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Everyday Experiences of Poverty: Self-administered Writings 2006
The data contain over 800 writings on the conditions and experiences of poverty in Finland. They were written for a writing competition organised specially by the original researchers to collect individual experiences of people affected by poverty. The writings were in different forms, mostly autobiographical narratives but there was some fiction and poetry as well....
Everyday Experiences of Poverty: Study, Research and Teaching Material 2006
This dataset is produced for study, research, and methodology teaching purposes, and it contains some of the texts submitted for a writing contest on the everyday experiences of poverty, organised in 2006 (for the whole data, see FSD2413). The writings were numerous in form, including autobiographical texts, fiction, poetry and childhood stories. The main themes of all the...
Tampere Praksis: Adult Social Work Clients' Views on Applying for Social Assistance 2018
This dataset consists of four interviews with adult social work clients in Tampere, Finland. Themes of the interviews included applying for basic social assistance, importance of social assistance for personal finances, and the role of their appointed social worker. The data were collected after the transfer of the responsibility for granting basic social assistance from...
Great Britain Historical Database : Labour Markets Database, Poor Law Statistics, 1859-1939
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information...
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...
Residence and Kinship in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, 1558-1804
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study of the parish of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, is mainly intended to contribute to the current debate about rural industry and the circumstances under which it became a full factory industry in some areas but not in others. Stonehouse is in the upper Stroudwater district, a former centre of the...
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 1999
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,...
Continuous Household Survey, 1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Continuous Household Survey (CHS) is one of the largest continuous surveys carried out in Northern Ireland. The survey is designed, conducted and analysed by the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). It is based on a sample of the general population...
DSS/PSI Programme of Research into Low-Income Families, 1996 and 1998
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...
Families and Children Study: Waves 1-10, 1999-2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Families and Children Study (FACS), formerly known as the Survey of Low Income Families (SOLIF), originally provided a new baseline survey of Britain's lone-parent families and low-income couples with dependent children. The survey was named SOLIF for Waves 1 and 2, and FACS from Wave 3 onwards.
The...
Great Britain Historical Database : Economic Distress and Labour Markets Data : Poor Law Statistics, 1859-1939
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information...
Attitudes of Students at the London School of Economics, 1991-1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To conduct a course exercise that collects questionnaire-based information each year from a sample of students at the London School of Economics. The studies focus on background characteristics relevant to a student population, on attitudes to selected political and social issues, and on participation in...
Social Class in Modern Britain, 1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to provide descriptive data on the changing nature of inequality and its perception, especially with reference to social class and social mobility.
This study formed part of the <i>Comparative Project on Class Structure and Class Consciousness</i> at the...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1989
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...
MORI Living in Britain Survey, 1983: 'Breadline Britain'
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Living in Britain Survey, 1983 took the form of a public opinion poll conducted amongst adults in Britain on behalf of London Weekend Television. It formed the basis of the 'Breadline Britain' television series. The survey investigated the public's perceptions of minimum needs and then identifying...
Continuous Household Survey, 1983
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Continuous Household Survey (CHS) is one of the largest continuous surveys carried out in Northern Ireland. The survey is designed, conducted and analysed by the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). It is based on a sample of the general population...
DSS/PSI Programme of Research into Low-Income Families, 2001
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...
Lives of the Poor in the West End of London, 1725 - 1824
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project aimed to reconstruct the lives of paupers using the unusually rich poor law records for St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster across the long-eighteenth century. The main objectives were:
1. To discover and analyse the characteristics of recipients of both indoor and outdoor relief with a...
Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey, 2003-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In the United Kingdom, the diet and nutritional status of the general population is
monitored by the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) programme (held at the UK Data Archive under GN 33275). Results from the NDNS surveys indicate that differences exist in food consumption and nutritional status...
Targeting the ultra poor in Bangladesh, household survey 2014
A household survey of a randomized control trial in rural Bangladesh conducted in 2014 which collected data on the long-run outcomes of the Targeting the Ultra Poor program conducted by the NGO BRAC. This survey is the 7 year follow-up.
The research examines a new set of interventions, pioneered by the world's largest NGO BRAC in Bangladesh, which simultaneously tackle the...
Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial on the Impact of Cash-Based Interventions on Nutrition Status in Mothers and Children from Poor Households in Pakistan, 2015-2016
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial on the Impact of Cash-Based Interventions on Nutrition Status in Mothers and Children from Poor Households in Pakistan, 2015-2016 study is one of three similar studies conducted under the Research on Food Assistance for Nutritional Impact (REFANI) consortium...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1991; Cumulative File
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...
Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Local Government, 1748-1974
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This machine-readable version of John Williams' <i>Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics</i> is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1989-1991; Cumulative File
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...
Social Fund Survey, 1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the study were to enable the Department of Social Security (DSS) to assess the extent to which the social fund is achieving its objectives, principally that help is being targeted on the areas of greatest need; to establish whether there are areas of need which ought to be met by the social...
Stoke-upon-Trent Parish Listing, 1701
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Prior to the introduction of the national censuses, listings of individuals were drawn up for some communities. One such listing, dated 2nd June 1701, exists for Stoke-upon-Trent. This dataset represents a computer readable version of the listing with each individuals' details typed into nine separate...
Deprived White Community? Social Action in Three Norwich Estates, 1940-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection.
The project charted changes since 1940 in the interface between official descriptions of three Norwich council estates (North Earlham, Larkman and Marlpit) as deprived, and residents' own social and spatial identity practices.
It looked critically at the extent to...
Unequal Voices accountability for health equity: Rio Negro indigenous health district 2016-2018
This dataset comprises interviews conducted between 2016 and 2018 with health service users, health professionals and health system managers in the Rio Negro Indigenous Health District, Amazonas State, Brazil. It focuses in particular on the primary health care services covering approximately 30 communities in the Middle Tiquié region.
The Unequal Voices project – Vozes...
Population Estimators for a Group of Contiguous Parishes in the Tendring Hundred, Essex, for the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the study was to provide an estimation of population sizes at fixed times during the period when parish registration is the main source of demographic information.Main Topics:The text file is a dictionary listing all the evidence given in the other data file and describing the format. The data...