ONS Omnibus Survey, April 2007

UKDA study number:6149

Principal Investigator

Office for National Statistics. Social and Vital Statistics Division

Sponsors

Department for Transport
Health and Safety Executive

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

May 2009

 

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Office for National Statistics. Social and Vital Statistics Division, ONS Omnibus Survey, April 2007 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], May 2009. SN: 6149 , http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6149-1

 

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6149 . ONS Omnibus Survey, April 2007

 

Depositor:

Office for National Statistics. Social and Vital Statistics Division

Principal Investigator:

Office for National Statistics. Social and Vital Statistics Division

Sponsors:

Department for Transport
Health and Safety Executive

Abstract:

The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, formerly known as ONS Opinions Survey or Omnibus, 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.

The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey is used for a number of purposes, for example:
History
From January 2008 the ONS Omnibus Survey changed its name to the ONS Opinions Survey (OPN) and became part of the Integrated Household Survey (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.

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.

From April 2012 the ONS Opinions Survey changed its name to the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey following the merger of the non-EU-SILC questions from the General Lifestyle Survey.

Special Licence Access Opinions and Lifestyle Survey data
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 Opinions and Lifestyle Survey Special Licence Access datasets page.

Main Topics:

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:

Disability monitoring (Module 363): the Special Licence version of this module is held under SN 6471.
Working conditions (Module 346/346b): this module was asked on behalf of researchers at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and questions asked relate to assessing the way people work and their levels of job-related stress.
Climate change and transport (Module 377/377b): this module was asked on behalf of the Department for Transport. Questions asked relate to travel habits and the respondents' views about transport and climate change.

Coverage:


Dates of Fieldwork: April 2007
Country: Great Britain
Spatial Units: Government Office Regions (GORs); Standard Regions
Observation Units: Individuals; Families/households

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Repeated cross-sectional study
monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
Sampling Procedures: Multi-stage stratified random sample
Number of Units: 1,083 (obtained)
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview
Control Operations: None
Weighting: Weighting used. See documentation for details.

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS Government, UK Data Archive
External note: The data for the monthly Opinions and Lifestyle Survey 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.
Contact: Help desk: govsurveys@esds.ac.uk

Date of First Release:

13 May 2009

Copyright:

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.


File last updated:

16 May 2012