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Electoral data archive 1948-1970
The data collection consists of data from all parliamentary elections and county council elections during the period 1948-1970. There are also information about branches of trade and occupational groups in 1950, 1960 and 1970. The municipalities covered are the ones that were created by the amalgamation reform in 1952.
Workplace Industrial Relations in Engineering, 1968-1971
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to obtain basic information about the organization of industrial relations in engineering workshops classified by section of industry, size and region. The survey was designed to elucidate procedural arrangements on combinations of trade unions to be found in engineering...
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...
Employer Perspectives Survey, 2016
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employer Perspectives Survey (EPS) is a large scale survey of UK employers across all sectors of the economy and is part of a series of studies historically commissioned by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) to provide robust and reliable labour market information. Following the...
Employer Perspectives Survey, 2016: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employer Perspectives Survey (EPS) is a large scale survey of UK employers across all sectors of the economy and is part of a series of studies historically commissioned by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) to provide robust and reliable labour market information. Following the...
British General Election Study, 2001: Campaign Panel
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. This dataset comprises data from the BES 2001 election campaign telephone survey, including filters and weights for constructing the seven-day rolling cross-sections, and in addition, constituency-level information for aggregate analysis.
Approximately 150 telephone interviews were conducted for...
General Election in Northern Ireland, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The BES 2001 included a post-election telephone survey conducted with a sample of 1,053 electors resident in Northern Ireland.
Main Topics:The following subjects were covered in the survey: political preferences and values, economic perceptions, social attitudes, dispositions to engage in different...
ECPR Party Manifestos Project, 1921-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The internal analysis of election programmes (ie. of the concerns and emphases they contain) in both the domestic and the comparative contexts.A later version of this dataset is held at SN:3437. Users should note, however, that the later version does not totally supersede this version as the data does not...
Deprivation, Work Experience and the Legitimation of Authority (DWELA), 1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To examine the different ways in which individuals understand and explain the working of the structure of reward distribution.
(N.B. Potential users of this data set should note that this study was an exploratory feasibility study with a rather small number of respondents).Main...
Social Status in Great Britain, 1974
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study examined some basic issues in social stratification.Main Topics:Occupations of respondents, current and previous; occupations of friends, neighbours, father, father-in-law, wife, brothers; education and qualifications, particularly post-school; background and personal circumstances, including...
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...
Survey of Young People, 1976
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to investigate experience of education, work and unemployment among young people, and their attitudes towards various actual and possible government-sponsored schemes aimed at helping them.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
In employment: type of work, nature of...
OPCS Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity : Private Household Survey, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys (APMS) (formerly known as the Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity) are a series of surveys which provide data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated psychiatric disorders in the adult population (aged 16 and over). The first survey was conducted in 1993,...
Employers' Recruitment Practices : The 1992 Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The specific aims of this study were as follows :
to provide Employment Service economists with data to update estimates of the quantifiable resource and exchequer costs and benefits of the Employment Service's placing activities;
to obtain a comprehensive account of employers' current recruitment...
Politics and the English Child, 1969
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to investigate political ideas among English school children taking into account the following main variables: age, type of school, social class and sex differences.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Knowledge about: party in office, elections, the Queen, Members...
Attitudes to Equality, 1977; Survey Three
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to collect data about perceptions of the income distribution and rate of occupational mobility; also to ascertain the respondent's satisfaction with his own social position and his attitude to equality of income, influence and esteem between managers and workers.Main...
Employer Perspectives Survey, 2014
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employer Perspectives Survey (EPS) is a large scale survey of UK employers across all sectors of the economy and is part of a series of studies historically commissioned by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) to provide robust and reliable labour market information. Following the...
Cohort Study of Recently Formed Northern Businesses, 1993-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the study are:
(i)to identify the key characteristics of (a) a sample of newly formed Northern businesses; and (b) the founders of those businesses;
(ii)to track the perceptions founders have, at different points during the first two years of life, of likely business prospects over a range of...
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...
Attitudes to Equality, 1976; Survey One
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to collect data about perceptions of the income distribution and rate of occupational mobility; also to ascertain the respondent's satisfaction with his own social position and his attitude to equality of income, influence and esteem between managers and workers.Main...
Scrounging on the Welfare, 1972
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the survey was to investigate the social and financial consequences for Supplementary Benefit claimants of the various control procedures in operation from 1968-74, and to study the employment and medical histories of claimants to whom the control procedures have been applied.Main...
Scores on an Edited Set of Variables from the 1971 Census: All Enumeration Districts of Great Britain
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of these data is to summarise as concisely as possible the diversity of residential conditions found within Great Britain in 1971.Scores on an Edited Set of Variables from the 1971 Census: All Enumeration Districts of Great BritainThere are no variable or value labels available in the setup...
PEP Survey on Inflation, 1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to explore influences on the pressure for pay increases.Main Topics:Variables
Areas covered include:
(a) Characteristics of jobs
(b) Assessments of adequacy and fairness of
(i) pay; (ii) pay increase; (iii) household income
(c) Runcimen style questioning on feelings of...
Contemporary Work Situation of Clerical Employees, 1979-1981
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of mechanisation (computerisation) on clerical work, with particular reference to the de-skilling of the clerical labour process; to examine the feminisation of the non-manual labour process and the implication of both computerisation and feminisation...
Employer Perspectives Survey, 2012
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employer Perspectives Survey (EPS) is a large scale survey of UK employers across all sectors of the economy and is part of a series of studies historically commissioned by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) to provide robust and reliable labour market information. Following the...
Study of Class Imagery, 1972
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this study was to measure forms of class imagery and relate their incidence to other variables, including income, occupation, uses of leisure, patterns of family life, attitudes towards education and political orientations.
Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Perception of class,...
OPCS Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity : Institutions Sample, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys (APMS) (formerly known as the Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity) are a series of surveys which provide data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated psychiatric disorders in the adult population (aged 16 and over). The first survey was conducted in 1993,...
English House Condition Survey: Private Landlords Survey, 2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The English House Condition Survey (EHCS) was a national survey of housing in England, commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). The survey was originally called the National House Condition Survey and covered England and Wales. The information obtained through the...
English Housing Survey: Private Landlords Survey, 2010
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The English Housing Survey (EHS) is a continuous national survey commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Community and Local Government (MHCLG) that collects information about people's housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. The EHS brings together two...