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Ethnic Minority Young People: Differential Treatment in the Youth Justice System, 2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.There are clear patterns of under- and over-representation of ethnic minority groups in the youth justice system. Black and mixed race teenagers are over-represented, relative to their representation in the overall population. Other minority groups are not generally over-represented and some are...
Life Opportunities Survey: Waves 1-3, 2009-2014
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Life Opportunities Survey (LOS) was a large scale longitudinal survey of disability in Great Britain, which ran from 2009-2014. It was the first major ONS social survey to explore disability in terms of the social barriers to participation that people experience. The survey compared the experiences of...
1970 British Cohort Study: Age 10, Sweep 3, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) is a longitudinal birth cohort study, following a nationally representative sample of over 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week of 1970. Cohort members have been surveyed throughout their childhood and adult lives, mapping their...
Doing Youth Justice: Analysing Risk and Need Assessments in Youth Justice Practice, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the numbers of young people drawn into the criminal justice system and custody. This study investigates how youth justice practitioners (including Youth Offending Team (YOT) workers, solicitors, police and lay magistrates) assess the risks and needs of young...
Laddishness and Self-Worth Protection, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed-methods collection.
The research investigated the hypothesis that ‘laddish’ behaviour serves to protect the self-worth of some pupils. There were four main research questions.
1) In what ways does ‘laddish’ behaviour act to protect self-worth?
2) How can schools and teachers reduce...
Child Development Research Unit Longitudinal Study: Composite File Including Ages One, Four, Seven, Eleven and Sixteen, 1958-1978
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this longitudinal survey study was to investigate parent/child relationships in developmental sequence in order to understand the process of child-rearing as it happens in a fairly typical English urban community. To achieve a detailed picture of the child's behaviour in the home and its...
Manchester language study: Young adulthood
Dataset of interview and questionnaire data resulting from the age 24 wave with the original participants of the Manchester Language Study in adulthood (24 years of age). The Manchester Language Study is a longitudinal study of a national random sample of all children who were attending language units. The study covers a 20 year period. It began in 1995 when the children...
Millennium Cohort Study: Age 11, Sweep 5, 2012
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...
Negotiating neuroliberalism: Changing behaviours, values and beliefs
Qualitative interviews with policy executives and entrepreneurs who have been utilising the ideas of the behavioural sciences within the design and delivery of public policy. Interviews were conducted with policy executives and entrepreneurs in Australia, Denmark, Netherlands, Singapore, UK, USA.
Qualitative interviews with policy makers and interviews who participated in...
Supporting People Client Records and Outcomes, 2003/04-2010/11
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Supporting People Client Records and Outcomes dataset comprises information about clients who entered and left housing support services that were in receipt of funding from the Department of Communities and Local Government's (DCLG) 'Supporting People' programme, which ran from April 2003 to April...
Supporting People Client Records and Outcomes, 2003/04-2010/11: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Supporting People Client Records and Outcomes dataset comprises information about clients who entered and left housing support services that were in receipt of funding from the Department of Communities and Local Government's (DCLG) 'Supporting People' programme, which ran from April 2003 to April...
Millennium Cohort Study: Age 14, Sweep 6, 2015
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...
Retirement Survey, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 1994 Retirement Survey is the second wave of a panel survey designed to examine issues surrounding the transition to retirement. The panel nature of the Retirement Survey data provides a unique insight into the behaviour of this group of people at and around retirement age. The issues examined include...
Survey of Self-Funded Admissions to Care Homes, 1999-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The objectives of the study were:
to establish whether self-funded people who are admitted to residential care differ significantly in terms of financial assets and informal support from elderly people in private households;
to establish the extent to which self-financed residents are admitted at levels...
Prison Reading Survey, 1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.There is a widespread belief that literacy levels among offenders are lower than those in the general population. A frequently-associated belief is that if their reading problems were to be addressed, then offenders would abandon anti-social ways and pursue law-abiding careers. The Prison Reading Survey...
Longitudinal Survey of Adoptive Parents, 2015-2017
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Longitudinal Survey of Adoptive Parents, 2015-2017 is one of the elements of the evaluation of the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) commissioned by the Department for Education. The ASF is an important initiative introduced in 2015 aimed at enabling adopted children and their families to access therapeutic...
