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Usage of the British Social Attitudes Survey

This page contains information from users who have downloaded the BSA data and who have agreed to have their project information shared. You can opt to be included or to amend the details held for you by changing your project registration.

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• The longitudinal influence of economic inequality on religious disaffiliation in Western and non-Western countries – Mr Marijn Scholte. September 2011

  In explaining religious disaffiliation the importance of economic inequality was recently shown in a study using 60 countries. Modernization, the classic explanation, was of little importance. However, in the Netherlands economic inequality has an opposite effect while the effect of modernization is strong. To test the economic inequality hypothesis more stringent we use countries in longitudinal multilevel models and several economic indicators next to modernization.

• The 1987 British General Election - Defence and the Labour Party – Dr Kristan Stoddart (Aberystwyth University – International Politics). August 2011

  This search is intended to provide a reference/s for an article on the the Labour Party and the British General Election of 1987 in reference to the party's policies on defence issues.

• Older people's health and wellbeing – Dr Iain Lang (Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry – PenCLAHRC). August 2011

  I will use this data in the course of epidemiological work focused on the health and wellbeing of older people. I am particularly interested in examining changes in the health and wellbeing of older people over time using both longitudinal and cross-sectional data.

• Background context – Mr Blaise Egan. July 2011

  Essex Humanists are a group of people in Essex, and in some cases beyond, who have no religious faith but support the principles of Humanism, including an approach to life based on humanity and reason. We want to track statistics on religious belief in the United Kingdom as part of our 'background knowledge'.
  Other surveys used: IHS.

• Calculation of Health Expectancies – Mr Andrew Yeap (Office for National Statistics (ONS) – Centre for Health Analysis and Life Events). July 2011

  Calculation of health expectancies on a national and sub-national level. Users and stakeholders include the Deparment of Health; the Department for Work and Pensions; and various health-related organisations across Great Britain.
  Other surveys used: NICHS GHS HSE WHS FRS SHES EHS NORTHERN IRELAND HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELLBEING SURVEY; 2005-2006 SILC LIW.

• Labour market discrimination research – Mr Muhammad Anees. June 2011

  The data will be utilized in the detailed discussion of labour market discrimination in the UK and cross sectional estimation techniques would be implemented following standard oaxaca-blinder techniques for differential analysis along with the recently developed counterfactual distribution techniques developed by Machad0-Mata (2005).
  Other surveys used: LFS HSE EFS GHS ELSA IHS USOC.

• Education stratification in women – Ms Anne-Marie Jeannet (University of Oxford – Social Policy). June 2011

  This is a book that describes how women's roles have changed in the past decades and how attitudes about women's employment, identity, and partner relationships have changed in the past years.

• Thesis research – Mr Mark Boukes. May 2011

  Research of the relation between media use (especially which tv-programmes people watch) and political cynicism. How does wathcing a certain genre of news affect the level of political cynicism? Cross-national research with also Netherlands, Germany and one of the Scandinavian countries.
  Other surveys used: GHS CITIZENSHIP SURVEY; 2007-2008 MEDIA REPORTING AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE; 2007.

• Application of statistical methods – Wicher Bergsma (London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); University of London – Statistics). April 2011

  I would like to use the data to apply newly developed statistical methods. Hopefully, this will lead to some new insights about the data as well.

• Examining Basis of DOH leaflet claim on choice in the NHS – Dr Anne Marie Cunningham (Cardiff University – Primary care and public health). April 2011

  The DOH produced a leaflet suggesting that 95% of the UK population wished more choice in the NHS. They used this dataset. I wish to examine the data to see if this analysis is correct.

• Inequalities in political party membership and protest in Western democracies – Ms Jane Roberts (University of Oxford – Social Studies). April 2011

  My project is about the transformation of inequalities (education and class) in political NON-VOTING activities (mainly party membership and protest) from 1960 until today in Western democracies. I shall use datasets that include questions such as party membership, protest activity, union membership, membership in associations, education level, income, occupation etc.
  Other surveys used: NCDS.

• Attitudes to Disability in UK – Dr Paula Devine (Queen's University Belfast – School of Sociology; Social Policy and Social Research). March 2011

  The same module of questions on attitudes to disability were included in both the British Social Attitudes Survey and the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey. For this project; we wish to compare attitudes in Britain to those in Northern Ireland.

• Who are the White British Muslims? – Mr Muhammad Brice (University of Wales Trinity Saint David). February 2011

  This study aims to build a demographic and socio-economic profile of the minority etho-religious group "White British Muslims". This group is of interest as it represents a minority within a minority (representing some 3% of the Muslim population, which in itself represents some 3% of the total population), but is also a sub-group of the dominant majority ethnic group (White British). The profile will be compared to that of the majority ehtnic group and also to that of the religious group "Muslim" in order to gain a better understanding of just who the White British Muslims are.
  Other surveys used: APS LFS Vital Statistics NSW EHS.

• Wealth Inequality and Social Policy in Britain – Professor Stephen McKay (University of Birmingham – Social Policy). February 2011

  There has been relatively little thinking; debate or investigation about ‘wealth’ within the social policy community; which has instead focused on poverty. However; there is a strong case for greater thinking and investigation of wealth; and its implications for wider inequality and social policy development. The report of the National Equality Panel has drawn attention to disparities in wealth ownership; and other research (e.g. Dorling; Wilkinson) indicates the potential effects of inequality on a range of social outcomes. I propose to use this data to consider different approaches to conceptualising and measuring wealth; and to compare/contrast its distribution with that of other measures of material well-being (such as income). The effects of different kinds of wealth (pensions; physical; housing) will also be considered.
  Other surveys used: FRS ELSA LFS.

