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A test for racial discrimination
This report provides evidence on the extent to which ethnic minorities are discriminated against in the British job market.
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Abuse and Neglect of Older People
Reporting secondary analysis of data from the UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People...
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Activity Agreement Pilots Evaluation
Evaluating the impact of a Government pilot to encourage disengaged young people back into education...
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Adult Psychiatric Morbidity in England 2007
The APMS survey series has recently provided valuable insights into the impact of recession on mental health.
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Anti-Social Behaviour Family Intervention Project
Family Intervention Projects were first introduced by the Government as part of their Respect Action Plan...
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Attitudes to Pensions
The latest Attitudes to Pensions survey, with results due in July this year...
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Atypical work and family life
Examines the impact on family life of parents' who work out side office hours...
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Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adults Living in Households in England
A report from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007
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British Gambling Prevalence Survey
The next British Gambling Prevalence Survey will publish at the end of 2010 ...
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British Social Attitudes 25th Report
The 25th report (January 2009) of the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series, conducted annually since 1983...
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British Social Attitudes 26th Report
The 26th report of the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series, conducted annually since 1983...
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Building understanding of fairness, equality and good relations
Reporting the results of nationwide focus groups that explored public attitudes to fairness, equality and good relations...
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Cases of alleged teacher incompetence
This study looks at the referral of alleged serious professional incompetence cases being made by employers to the General Teaching Council for England...
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Child Poverty Family Intervention Project
Our evaluation of the Government’s special Family Intervention Projects, set up to help families find their way out of poverty ...
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Childcare and Early Years: Parents' Survey 2008
Results from the 2008 survey: Up-to-date and accurate information on families’ childcare arrangements, their views of the childcare providers they use, and their thoughts about childcare in their local area...
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Childcare and Early Years: Parents' Survey 2009
Up-to-date and accurate information on families’ childcare arrangements, their views of the childcare providers they use, and their thoughts about childcare in their local area.
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Children's perspectives on participating in survey research
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Citizenship survey
The Citizenship Survey is designed to contribute to the evidence base across a range of important policy areas including cohesion, community empowerment, race equality, volunteering and charitable giving.
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Disengagement from education among 14 - 16 year olds
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Drug treatment outcomes research study
DTORS assessed the impact of drug treatment on drug and alcohol use, offending behaviour, health issues and social outcomes.
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Early Education for Disadvantaged 2-year Olds
Our evaluation of the Government pilot providing free early-years education to 13,500 disadvantaged 2-year olds...
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Educational attainment in rural areas
Research into the difference between rural and urban secondary school attainment...
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Educational attainment of blind and partially sighted pupils
A NatCen report on the educational attainment of blind and partially sighted secondary school pupils in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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English Longitudinal Study of Ageing wave 0
The only UK study to follow the lives of people aged 50 and over. Wave 0 was the creation of the survey’s original sample.
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English Longitudinal Study of Ageing wave 1
The only UK study to follow the lives of people aged 50 and over. The wave 1 report was published in December 2003.
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English Longitudinal Study of Ageing wave 2
The only UK study to follow the lives of people aged 50 and over. The wave 2 report was published in July 2006.
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English Longitudinal Study of Ageing wave 3
The only UK study to follow the lives of people aged 50 and over. The wave 3 report was published in July 2008.
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English Longitudinal Study of Ageing wave 4
The only UK study to follow the lives of people aged 50 and over.
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European Online Grooming Project
Europe's first research study to examine the characteristics and behaviour of sexual offenders who have used the internet to groom their victims...
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European Social Fund Cohort Study
Evaluating the success of government work-related training schemes...
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Evaluation of the Child Maintenance Options Service
An evaluation of a new service that provides information and support to parents in relation to child maintenance...
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Evaluation of the Lothian Deaf Counselling Service
Evaluating the success of a pilot scheme offering counselling in British Sign Language or English...
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Evaluation of V
An evaluation of V, a charity set up to engage more young people in volunteering.
