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Microcensus Ad-Hoc-Module 'Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants' 2014 (SUF edition)
Full edition for scientific use. In addition to the core variables of the Microcensus Labour Force Survey (LFS), the LFS also has so-called ad-hoc-modules (AHM) that can vary from year to year. The EU-LFS ad-hoc-module 2014 on ‘Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants’ is divided into two submodules: background of the target population, obstacles...
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...
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...
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...
Polish and Lithuanian Workers: Opportunities and Challenges for Trade Unions, 2004-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research project, conducted jointly by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford, and the Trades Union Congress (TUC), surveyed Polish and Lithuanian nationals working in the UK who had requested TUC leaflets on employment rights and the role of trades unions....
Adult Literacy in Britain, 1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Adult Literacy Survey, carried out in Great Britain in 1996, was part of an international programme of surveys known as the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS).
The aim was to profile the literacy skills of adults aged 16-65 using an internationally agreed measure. The objectives were to...
Quarterly Labour Force Survey, 1992-2023: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. Background
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a unique source of information using international definitions of employment and unemployment and economic inactivity, together with a wide range of related topics such as occupation, training, hours of work and personal characteristics of household...
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...
Survey of Students in Ghanaian Secondary Schools
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To describe the male students in Accra secondary schools as an aid to the practising teacher and as the basis of dialogue between the teacher and the academic sociologist.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Male fifth-formers from schools representing four strata - elite, high, low and private -...
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...
ONS Opinions Survey, May 2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) is an omnibus survey that collects data from respondents in Great Britain. Information is gathered on a range of subjects, commissioned both internally by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and by external clients (other government departments, charities,...
Welsh Social Survey, 1992; Including Welsh House Condition Survey, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of this survey were:
to provide information on housing policy topics and to enable a stratified sample design to be implemented for the subsequent 1993 Welsh House Condition Survey;
to provide information on the Welsh language to supplement the information available from the Census of...
Young Lives: School Survey, India, 2010-2011
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...
Longitudinal Three-Nation Study on Relations between Ethnic Minorities and Host Societies among School Students, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project looked at the views of adolescent school students in three European countries; England, Germany and Belgium. Using the same questionnaire in three languages, members of ethnic minority groups and members of the host societies were targeted. Based on social psychological research on intergroup...
Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion: a Critical Investigation, 2003-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This mixed method study uses focus groups, a national random survey, and follow-up household interviews to explore the relationships between cultural capital and a range of social position indicators relating to occupational class, gender, age, ethnicity, and location. The survey was also administered to...
National Foundation for Educational Research National Survey, 1960; Wales 7+ Age Group
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This group of six surveys assesses children's attainments in a sample of English and Welsh primary and secondary schools. The children in each age group were given a battery of tests and the results related to detailed information on the schools attended and to background, biographical and personal...
National Foundation for Educational Research National Survey, 1960; Wales 10+ Age Group
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This group of six surveys assesses children's attainments in a sample of English and Welsh primary and secondary schools. The children in each age group were given a battery of tests and the results related to detailed information on the schools attended and to background, biographical and personal...
National Foundation for Educational Research National Survey, 1960; Wales 14+ Age Group
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This group of six surveys assesses children's attainments in a sample of English and Welsh primary and secondary schools. The children in each age group were given a battery of tests and the results related to detailed information on the schools attended and to background, biographical and personal...
Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2018
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a unique source of information using international definitions of employment and unemployment and economic inactivity, together with a wide range of related topics such as occupation, training, hours of work and personal characteristics of household members aged...
Millennium Cohort Study: Linked Education Administrative Datasets (National Pupil Database), England: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Background:
The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is a large-scale, multi-purpose longitudinal dataset providing information about babies born at the beginning of the 21st century, their progress through life, and the families who are bringing them up, for the four countries of the United Kingdom. The...
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2011 and Census 2011: Synthetic Data
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this project was to create a synthetic dataset without using the original (secure, controlled) dataset to do so, and instead using only publicly available analytical output (i.e. output that was cleared for publication) to create the synthetic data. Such synthetic data may allow users to gain...
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...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1987
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...
Problems of Overseas Students Follow-Up Study, 1966
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to ascertain examination attainments of a group of overseas students.Main Topics:Information collected for this survey concerned a group of overseas students taking courses in institutions of higher education of all types (470 nurses and 1180 students). Data comprise course...
Swiss Voting Study, 1972
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study collected information on voting behaviour in Switzerland in 1972.UKDA Note, February 2025:The data file for this study has been converted from ASCII fixed-width text to SPSS, Stata and tab-delimited formats. Variable labels have been added to the data, and value labels can be found in the...
Slovenian Public Opinion 2022/2
Like the previous studies in the SJM series, this study is designed as a standardized survey. It was carried out amongst 1041 adult residents of Slovenia, chosen based on probability sampling. The survey consists of four major thematic sections: a) the longitudinal part with standard SJM questions (Public Opinion Mirror), b) a set of questions on the attitudes towards...
Microcensus Ad-Hoc-Module 'Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants' 2008 (SUF edition)
Full edition for scientific use. In addition to the core variables of the Microcensus Labour Force Survey (LFS), the LFS also has so-called ad-hoc-modules (AHM) that can vary from year to year. The EU-LFS ad-hoc-module 2008 on ‘Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants’ is divided into two submodules: background of the target population, obstacles...
Microcensus Ad-Hoc-Module 'Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants' 2021 (SUF edition)
Full edition for scientific use. In addition to the core variables of the Microcensus Labour Force Survey (LFS), the LFS also has so-called ad-hoc-modules (AHM) that can vary from year to year. The EU-LFS ad-hoc-module 2021 on ‘Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants’ is divided into two submodules: background of the target population, obstacles...
Slovenian Public Opinion 2022/2
Like the previous studies in the SJM series, this study is designed as a standardized survey. It was carried out amongst 1041 adult residents of Slovenia, chosen based on probability sampling. The survey consists of four major thematic sections: a) the longitudinal part with standard SJM questions (Public Opinion Mirror), b) a set of questions on the attitudes towards...
Sign Language Barometer 2020
The Sign Language Barometer 2020 data was used to examine how Finnish and Finnish-Swedish sign language users feel that their linguistic rights have been implemented. The questionnaire first asked respondents about their language skills and their use of sign language in different environments and contexts, such as at home, during studies and at work. Respondents were also...