• happiness; health and unemployment – Professor david blanchflower (University of Stirling – economics). December 2010

  examine how the welfare of the uk population is dealing with the onset of the great recession. This is a broad based project involving looking at depression; happiness as well as underemployment with emphasis on the young
  Other surveys used: LFS SHES HSE FRS NCDS.

• Flourishing in Ministry SA – Bethany Cockburn. December 2010

  The British Social Attitudes Survey will be used within a larger study of religion/spirituality and work well-being. Data from other countries; such as the GSS from the United States; the SOEP from Germany; the World Values Survey; the Japanese GSS; and the Swiss Household Panel; are also being studied. The goal is to identify meaningful relationships and produce publications on the findings.

• Effect of Fiscal Consolidation on Household Incomes – Dr Patrick Nolan. November 2010

  This study will develop a framework for assessing the effect of fiscal consolidation on household incomes. The study will model hypothetical policy changes to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of different measures. This study will draw preliminary conclusions on the possible effect of Consolidation.
  Other surveys used: HBAI FRS.

• Extending working life and Attitudes to pensions – Dr Alan Buckingham (University of Bath – School for health). November 2010

  To review and summarise what is known of public attitudes and behaviour regarding working life - including pensions and provision for retirment, summarise and interpret key findings and establish insights into decision making.
  Other surveys used: ELSA LFS.

• Identifying social and economic push and pull factors for migration to the UK – Dr R Kausar (University of Surrey – Economics). August 2010

  The main focus of this study concerns examining the impact that this potential new wave of immigrants from Bulgaria and Romania will pose for the hosting economy; and local communities therein. The project will explore the role of socio-economic and demographic push and pull factors and should provide a rounded perspective on likely settlement patterns of those potential migrants and their occupational choices using estimation techniques based on examining data on recent migration flows to the UK; especially from A8 countries following EU enlargement in 2004. This will be done using the Labour Force Survey (LFS); National Insurance Numbers Issued to Overseas Nationals (NINo); the Worker Registration Scheme (WRS); the International Passenger Survey and Eurobarometer Survey. The significance of the research should provide extensive information for local communities; the general public; academics and policy makers and also by providing an empirically based evidence to enable public opinion to make more informed judgments at the local level. This is a co-funded research project between ESRC and DCLG at 50%.
  Other surveys used: LFS APS.

• Equality of opportunities and social mobility – Ms Jane Roberts (University of Oxford – Social Studies). June 2010

  The BSA 2009 survey asked a range of questions on social inequality - repeating the ISSP module previously asked in 1987; 1992 and 1999 and also included a new module focusing specifically on income inequality. This work is to write a chapter of BSA 27th Report focusing on equality of opportunities and social mobility.

• Compare NHS satisfaction accross countries – Miss Lisa Walters. May 2010

  I would like to update a previous publication produced by the Welsh assembly Government using the BSAS data. It compared the overall satisfaction with the NHS across the countries of the UK. I would like to know the percentage of people who were satisfied with the running of the NHS; the inpatient care; outpatient care; NHS dentists and A&E (by country) for 2008.

• NGOs in Britain 1945-2007 – Dr Jean-Francois Mouhot (University of Birmingham – History). April 2010

  I intend to use this data for a research project on the history of non-governmental organisations and civil society in the UK since 1945; based at the University of Birmingham. (www.ngo.bham.ac.uk)
  Other surveys used: BCS FES BCS70.

• Living Apart Together – Ms Jane Roberts (University of Oxford – Social Studies). March 2010

  The data will be used to undertake exploratory analyses of relationships in general; and differences and differentials between marriage; cohabitation and LAT relationships in particular.
  Other surveys used: GHS.

• research on teenagers' body modifications – Dr rossella ghigi (Goldsmiths; University of London – Sociology). February 2010

  I'm collecting data on teens' body modifications and body images in Uk in order to compare them with data about Italian teenagers. This will be part of a more general research project on the increasing number of cosmetic surgery procedures among young people in European countries.
  Other surveys used: SHES HSE NICHS APS EFS Omnibus FRS LSYPE.

• state of working britain – Mr Alex Bryson (National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) – Employment). January 2010

  For use in analyses of union density; union wage premium and union joining for a book chapter for 'the state of working britain'; a CEP book to be published by OUP.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Structure of attitudes toward life extension – Professor David Stodolsky. December 2009

  I am currently preparing a publication based upon reanalysis of a number of studies. I have been focusing on the data collected by Badger: An exploratory survey examining the familiarity with and attitudes toward cryonic preservation. Journal of Evolution and Technology. December 1998. Vol. 3. I am hoping that this data will assist in my analysis of underlying attitudes.

• Paper on dentistry – Professor Ruth McDonald (University of Nottingham – CLAHRC NDL). December 2009

  Previous reforms in dentistry in the early 1990s were investigated by a group of researchers who contrasted the North and South of the country with people living in the South having different attitudes to health and welfare compared with the North. They reference the British Social Attitudes Survey 1996. We want to compare recent (2007) survey data with these earlier results.

• TSRC Third Sector – Professor Stephen McKay (University of Birmingham – Social Policy). December 2009

  Analysis of the composition of the workforce. A particular interest in the balance of activity in the non-profit sector. Trends in third sector employment. Who works in the third sector, and the consequences for labour market outcomes (wages, training, hours).
  Other surveys used: LFS BHPS BCS70.