HMIP Prisoner Survey: Adults in England and Wales, 2000-2024: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The HMIP (His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons) Prisoner Surveys (also formerly known as Detainee Surveys) are part of the Inspectorate's duties to inspect prisons. Surveys of prisoners have been carried out systematically since 2000 at institutions being inspected, to gain important insight...
Harmonised Mental Health Measures at Age 10/11 in Selected British Cohorts: Millennium Cohort Study
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.CLOSER (Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources) aims to maximise the use, value and impact of longitudinal studies, both at home and abroad. Bringing together leading UK longitudinal studies, the British Library and the UK Data Service, CLOSER works to stimulate interdisciplinary research,...
Harmonised Mental Health Measures at Age 10/11 in Selected British Cohorts: 1970 British Cohort Study
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.CLOSER (Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources) aims to maximise the use, value and impact of longitudinal studies, both at home and abroad. Bringing together leading UK longitudinal studies, the British Library and the UK Data Service, CLOSER works to stimulate interdisciplinary research,...
Northern Ireland Survey of Activity Limitations and Disability, 2006-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main purpose of the research was to establish the prevalence rates of disability within the Northern Ireland household population. That is, the study aimed to provide us with estimates of the numbers of people with different types of disability.
The definition of disability for the purposes of the...
Life Opportunities Survey, 2009-2014: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Life Opportunities Survey (LOS) was a large scale longitudinal survey of disability in Great Britain, which ran from 2009-2014. It was the first major ONS social survey to explore disability in terms of the social barriers to participation that people experience. The survey compared the experiences of...
Disruptive Behaviour in the Classroom: Exploring the Social Subjectivity of Disaffection
This research project analysed the experiences, social interactions and meaning of disruptive pupils in mainstream education. This was done through in-depth interviews with 42 pupils, 23 parents and 18 teachers and other school staff. 3 focus groups were also conducted with mainstream pupils whose behaviour was identified as good by school staff. Weekly group trust building...
Children's experiences and development study
The Children's Experiences and Development Study files include data from 400 children (8 to 11 years old) who were living in the south-east and north-west of England between 2009 and 2011. The data comprise caregiver and teacher report of child problem behaviors, caregiver reports of family demographics and parental psychopathology, caregiver and child reports of...
Prevention and Coping in Child and Family Care, 2001-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This qualitative study focused on vulnerable families with child care problems who did not receive social work support. It examined the ways mothers, who generally take primary responsibility for care of their children, cope with child care problems without this support.
The researchers interviewed 99...
Assessing the Bipolar Nature of Productive and Counter-Productive Behaviour at Work, 2008-2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project examined employee perceptions of productive (e.g. being courteous, helpful and putting in extra effort) and counter-productive (e.g. theft, verbal abuse, bullying) workplace behaviours, and explored whether they are bi-polar (opposing ends of the same continuum) or multi-dimensional (separate...
Young People's Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey (YPBAS) is a school-based survey carried out among 11-16 year olds and covers a wide range of topics relevant to the lives of young people today. The main aim of the YPBAS is to gain an insight into, and increase understanding of, the behaviours and...
Food Practices in Residential Care, 2007-2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection.
Food Practices in Residential Care, 2007-2008 explores the use and meaning of food practices within the context of children's residential care homes in Scotland. The project adopted an interdisciplinary approach building on, and developing, previous work from the...
Dual Diagnosis: a Case Control Study, 1999-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Individuals with comorbid substance misuse and mental health problems are often the most vulnerable and socially excluded members of society. This retrospective case control study collected data on socio-economic and deprivation factors and service use of clients with and without comorbid mental health...
Classroom Assistants in Primary Schools: Employment and Deployment, 1999-2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed methods study.
The study investigates the ways in which classroom assistants in primary schools are deployed in classrooms, and the terms and conditions under which they are employed. The number of classroom assistants in primary schools has grown considerably in recent years, but very...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Teacher Ratings, Peer Nominations and Personality Tests of 8-Year-Olds 1968
The data are the first part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. The first round of data collection surveyed 8-year-old children through peer nominations, teacher ratings, and two personality tests. The peer nominations were made in classroom settings under the...