ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> ONS Omnibus Survey, May 1999 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:4224</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigator</H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Office for National Statistics. Social Survey Division<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsors</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions<br>Office for National Statistics<br>University College London. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health<br>Department of Customs and Excise<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> February 2001 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Office for National Statistics. Social Survey Division, <i> ONS Omnibus Survey, May 1999</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], February 2001. SN: 4224, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4224-1 </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Copyright of the individual modules resides with their respective sponsors. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 4224 . ONS Omnibus Survey, May 1999<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Office for National Statistics. Social Survey Division</h5> <h3>Principal Investigator:</h3> <h5>Office for National Statistics. Social Survey Division</h5> <H3>Sponsors:</H3><H5> Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions<br>Office for National Statistics<br>University College London. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health<br>Department of Customs and Excise<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The <i>ONS Opinions Survey </i>(OPN), previously known as <i>ONS Omnibus Survey</i> or <i>Omnibus</i>, is a regular, multi-purpose survey which was carried out in eight months of the year until April 2005. From this point it has run monthly. It started operating commercially in 1990 and was set up originally to meet the needs of government departments for a survey that used short and simple sets of questions, had greater statistical reliability than private sector omnibus surveys and a properly designed random sample. Now, however, an increasing number of academics are finding it a valuable research tool.<br> <br> The <i>Opinions Survey</i> is used for a number of purposes, for example:<br> <ul><li>to provide quick answers to questions of immediate interest <br> <li>to provide information on topics that do not require a full survey<br> <li>to develop and pilot questions for other surveys <br> <li>to sift for subgroups that can be followed up in another survey</ul><i><b>History</b></i><br> From January 2008 the <i>ONS Omnibus Survey</i> changed its name to the <i>ONS Opinions Survey</i> and became part of the <i>Integrated Household Survey</i> (IHS). As a result, certain classificatory variables were altered to harmonise with the rest of the surveys that form the IHS. For further information, see detailed breakdown of the changes contained within the documentation for 2008 studies onwards.<br> <br> Subsequently, in January 2010, the OPN component was dropped from the IHS due to only one individual per household being interviewed, while the IHS requires questions to be asked of all household members. This process significantly increased the length of the OPN interview and, therefore, OPN reverted back to interviewing one household member, but still contains questions harmonised to the IHS.<br> <br> <b><i>Special Licence Access Opinions Survey data</b></i><br> With effect from 2008, the decision was made by ONS to make all new and existing Disability Monitoring data (Module 363) and Contraception data (Module 170) issuable only to Approved Researchers under Special Licence access conditions due to the disclosive nature of the modules. See the ONS Opinions Survey Special Licence Access datasets page for these and other special licence data.<br> <br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>Each month's questionnaire consists of two elements: core questions, covering demographic information, are asked each month together with non-core questions that vary from month to month.The non-core questions for this month were:<br> <br> Reading (Module 228): awareness of the National Year of Reading, reading to, and reading with, children.<br> Cancer Screening (Module 225): this module was asked on behalf of University College London and covers screening for cervical cancer, breast screening and attitudes to health.<br> Time Use Diary (Module 230): this module was asked on behalf of the Department of the Environment and the Office for National Statistics. The self-completion questionnaire and diary cover how people spend their time throughout a 24-hour period; time spent on paid work, on unpaid work around the home and on voluntary work outside it.<br> Consumption of Tobacco (Module 210): this module was asked on behalf of Customs and Excise and covers whether smokes cigarettes; how many cigarettes smoked; type of cigarettes smoked.<br></h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> 17 May 1999 - 5 June 1999 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> Great Britain <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Government Office Regions (GORs); Standard Regions <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Families/households </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Repeated cross-sectional study<br> monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter. <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Multi-stage stratified random sample <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 1913 (obtained) <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> See documentation for details </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Government, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>External note: </i></b> The data for the monthly Opinions surveys have been supplied to the UK Data Archive in such a way that core demographic data are included in each module. This allows users to use each module individually, although modules cannot be ordered individually from the Archive. <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: govsurveys@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 12 February 2001<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Copyright of the individual modules resides with their respective sponsors.</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>4 January 2012</h5> </body></html>