• Euthanasia and end-of-life attitudes – Dr Tilo Beckers. November 2009

  The aim of the project is to analyse the factor structure of attitudes, develop a causal model of attitudes and to test this survey source as a blueprint for an cross-national comparative survey.

• Suffolk Constabulary BCS review and analysis – Mr Steven Francis. November 2009

  Use of full BCS data by Suffolk Constabulary to help identify trends and populations within the data to help local policing and improve force performance.
  Other surveys used: BCS APS.

• Electoral Research Methodology – Professor David Charnock. October 2009

  I intend to use this BSAS data to address some comparative aspects (recent Australian Surveys of Social Attitudes will be the main comparator) of methodological questions related to attitudinal measurement in the area of electoral behaviour.

• Exploring walking and cycling behaviour in Scotland – Dr Yusak Susilo (University of the West of England – Architecture and Planning). October 2009

  Has been commisioned by NHS Scotland to map datasets that related with walking and cycling behaviour in Scotland overtime. I am planning to use some multivariate stastistical analysis to explore the relationships between individual socio-demographic; built environment factor and cycling and walking behaviour in Scotland.
  Other surveys used: LFS SHES APS SSA HSE SEH NTS Omnibus.

• Pathways – Miss Louisa Arnold. October 2009

  My task is to link the BCS70 individual level data with regional data describing the econimic situation in the year 1986. This way we want to negotiate educational aspirations (BCS70)and local opportunities (regional labor market statistics)in adolescence and see how the latter influences the former.

• Attitudes to Ethnic Diversity – Dr Omar Khan. September 2009

  Runnymede is a policy research institution focusing on race equality. We are interested in attitudes to ethnic diversity, and how these attitudes may have changed over time. We will use these data in research reports in areas such as education, financial inclusion, and community cohesion and also in our UK reports to the European Commission.

• Academic paper – Dr Stratos Patrikios (University of Strathclyde – Government). September 2009

  The British Social Attitudes survey data requested by the user will be part of an academic paper. The analysis will examine changes in religious affiliation, social attitudes and political attitudes across time.

• Attitudinal Change – Dr Ann Berrington (University of Southampton – social statistics). August 2009

  This is the continuation of an existing project whereby I use time trends of BSA data to examine age, period, and cohort changes in attitudes to family formation and dissolution.

• Social attitudes to house building – Dr Sarah Milliken (University of Oxford – Archaeology). August 2009

  A chronological investigation of changing social attitudes to house building on greenfield land, in relation to research into public attitudes to the government's eco-towns policy.
  Other surveys used: BHPS.

• Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion – Tom MacInnes. August 2009

  Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion is an annual report New Policy Institute carries out for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It containss analysis of statistics relating to low income; unemployment; homelessness and education; among other issues. As well as presenting the data in a clear; understandable form; it also carries some commentary on the policy implications of the findings.
  Other surveys used: BCS FRS HBAI LFS HSE NTS SEH.

• Fertility and NRTs questionnaire module – Dr Kelly Davis (University of Edinburgh – The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships). August 2009

  This data will be used to assist in the research and compilation of an ESRC proposal for a new BSA module on fertility and NRTs. It will help orient the researchers as to public opinion on certain issues of genetics, as they relate to fertility and NRTs, which will then direct and inform the literature review and case for support.

• Comparison of Questionnaire Results – Dr Tony Craig (Macaulay Institute – SERG). August 2009

  I am carrying out research on climate change and intend to use a selection of questions from this survey. The data will be used to make comparisons of my research with the dataset.

• Satisfaction with the NHS – Dr Sheelah Connolly (Queen's University Belfast – Epidemiology). August 2009

  The British Social Attitudes survey is being used to explore satisfaction with various aspects of the NHS across the nine regions of England. This will form part of a bigger project comparing the performance of the NHS across England.

• Older people and long term conditions – Dr Yang Tian (Eastern Birmingham Primary Care Trust – Health and Wellbeing Parternship). July 2009

  Using the data for the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for Birmingham supporting the city councils and the primary care trust for future planning. This will help in tackling inequalities in health and wellbeing in the population of Birmingham.
  Other surveys used: GHS HSE.

• Political trust – Dr Darren Ellis (University of East London – SSMCS). June 2009

  I am looking at Political trust, in particular I am interested in possible relationships between social and political trust. I am also interested in distinctions of trust attitudes between ethnic and religious groupings.
  Other surveys used: .

• NGOs in Britain Project – Dr Jean-Francois Mouhot (University of Birmingham – History). June 2009

  The data will be used within the context of our project NGOs in Britain 1945-1997 based at the University of Birmingham http://www.ngo.bham.ac.uk/
  Other surveys used: BHPS ELSA FACS.

• Research paper – Dr Stratos Patrikios (University of Glasgow – Government). June 2009

  I need to analyse this dataset in order to compare percentages across time. My paper focuses on the 2007 BSA and I need to compare attitudes towards faith schools with functionally equivalent questions.
  Other surveys used: SSA.

• New family structures – Professor Stephen McKay (University of Birmingham – Social Policy). June 2009

  An analysis of large-scale data to look at changes in family structures, and to compare with findings from the past. Key topics are lone parents, including lone fathers, and the effects of birth-spacing on employment (and potentially other outcomes).
  Other surveys used: APS SCS BHPS FACS LFS FRS BCS HBAI MCS .

• Religion and Youth – Dr Sylvia Collins-Mayo (Kingston University – Criminology & Sociology). May 2009

  I would like to use this data to get some background information on the relationship between age and religion.

