Posted on 21 December 2011 10 things we learned from NatCen Social Research in 2011 (and one more for Christmas) Our Director of Research, William O'Connor shares the 10 most important things we have learnt from our research in 2011: Read the rest of this entry Tags: British Gambling Prevalence Survey, British Social Attitudes, Evaluation of Every Child a Reader, family interventions, Growing up in Scotland, Health Survey for England, London riots, The Reality of Generation Rent, Scottish Social Attitudes, Survey of Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England, Troubled Families Unit, Understanding Society
Posted on 29 July 2011 by Elizabeth Fuller, Research Director Passing on bad habits: why children smoke Coverage of the Survey of smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England has focused – not surprisingly – on the news that fewer children are tolerant of their peers drinking. Given the number of headlines reporting on ‘Binge Britain’, this is great to see. By contrast, the long-term decline in young people’s smoking has passed without comment. In one sense this is a public health triumph, but Liz Fuller asserts that it's not all good news... Read the rest of this entry Tags: Binge Britain, children and young people, health and lifestyle, smoking, Survey of Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England