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Gender, Education and Career Choice: Data 1983-1991
The data are part of a research project "Education, gender and life course" funded by the Ministry of Labour of Finland. The original study was conducted in 1983 and follow-up studies in 1987, 1991 and 1994. The dataset archived at the FSD contains the responses of those students who participated at least twice in the studies of 1983, 1987 and 1991. Variables q1-q42 are from...
Women at Work : Employers Survey, 1979
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey was to examine the effect of equal opportunity legislation on working women.Main Topics:The interviews consist of two elements, the first being a series of questions about aspects of employment policy and practice relating to the establishment (or enterprise) as a whole. These...
Girls into Science and Technology: Initial Survey, 1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.GIST is an Action Research project aiming to improve girls' participation in scientific and technological studies at school when these become optional. The initial survey was conducted with 2065 first year children in ten co-educational comprehensive schools in Greater Manchester. Eight of these were...
Analysing Partnership in the Catholic Church Aid Chain, 2005-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection.
The primary aim of the project was to develop and test an analytical framework for partnership in aid chains. The framework was derived by analysing the aid chain of the Catholic Church, focussing specifically on the relationships between the diocese of Abuja...
Careers Development at Three Stages, 1967-1969 : Stage 2, 1967 Graduates
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main object of this three part study was to identify social and psychological factors relating to the careers of highly qualified young men and women in Britain. It aimed to contribute to an understanding of the development process of occupational career aspirations in the two sexes. Designed as a...
Afghan Women’s Resistance and Struggle in Afghanistan and Diasporic Communities, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Afghan Women’s Resistance and Struggle in Afghanistan and Diasporic Communities, 2004-2005 aimed to develop a better understanding of Afghan women's resistance to war and violent conflicts; their engagement with multiple worlds as refugees or living in exile, their struggle for survival and/or their...
Exploring Data, First Edition: Teaching Datasets, 1944-1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This series of small datasets, covering a range of research topics in the social sciences, was created to illustrate statistical techniques.
Users should note that these datasets are for use with the first edition of the following publication only:
Marsh, C. (1988) Exploring data, Cambridge: Polity...
Young Life and Times Survey, 2014
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Life and Times Survey (YLT) originally began as a companion survey to the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT) series. It surveyed young people aged 12-17 living in the households of adults interviewed for NILT, and YLT ran alongside it from 1998-2000. Following an evaluation in 2001,...
Careers Development at Three Stages, 1967-1969 : Stage 1, Sixth Form Study
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main object of this three part study was to identify social and psychological factors relating to the careers of highly qualified young men and women in Britain. It aimed to contribute to an understanding of the development process of occupational career aspirations in the two sexes. Designed as a...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1994
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...
Women Engineering Students' Workplace Experiences: Impact on Career Intentions, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research aimed to develop an understanding of the influence of women engineers' earliest encounters with engineering workplaces on their future career intentions. One of the novelties of this approach is that it recognised that engineering is not a homogeneous industry. The research adopted a mixed...
Camfed Tanzania and Zimbabwe Girls' Educational Challenge Step Change Window Secondary School Student Longitudinal Survey, 2013-2015
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) was launched by the UK in 2012 as a 12 year commitment to reach the most marginalised girls in the world and is the largest global fund dedicated to girls’ education. The UK is committed to ensuring over a million girls in some of the poorest countries, including...
Improving the Quality of Teaching and Student Learning in Secondary STEM Education in Rwanda, 2019-2023
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Improving the Quality of Teaching and Student Learning in Secondary STEM Education in Rwanda, 2019-2023 includes data collected by a study aimed at generating evidence of improved teaching and learning for the Leaders in Teaching (LIT) initiative. The LIT initiative aims to improve the quality of...
Scottish Qualified School Leavers Survey, 1970
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the survey is to identify factors influencing flows from school to tertiary education.
The Scottish School Leavers Survey has been carried out biennially since 1977, while Qualified School Leavers surveys stretch back to 1962. Since 1984, when a school-year group was first surveyed in addition...
Gender, Education and Career Choice: Follow-up Study 1994
This study is part of a research project "Education, gender and life course" funded by the Ministry of Labour of Finland. The project was launched with a survey in 1983 and follow-up surveys were conducted in 1987, 1991 and 1994. The follow-up survey of 1994 charted young adults' life cycles in a period of social change. Respondents answered questions about their...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1994
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...
National Survey of 1960 University Graduates : Follow-up Study 13 Years After Graduation, 1973-1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This survey is a thirteen year follow-up survey of a large national sample of men and women who graduated from British universities in 1960. The graduates involved were those who took part in an earlier survey undertaken in 1966 (SN:67036 <i>National Survey of 1960 University Graduates,...
From the Coalface to the Car Park? The Intersection of Class and Gender in Women's Lives in the North East, 2007-2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection.
The research adopted a multi-dimensional approach to explore women's lives (n=97) in the North East of England in the context of de-industrialisation and the transition to a service sector, leisure based economy. It investigated the emergence of 'new' femininities...
Girls' Education Challenge Data, 2013-2016: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In 2012, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) launched the £355 million Girls' Education Challenge Fund (GEC) to support up to a million of the world's most marginalised girls to improve their lives through education. GEC projects are providing girls with access to education, materials,...
Family Life and Work Experience Before 1918, 1870-1973
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study is available via the UK Data Service QualiBank, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service.
This qualitative data collection comprises 453 life-story interviews originally collected as part of the study The...
Girls into Science and Technology (GIST); Panel Study, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.GIST is an Action Research project aiming to improve girls' participation in scientific and technological studies at school when these become optional. The initial survey was conducted with 2065 first year children in ten co-educational comprehensive schools in Greater Manchester. Eight of these were...
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,...
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Nepal Baseline, 2017-2018
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) is a ten-year (2015-2025) research programme, funded by UK Aid from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), that seeks to combine longitudinal data collection and a mixed-methods approach to understand the lives of adolescents in...
Individual Survey for Evaluation of Mali Women's Empowerment Project, 2016
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Individual Survey for Evaluation of Mali Women's Empowerment Project, 2016 data were collected by Oxfam for an Effectiveness Review of the 'Girls CAN - Promoting secondary education for girls in West Africa' project in the 2015/16 financial year. It should be noted that this project was active...
Individual Survey for Evaluation of Armenia Women's Empowerment Project, 2015
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Individual Survey for Evaluation of Armenia Women's Empowerment Project, 2015 data were collected by Oxfam for an Effectiveness Review of the 'Women's economic empowerment in rural communities of Vayots Dzor region' project in the 2015/16 financial year. It should be noted that this project was...
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Jordan Baseline School Survey, 2019-2020
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) is a ten-year (2015-2025) research programme, funded by UK Aid from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), that seeks to combine longitudinal data collection and a mixed-methods approach to understand the lives of adolescents in...