• Gender and generational change in social attitudes – Professor Yvonne Galligan (Queen's University Belfast – School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy). April 2009

  The data will contribute to a comparative study of gender and generational change in attitudes on the status of women. This builds on earlier research that provided the NILT 2002 module on women in politics.

• Description of trends in volunteering – Dr Laura Staetsky (University of Southampton – Social Statistics). April 2009

  The data are required for use within the framework of investigation launched by the new TSRC research centre. The purpose of the project is to investigate trends in volunteering at population level as well as individual propensity of volunteering as a function of various socio-demographic characteristics
  Other surveys used: GHS BHPS.

• Diaspora identities in Britain – Ms Jane Roberts (University of Oxford – Social Studies). March 2009

  I will be using the datasets for my research on Diaspora identities in Britain with specific reference to the notion on homeland and the extent to which this matters? I am in particularly exploring notions of homeland and community building within the Sikh and Polish communitites in Britain.
  Other surveys used: .

• Social reporting and quality of life in europe – Dr Roland Habich. March 2009

  We are engaged in the bi-annual social report publication "Datenreport". In this report we are responsible for the part II on living conditions and subjective well-being. In order to prepare the 2008 edition we also will do comparative analysis on a Euroepan level.
  Other surveys used: BHPS.

• Indicators research – Ms Elissa Sibley (City University – Sociology). March 2009

  To generate a list of measures used for indicators in several domains: trust in institutions, social cohesion, tolerance/prejudice, sense of security.
  Other surveys used: BHPS BCS.

• Data investigation for residential location research – Miss Flavia Tsang (University of Cambridge – Department of Architecture). February 2009

  I am only doing some investigation into quantitative data sources which could support a study on the extent attitudes affects the choice of residential location.
  Other surveys used: FES BHPS.

• Rasch analysis of WEMWBS – Dr Tim Croudace (University of Cambridge – Psychiatry). January 2009

  I would like to access the data to perform a Rasch Partial Credit callibration of the WEMWBS items and the GHQ-12.
  Other surveys used: NCDS.

• Decision-making – Professor Laurence Moseley (University of Glamorgan – SOCS-HESAS). December 2008

  Assessing factors which influence decision-making in medical and other health care fields. We are interested both in the factors which are selected and in the ways in which those factors are combined to reach a decision.
  Other surveys used: HSE.

• Research – Mr Kris Christmann (University of Huddersfield – Behavioral Sciences). December 2008

  This is to provide background research material in order to further explore aspects of public attitudes and views on political obligation and political authority - specially whether people believe they have an obligation to obey the law.

• Analysis of Labour voters and Labour policy change – Dr Jane Green (University of Manchester – Politics/ISC). December 2008

  I wish to analyze Labour voter ideological self-placement and Labour party placement for a peer reviewed journal submission on party strategies and core voters.

• Academic Research - Religion – Dr Rodney Ling (University of Manchester – Instiute for Social Change). December 2008

  We are looking at changes in religious affiliation and associated social variables. The requested data is for further research in this area for the extension of public knowledge through academic publications.
  Other surveys used: .

• Religious affiliation and social values – Dr Richard Gale (University of Birmingham – Sociology). December 2008

  This is preliminary research in the relationship between religious affiliation/practice and social values.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS BCS BHPS.

• Teaching Survey Data Analysis with SPSS – Dr Jose Lopez-Ruiz. November 2008

  Teaching Survey Data Analysis with SPSS to students of sociology in the last year of the career, in a course matter named "Information Technologies applied to Sociology" wich I have been teaching over 5 terms (starting in 2003). I aim to translate part of the workbook into spanish for them, as well as part of the questionnaire and variable definitions during the classes, giving them the data file to make the exercises and practices designed (part for you, part by me).

• Education and social change – Professor Lindsay Paterson (University of Edinburgh – Education). October 2008

  Relationship between education and various aspects of social and political change, including the impact of education on social mobility, social attitudes and social participation.
  Other surveys used: BHPS.

• Political participation and citizenship – Professor Susan Condor (Lancaster University – Psychology). October 2008

  A mixed-methods investigation of the relationship between various forms of political identity, participation and citizenship.

• Religion and Marital Status in the United Kingdom – Dr Emyr Williams (University of Warwick – Institute of Education). September 2008

  A study exploring the relationship between religion and marital status in the United Kingdom.

• Econometric and other analysis – Mr GIOVANNI RAZZU (University of London School of Economics – Social policy). August 2008

  Mostly econometric analysis to decompose poverty reduction into growth and inequality components following tradironal approach, e.g. world bank and ravalion. This could inform policy to address inequality. Need to look at different datasets to understand what equality information they contain, in terms of strands, e.g. gender, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age etc and various dimensions, such as health, education, income, social life etc.
  Other surveys used: FRS SEH GHS NTS FACS LFS APS BCS HBAI.

• Childrens Wellbeing and Lone Parent Employment – Dr Susan Harkness (University of Bath – Social Policy). June 2008

  Look at the effect of lone parent employment and maternal mental health on a range of child mental health outcomes in 1999 and 2004.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS BHPS.

• Analysis of religous participation – Dr Brian J Grim. June 2008

  I will be analyzing religious participation in the UK to compare these figures with a survey of religious participation in the USA.

• Network 1000 – Dr Graeme Douglas (University of Birmingham – Education). May 2008

  In an ongoing analysis of data collected from 1000 visually impaired people (Network 1000), we are using data from mainstream surveys to compare.
  Other surveys used: BHPS.

