiences of Computer Use 2013
The survey examined the use of computers in everyday life as well as people's memories of computer use. Altogether 1,453 persons (1,119 men, 329 women, and 5 undefined) answered the internet-based survey. The survey contained 45 questions, 29 of which were open-ended. Concerning their first computer, the respondents were asked who in their household had purchased the...
Management Audit - ESRC Personal Interview Study, 1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The study formed part of an overall examination by the ESRC of the competiveness of British industry. The specific aim was to understand strategic perceptions, methods used and background of managers in Britain.Main Topics:Variables
The major variables included company size, whether the manager was based...
Organisation of Social Science Research in the United Kingdom, 1972; Units
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To investigate the organization of social science research in the United KingdomMain Topics: Variables
Numbers and type of staff currently attached to Dept/Unit, whether employed full or part-time and by whom salaried, whether Dept/Unit has included any staff engaged on social science research in last two...
Organisation of Social Science Research in the United Kingdom, 1972; Teaching Departments
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To investigate the organization of social science research in the United KingdomMain Topics: Variables
Numbers and type of staff currently attached to Dept/Unit, whether employed full or part-time and by whom salaried, whether Dept/Unit has included any staff engaged on social science research in last two...
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...
E-commerce and Digital Economy Survey, 2001-2021: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The E-commerce and Digital Economy Survey is an annual survey designed to measure the extent of the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and electronic trading by businesses in the UK. It is the only survey that measures ICT activity and e-commerce within UK businesses, including...
British Film Institute Television Industry Tracking Study, 1994-1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The British Film Institute (BFI) began the longitudinal TV Industry Tracking Study in 1994 to examine the effects of structural, organisational and technological changes in the TV industry on the careers of individual TV production workers. The BFI has worked in partnership with the University of...
Cyberkids, 1997-1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of this study were:
to collect new information on children's use of new information and communication technology;
to contribute to the development of social theory;
to develop innovative child-centred methodologies;
to inform public debates about children and the Internet;
to develop...
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...
Next Steps: Sweeps 1-9, 2004-2023
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Next Steps (also known as the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE1)) is a major longitudinal cohort study following a nationally representative group of around 16,000 who were in Year 9 attending state and independent schools in England in 2004, a cohort born in 1989-90.The first seven...
Cooperativa Digital: Creating a Community-Run Mobile App in Brazil, 2023
The data for this project consists of qualitative data collected through four co-design workshops with a community of NGOs in São Luís, Brazil. The file contains a dataset with files for each workshop (e.g., Workshop 1, Workshop 2) in English and Brazilian Portuguese. Each file contains the work of a participant group (e.g., Group 1, Group 2, Group 3) and a discussion about...
Understanding Society: Innovation Panel Wellbeing App Study, 2020
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...