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Exploring Parents' Information Support Needs
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Families & children study
The Families & children study is designed to collect information about health, education, work, income, childcare and the wellbeing of children...
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Family Resources Survey
This annual survey provides information about the living conditions and resources of households in the United Kingdom ...
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Fitting it all together
How families arrange their childcare and the influence on children's home learning...
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Forced Marriage
Reports on the prevalence of forced marriage in the UK and analyses how local authorities, schools and agencies are responding to the problem...
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Health Survey for England 2004
The 2004 Health Survey for England focused on the health of minority ethnic groups...
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Health Survey for England 2005
The Health Survey for England 2005 focused on the health of older people...
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Health Survey for England 2006
The Health Survey for England 2006 focused on cardiovascular disease ...
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Health Survey for England 2007
The 2007 Health Survey for England focused on the public’s attitudes towards smoking, drinking, eating and physical activity...
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Health Survey for England 2008
The 2008 report for the Health Survey for England is due to be published in December 2009...
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Health Survey for England 2009
The 2009 Health Survey for England is currently in the field with our interviewers and nurses...
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Helping out
This study explores the views and experiences of people who volunteer or give money to charities...
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Homelessness amongst Lesbian and Gay Youth
Identifies the causes of homelessness and the role played by sexuality...
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Independent Evaluation of the Integrated Drug Treatment System in Prisons
An evaluation of the Integrated Drug Treatment System (IDTS) in prisons...
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International Survey of Adult Skills
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Legal Representation Grant Scheme: a review
A qualitative study reviewing the Children’s Legal Representation Grant Scheme from the perspective of young people and adults involved in the Children’s Hearings System.
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ScotCen
Leisuretime: Lottery and Recreation Study
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Living and caring?
This report assesses the impact of informal care provision on older people by comparing the experiences of carers and non-carers aged 50 and over.
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Living in Leicester
A study of how much energy people in Leicester use in their homes, gardens and travel...
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Management handling of sexual orientation, religion & belief in the workplace
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Maternity & Paternity Rights & Mothers' Employment Decisions
This study, published in 2010, aims to find out about the experiences of parents with young children...
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Motivations for sole and joint birth registration
This study explores how unmarried parents make choices and decisions about sole or joint birth registration...
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National Diet and Nutrition Survey
This survey aims to track (and allow policy makers to quickly respond to) trends in diet and nutrition status...
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National evaluation of the Neighbourhood Nursery Initiative
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National Infant Diet and Health Study
This study sets out to draw a detailed picture of what very young children eat ...
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National Travel Survey
The only national source of information on where, why, how and how far people travel...
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Natsal
The third nationally representative study of its kind.
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Offender Management Community Cohort Study
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Offending Crime & Justice
The Offending Crime & Justice study examined offences, anti-social behaviour and drug use among yourn people...
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Omnibus
The NatCen Omnibus is a fast, efficient and very cost-effective way of carrying out high-quality social research.
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Parental Confidence in the Special Educational Needs System
This report presents findings from our study of parents’ experiences of the Special Educational Needs system...
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Pathways to retirement
This study illustrates the hugely different experiences of people as they retire and the influence of workplace policy and practice on these experiences.
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Private Tuition in England
This research aimed to give a national profile of private tuition providers for students aged 5-16 in England...
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Profiling London's rough sleepers
Communities and Local Government (CLG) should consider distinguishing between first-time rough sleepers, rough sleeper stock and returners for better monitoring and policy development.
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Public attitudes to GM foods
The public's attitude to GM food is complex and surprising according to our latest qualitative research ...
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Public attitudes to school choice
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Public Confidence in Official Statistics
Started in 2004, read the latest findings from our research into the extent of public trust in official statistics...
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Qualitative follow-up of the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007
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Responding to youth crime & anti-social behaviour
This important study has informed recommendations for the reform of the youth justice system and other related services for children and young people.
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Risky Behaviour and Social Attitudes
The connection between young people's social and anti-social behaviour, their long-term outcomes and way in which behaviours can be changed through public intervention are at the core of this investigation.