• Health and happiness – Professor David Blanchflower (University of Stirling – Economics). May 2008

  Work on happiness and health and their determinants including blood pressure, obesity and height. These data will also be used to examine depression and mental health.
  Other surveys used: HSE SHES WHS NCDS BCS70.

• Research – Mr Alex Dregan (University of Surrey – Sociology). May 2008

  A range of surveys are used to examine the changes in the prevalence of sleep problems across different social and historical periods over the last four decades. We expect to demonstrate that sleep problems varied by historical time and respondents age. In addition, it is expected that the way that sleep problems were framed will be associated with different trends in prevalence rates both within and between age and gender. These findings will provide a valuable insight into the development of sleep problems over time and their association with different historical and social events.
  Other surveys used: FES NCDS ELSA HSE Omnibus SHES.

• Redistribution and Public Opinion – Dr Thomas Cusack. May 2008

  Continuing my project on changes in the labour market, inequality, and public preference for redistribution.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS FES.

• Scottish Attitudes – Ms Kyung Min Lee (University of Aberdeen – Globalization). April 2008

  I will use the dataset for my quantitative research analysis project. I would like to examine discrimination in Scotland.
  Other surveys used: SSA.

• Precarious employment – Dr John MacInnes (University of Edinburgh – Sociology). April 2008

  Ways of defining and measuring precarious employment and interntional comparisons in its extent.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS Omnibus.

• Devolution and political culture, Canada and UK – Dr Ailsa Henderson (University of Edinburgh – Political Science). April 2008

  This research project examines the impact of federalism (or devolution) on the heterogeneity of political attitudes within a State. The case studies are primarily Canada and the UK although supplementary information will be used from Spain, Belgium, Germany and Australia.
  Other surveys used: SSA BHPS NILTS.

• Social networks and sustainability – Dr Marina Della Giusta (University of Reading – Economics). April 2008

  The survey is used to help design a study of the functional role of networks and their access costs, as well as the characteristics of trust brokers.

• Longer Distance Travel in the UK – Dr Joyce Dargay (University of Leeds – Institute for Transport Studies). March 2008

  This project will examine longer-distance non-regular travel within the UK by car, coach, rail and air. The main objective is to develop a forecasting model for long-distance travel by mode over a 20-year horizon which will be able to analyze the impact of various supply-side developments, policy measures and demographic and socio-economic developments.
  Other surveys used: NTS Omnibus.

• Religious change in the modern world – Professor David Voas (University of Manchester – Institute for Social Change). March 2008

  In most developed countries, there has been a decline in both the social and personal significance of religion during recent decades. That is to say, religious institutions, leaders and norms have become less influential in matters of public policy, and at the same time individuals have become less inclined to participate in religious activities or to give religion an important place in their lives. The explanation involves a number of lines of investigation: the role of age, period and cohort effects; the gender gap in religious involvement; the measurement of religiosity; the importance of geographical or social context, and so on.

• Effects of Margaret Thatcher on attitudes – Dr John Simister (University of King's College London – Management Department). March 2008

  Did Mrs. Thatcher's election as UK Prime Minister change attitudes to roles of women and men? I wish to compare data from various surveysfrom 1974.
  Other surveys used: EFS FES BHPS.

• Religion, identity and nation – Dr Michael Rosie (University of Edinburgh – Sociology). February 2008

  Religion, identity and nation - focus on Scotland and religious identity, extending to comparable societies elsewhere in the UK and Europe.
  Other surveys used: SCS SSA NILTS GUS .

• BSAS question review – Mr David Farrar (The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – Communications). February 2008

  To identify fit between British Social Attitudes Survey and the DWP's Public Attitudes Survey. The latter is mainly oriented towards the Department's communications activity, but we are interested in longer term tracking of some statements via BSAS, and I am participating with Jane Francis of DWP to suggest new statements for inclusion in future editions of BSAS.

• Religion and urban restructuring – Dr Richard Gale (University of Birmingham – Sociology). February 2008

  This project extends previous research on religious discrimination by looking at how religious groups and organisations response to urban restructuring and economic liberalisation.
  Other surveys used: Vital Statistics LFS GHS.

• Work attitudes as directed subjectivity – Professor Michael Rose (University of Bath – Social & Policy Sciences). December 2007

  Hypothesises that the cognitive (perceptionally rational) and conative (intentional) components of work attitudes are likely to be more significant for behhaviour and action than their affective component.
  Other surveys used: NCDS.

• Mrs Thatcher's Criminological Legacy – Dr Stephen Farrall (University of Sheffield – School of Law). December 2007

  A scoping project to assess the extent to which it is possible to use various datasets to explore the impact of neo-conservative social policies on crime in the UK.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS SEH FRS BCS SCS FES NIFES NCDS.

• DWP access to services – Mr Nick Coleman. November 2007

  The DWP have contracted ISR (Independent Social Research) to do this research, which examines older people's access to government services. The BSA data will help us to understand the relationships between different variables in the population (including social networks, civic particpation, use of media, internet use and demographics).

• A study of welfare attitudes – Dr Peter Achterberg. November 2007

  I will try to find out how and why welfare attitudes have changed in the course of time.

• Religion as a social force in Europe – Mr Emyr Williams (University of Warwick – Institute of Education). October 2007

  This project will explore the relationship between social capital measured upon the familial and friendship domain and religiosity.

• Trends in parenting of adolescents – Dr Stephan Collishaw (University of King's College London – SGDP, Institute of Psychiatry). October 2007

  The data will be used to examine time trends in parenting and parent-child relationships, trends in adolescent antisocial behaviour and substance use, and the extent to which changes in parenting account for changes in adolescent behaviour.
  Other surveys used: BHPS MCS NCDS BCS70.

