Press releases
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November 2019
Phyllis Macfarlane and Mark Duke join the National Centre for Social Research as Trustees
London, UK - The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) has appointed two new members to its Board of Trustees, with a third Trustee to join in December.
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September 2019
Consumption of sugary drinks halved but no reduction in adult obesity in a decade
Sugary soft drink consumption for both adults and children has halved within the last two years, according to the latest Scottish Health Survey
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August 2019
Majority of Brits think A&E services are over used but half think it is hard to get a GP appointment
The first ever large-scale research into attitudes towards emergency care from the most recent British Social Attitudes Survey - carried out by The National Centre for Social Research and funded by the National Institute for Health Research - reveals significant differences in perspectives by a range of socio-demographic factors, such as area deprivation, age, young children in the household and gender.
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July 2019
A Britain that is losing its religion, has faith in science and is adopting more liberal ideas about sex and relationships
This year’s British Social Attitudes Survey finds a nation displaying multiple and sometimes rapidly changing identities, with Brexit continuing to divide.
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July 2019
Number of atheists more than doubles in two decades as less than half of Brits express confidence in Churches
The number of people who don’t believe in God has more than doubled in the past two decades, according to the most recent British Social Attitudes Survey, Britain’s longest running survey of public opinion.