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Ross-CASE survey 2006-07
This report presents results from the 2006-07 annual Ross-CASE Survey...
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Ross-CASE survey 2007-08
This report presents results from the 2007-08 annual Ross-CASE Survey...
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Ross-CASE survey 2008-09
This report presents results from the 2008-09 annual Ross-CASE Survey...
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Same-sex Couples
Our report presents results from the first national study to assess what effect important legislative changes have had on the lives of same-sex couples...
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Scottish Children's Diet Survey 2010
This study aims to measure the intake of non-milk extrinstic sugars (NMES), saturated and total fat, influences on food choices and eating practices of those aged 3-16 years living in Scotland.
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Scottish Health Survey
The Scottish Health Survey provides a detailed picture of the health of the Scottish population...
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Scottish Social Attitudes 2005
The Scottish Social Attitudes study aims to provide high quality survey data on a wide range of social and political issues...
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Scottish Social Attitudes 2006
The Scottish Social Attitudes study aims to provide high quality survey data on a wide range of social and political issues...
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Scottish Social Attitudes 2007
The Scottish Social Attitudes study aims to provide high quality survey data on a wide range of social and political issues...
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Scottish Social Attitudes 2009
The Scottish Social Attitudes study aims to provide high quality survey data on a wide range of social and political issues...
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Separating from cohabitation
Looking at the parenting and financial arrangements cohabitants make following separation ...
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Situating Problem Gambling
Despite the increased popularity of gambling, surprisingly little is known about the minority of people who experience problems as a result of their gambling...
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ScotCen
Social Evils
Part of a nationwide consultation about today's social evils ...
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Social impacts of the recession
NatCen conducted secondary analysis research exploring the extent to which people who lose their job and people who feel insecure in their job go on to experience other social disadvantages.
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Student Income & Expenditure
The authoritative assessment of the income and expenditure of Higher Education students in England and Wales in 2007/8...
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Study of Children’s Meals in School and at Home
An investigation of the £20 million pilot to make more free school meals available to primary and secondary schools pupils in England...
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Study of Muslim Students
This study examines the issues affecting Muslim students in Higher Education...
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Tax Credit & Child Benefit Study
This is a major study of the tax credit and Child Benefit system...
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Testing the 'Risk Society' Hypothesis
This study empirically tested the key thesis of the sociological Risk Society (RS) theorem.
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The Circumstances of Persistently Poor Families with Children
The Government's emphasis on those who currently experience low income means those with a history of low-income have received less attention.
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The Dynamics of Bad Housing
Recent research by NatCen suggests that the longer children live in bad housing, the more likely they are to face health problems...
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The impact of supplementary schools on pupils’ attainment
This study report look at how supplementary schools help children learn and achieve.
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The National Study of Work-search and Wellbeing
The aim of this study is to gain an insight into the relationship between wellbeing and labour market outcomes among people who start a claim for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA).
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The Teens and Toddlers Programme Evaluation
Teens and Toddlers is a youth development programme designed to prevent teenage pregnancy...
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UK Study of Abuse & Neglect of Older People
This is the first study of its kind to reliably estimate the extent of abuse and neglect of older people...
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Understanding Society
The largest social research study of its kind in the world with 40,000 households - 100,000 individuals - taking part across the UK...
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Wellcome Trust Monitor
Tracking the public's attitudes to medical research and science over time ...
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Welsh Childcare and Early Years Provision Survey of Parents
An important monitor of childcare and early years education in Wales.
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Welsh Health Survey
Wales' largest annual survey of the health of the nation ...
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Workplace Employee Relations Survey 2004
The Workplace Employee Relations Survey 2004 covered the Working Time Directive, the National Minimum Wage and recent employment rights legislation...
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Young people & alcohol
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Youth Crime Family Intervention Project
Evaluating the success of a Government backed scheme to reduce youth crime...
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Youth in Europe Study (YES)
Comparing the views and experiences of school children across Europe...
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