• Debt and finance among older people – Professor Stephen McKay (University of Birmingham – Institute of Applied Social Studies). October 2007

  In most studies, older people have very low levels of debt, despite often having low levels of income. However, there are signs that this may be changing, as younger cohorts exhibit less opposition to borrowing than their predecessors. We aim to examine the characteristics of older people with debt, and other kinds of financial problems, and how this is evolving over time.
  Other surveys used: BCS ELSA BHPS.

• For academic purposes – Dr David Cutts (University of Manchester – Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research). October 2007

  I intend to use the data for a paper I am writing on the importance of small spatial scales (including the household) as electoral contexts for individual voters.
  Other surveys used: BHPS.

• Teaching statistics – Dr Gordana Uzelac (London Metropolitan University – DASS). October 2007

  The data will be used for teaching purposes only at London Metropolitan University. These include teaching statistics to undergraduate and postgraduate students of social sciences as well as introductury and advanced courses on SPSS.
  Other surveys used: BHPS .

• Internal demand for international development aid – Ms Anagha Dange (University of Bath – Economics and international development). October 2007

  I am investigating the internal demand for development assistance within donor countries. For this I require data on social attitudes of the populace. Specifically, answers to questions which can help gauge how the population views the entire matter of aid and their government spending on it.

• Crisis theories of democracy – Dr Armin Schaefer. October 2007

  The data will be used to assess the state of democracy in Western Europe. The theoretical background are crisis theories of democracy that were prominent in the 70s and 80s.

• Secondary analysis for social scientists – Dr Jo Wathan (University of Manchester – CCSR). September 2007

  We aim to encourage undergraduate social scientists to use secondary data in their dissertations. Several datasets will have workbooks based around them, which form the basis of a series of workshops.
  Other surveys used: BCS.

• UG Dissertation – Dr Jane Fielding (University of Surrey – Sociology). September 2007

  Undergraduate dissertation investigating the value of higher education using father's social class and respondents social class in a social mobility study.
  Other surveys used: BCS GHS.

• Teaching – Ms Jo Pearc (University of Institute of Education – School of Arts and Humanities). September 2007

  In a lecture on Davie's 'believing without belonging' thesis; to compare numbers who describe themselves as belonging to a religion with attendance figures.

• MOSCITO - social capital & ICT in organisations – Dr Ben Anderson (University of Essex – Chimera). August 2007

  Preliminary analysis of existing datasets to guide the implementation of a multi-method international comparative project to understand how ICTs can contribute to the development, maintenance and exploitation of social capital within firms.

• Education in Cornwall and IoS – Dr Caroline Hattam (University of Exeter – Marchmont SLIM). August 2007

  As part of an evaluation of Objective One ESF, we are investigating longitudinal datasets that may help identify changes in the socio-economic situation of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
  Other surveys used: LFS APS BCS FRS GHS SEH BHPS LSYPE.

• Academic Research – Mr Robert Johns (University of Strathclyde – Government). July 2007

  I use quantitative data for both research and teaching as part of my job as Lecturer in Politics at the University of Strathclyde.
  Other surveys used: SSA .

• Survey for teaching use – Dr Brian Alleyne (University of Goldsmiths College – Sociology). June 2007

  I wish to explore how I might use these data in my own teaching on research methods at undergraduate and postgraduate level. I will explore the data using SPSS and Minitab.
  Other surveys used: .

• Social Impact of Road Pricing Schemes – Dr Kim Perren (Loughborough University – Centre for Research in Social Policy). April 2007

  Conducting a survey and writing a report on the potential social impact of road pricing schemes.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS Omnibus.

• New themes for diplomas – Dr Olga Demidova. April 2007

  I need new datasets for creating new themes for diplomas of my students.

• Research – Mr Julius Ayobami Olaogun (London Metropolitan University – Economics and Finance). March 2007

  The data is used only for research purpose only. The research intends to investigate different methods of estimating poverty and see what measurement effects have on poverty.
  Other surveys used: GHS TimeUse NICHS.

• Teaching only – Dr Jo Wathan (University of Manchester – CCSR). March 2007

  Postgraduate teaching.
  Other surveys used: HSE NTS LFS.

• Specific variable analysis – Miss Gillian Eva (City University – Centre for Comparative Social Surveys). February 2007

  Comparing subjective health status questions used in large-scale population surveys. Part of a study on Developing Attitudinal Indicators within the European Social Survey Infrastructure grant.

• Research – Dr Marco Bertaglia (University of Imperial College – Centre for Environmental Policy). February 2007

  Learn from previous research, compare methodologies, and generally the common literature review at the incipient phase of a project with minor links to the theme of downloaded material, citing previous reserach in own publications on related subjects.

• Social Trends Monitoring – Mr Simon Bradley. February 2007

  SIRC engages in ongoing social trends monitoring for use in a variety of reports. SIRC is a not-for-profit organisation.
  Other surveys used: EFS FES.

• Data for research methods teaching purposes – Dr Richard Lampard (University of Warwick – Sociology). February 2007

  To generate teaching examples on an undergraduate research methods module, Surveys, Secondary Analysis and Social Statistics.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus MCS LSYPE.

• Grandparent caring – Professor Bob Broad (De Montfort University – Health and life sciences). February 2007

  I am studying/teaching kinship care and for that social work work I am conducting a review of grandparent caring. I am seeking to find information from official census and other government data about the extent and nature of types of grandparent care of children.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus TimeUse MCS.

• Teaching – Mr Andrew Hughes (University of Surrey – Politics). January 2007

  I intend to use the dataset as an example dataset for a course in SPSS for Politics undergraduates.

• Grandparent caring – Professor Bob Broad (De Montfort University – Health and life sciences). January 2007

  I am seeking to collect information about grandparent caring to inform my teaching and research about kinship care in the UK. This information will provide the context within which grandparent carers are located.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus FACS MCS.

• Exploring savings and assets by gender – Mr Stephen Mckay (University of Bristol – Geographical Sciences). January 2007

  Project to look at gender differences in levels of savings, assets and debt. Plan to look at the information at individual level, rather than aggregating to household level. In collaboration with Fawcett Society.
  Other surveys used: EFS BCS BHPS ELSA.

• British Election Study – Ms Martha Peach. January 2007

  The study will be about electoral competition between socialist and nationalist parties in Spain (Galicia, Basque Country, Catalonia) and Britain (Scotland and Wales). For the British case we will use all survey data available with respect to electoral behaviour, social values, social attitudes etc.
  Other surveys used: BHPS .

• National identity and everyday political understanding – Professor Susan Condor (Lancaster University – Psychology). January 2007

  I intend to use this data as part of an ongoing programme of research on national identity and everyday understandings of political events, structures and processes in England. In particular, I wish to use the BSAS data to provide background information against which to interpret my own qualitative interview studies, which are designed to achieve a depth understanding of the ways in which national identity and political events are understood in relatively small samples.
  Other surveys used: GHS SSA.

• Measuring equality – Dr Tania Burchardt (University of London School of Economics – CASE). December 2006

  The new Commission on Equality and Human Rights will monitor equality in Britain by gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation and religion/belief. This project is developing a framework for measurement for the CEHR.
  Other surveys used: LFS HSE BCS FRS BHPS FES HBAI.

• Health wealth and consumption – Dr Tania Burchardt (University of London School of Economics – CASE). December 2006

  To examine the relationship between health, consumption and savings/wealth in old age, comparing UK and US data.
  Other surveys used: BHPS ELSA.

• Demography, Politics and Old Age – Dr John Vincent (University of Exeter – Sociology). December 2006

  To provide empirical support of a paper I am writing based on a continuing interest in politics and old age.
  Other surveys used: NICHS FES HSE LFS GHS EFS BHPS.

• Foster carers – Mr Charlie Owen (University of Institute of Education – Thomas Coram Research Unit). December 2006

  Little is known about people who become foster carers. This study will use data from the Labour Force Survey to identify people who are living with foster children. The data will then be analysed to examine their demographic characteristics.

• Equalitec Recruitment of women into ITEC project – Dr Robert Busfield (University of Roehampton – Business and Social Sciences). December 2006

  Thia is a project examining how women are recruited and retained in the ITEC sector. The main method involves interviewing HR managers in relevant companines and the project aims to disseminate good practice throughout the industry in order to increase the proportion of women emoployed in ITECT careers. The research will also involve secondary analysis of labour force statistics in order to illustrate the current position of women in the ITEC sector.
  Other surveys used: LFS GHS BCS Omnibus.

• Teaching socilogical research methods – Dr Jacqueline O'Reilly (University of Sussex – Sociology). November 2006

  Teaching second year sociology students how to access real datasets as part of learning how to use SPSS.
  Other surveys used: LFS BCS BHPS .

• Public perceptions of hydrogen – Dr Paul Upham (University of Manchester – Manchester Business School). November 2006

  Use of data: as part of a selective review of existing environmental attitude surveys, to inform a new study of public perceptions of the use of hydrogen as a transport 'fuel'.

• Attitudes toward redistribution – Dr Thomas Cusack. November 2006

  In continuing my research on popular attitudes toward redistribution in modern welfare states I would like to make use of the BSA Survey datasets. The primary focus of this project is on the role of risks in the labour market and how such risks come to shape policy and partisan preferences. The Social Attitudes Surveys, conducted almost continuously over the last two decades or so, could prove quite useful in this project.
  Other surveys used: EFS LFS FRS GHS.

• E-society and religion – Anthony Glendinning (University of Aberdeen – School of Social Science). November 2006

  The BSA 2003 dataset will be used to investigate the relationship between usage of e-resources are religion. Further analysis will be undertaken when the BSA 2005 dataset becomes available.

• Public opinion in the policy making process – Dr Leonardo Sanchez-Ferrer. November 2006

  I am conducting research on how important public opinion is in the Spanish public policy process. I am focusing on some major policy areas, such as taxes, education, health and social issues. I am interested in British survey data in order to draw some comparisons between the British and the Spanish cases.

• Religious discrimination in the UK – Dr Richard Gale (University of Birmingham – Sociology). November 2006

  This study uses a number of large, national datasets in combination with more localised studies to assess the extent and nature of discrimination experienced by religious minority communities in the UK in a variety of different institutional settings.
  Other surveys used: BCS .

• Public Perceptions of Health and Safety – Dr Paul Almond (University of Reading – Law). November 2006

  I wish to explore British Social Attitudes survey data on perceptions and attitudes towards health and safety-related issues as part of a small research pilot project into this issue.

• Shifting Paradigms of Social Justice – Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby (Kent,University of – SSPSSR). October 2006

  What are the conceptions of social justice that correspond to the traditional welfare state models in Germany and the UK? How have they changed in recent years and to what extent do the attitudes to social justice correspond to these changes? How are the new themes in welfare reform (social investment, reciprocity and accommodation to greater social diversity) viewed and discussed by the ordinary citizen? This project will carry out a literature review, re-analysis of existing surveys and focus group research in Germany and the UK. The project's findings will feed into the AGF Research Initiative on Creating Sustainable Growth in Europe and also contribute to work on the normative principles of contemporary institutions.
  Other surveys used: EFS BHPS.

• Exploring atttitudes to ethnic minority groups – Dr Alison Green (University of Plymouth – Law and Social Science). October 2006

  Exploring data to see what is available on attitudes to minority ethnic groups in order to clarify possible secondary data use and in preparation for a bid for ESRC funding for a new project.

• Social and Political Trust – Dr Roger Patulny (University of Surrey – Sociology). September 2006

  This is a project which aims to examine Social and Political Trust. We will use quantitaive methods and examine international and time series data.
  Other surveys used: NILTS BHPS.

• Lectures on Scottish Datasets – Prof David Bell (University of Stirling – Economics). August 2006

  This usage is to allow me to describe Scottish datasets to audiences of other academics and postgraduates. The purpose is to broaden the use of these datasets within Scotland.
  Other surveys used: LFS SCS SSA FRS.

• Sociological Analysis – Dr Yaojun Li (University of Birmingham – Sociology). August 2006

  I am a lecturer teaching quantitative analysis and doing empirical analysis. I need data for both teaching and research purposes.
  Other surveys used: NICHS APS GHS TimeUse LFS.

• Benchmarking tolerance levels – Mr Ben Ramsay. July 2006

  The data is needed to measure tolerance levels in UK regions as part of a wider project to benchmark creativity in Tyne & Wear and other UK regions. We are looking for tolerance measures that can be used to make up part of a 'creativity idex of measurements'.

• Political Economy of Wage Inequality – Mr Alistair Wilson (University of London School of Economics – CEP). July 2006

  Pooling of BSAS and BES datasets to analyze where exactly the median-income VOTER falls; looking at voting behaviour and attitudes to redistribution and taxation. The main question: with rising wage inequality in Britain why has there been no political thirst for progressive taxation?

• Analysis of the fear of crime and public confidence in policing – Dr Jonathan Jackson (University of London School of Economics – Methodology Institute). July 2006

  I intend to examine the nature and distribution of public anxieties about crime and public confidence in policing.
  Other surveys used: BCS.

• Vulnerabilitry for religious violence – Dr Jose Liht (Cambridge: Queens' College – Divinity). June 2006

  The data will be used to derive clusters and come up with taxonomy of social actors in regards to their upholding of the polity factored together with the ethnicity, religion, SES, and psychological factors.
  Other surveys used: APS.

• Empirical data on Social Attitudes to support a theory of sociological basis of changing public attitudes – Dr Sean Creaven (University of West of England – HLSS). June 2006

  I need to access resources from British Social Attitudes surveys to support a sociological theory of the basis for the radicalisation of collectivist values since the 1980s in Britain.

• Methodological Research on Analysis of Household Survey Data – Dr Robert Clark. May 2006

  Different methods of analysing household survey data will be compared, and new methods will be developed.
  Other surveys used: GHS HSE BHPS.

• The Social Mobility of Black People: The Public/Private Sector Divide – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). May 2006

  The study is undertaken in the hopes of seeing whether black people enjoy better social mobility, measured by occupation, in the public or private sector and in which country they enjoy the most mobility. From the results I hope to draw conclusions as to the social, historical and other factors that have influenced the situation in each country, compare them and hopefully draw some policy recommendations.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS BHPS.

• A cross-national comparison of the political participation of immigrant groups – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). May 2006

  In my research project I seek to describe and explain differences in feelings towards the political process and in the political participation between the majority population and immigrants and between different immigrant groups in several Western European countries.

• Exploring gambling and leisure – Ms Lesley McMahon (University of Dundee – School of Town & Regional Planning). May 2006

  Wishing to explore the attitudes to gambling.

• Varieties of Capitalism – Mr Lauge Andrea Stoltze Rasmussen. April 2006

  The Copenhagen Centre is currently performing a comparative study between the service sector in Denmark and in UK. We would therefore like to use data from Denmarks Statistics and UK Data Archive to perform the comparative study.
  Other surveys used: LFS BHPS.

• Trends in and transitions to unpaid caregiving – Dr Michael Hirst (University of York – Social Policy Research Unit). April 2006

  To extend earlier work examining caring relationships over time, and caring-related inequalities.
  Other surveys used: TimeUse GHS EFS ELSA BHPS.

• The Making of Social Values – Ms Paula Surridge (University of Bristol – Sociology). April 2006

  The aim of this 2-year project is to investigate the relationship between education and social attitudes in the context of changing social and political climates
  Other surveys used: BHPS.

• Trust and risk – Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby (University of Kent – SSPSSR). April 2006

  I wish to reanalyse this data to examine social differentiation (particularly by class and education level) in trust for particular regulatory bodies. This work is in connection with the research of the ESRC Social Contexts and Responses to Risk network

• Scottish survey statistics – Dr Michael Rosie (University of Edinburgh – Sociology). February 2006

  Survey statistics on Scottish society.
  Other surveys used: NILTS LFS SHES GHS Omnibus SEH.

• MSc Research Methods – Mr Nick Foard (Nottingham Trent University, The – Graduate School). February 2006

  Data will be used for teaching purposes on a module entitled 'Advanced Data Analysis' on the MSc Research Methods at Nottingham Trent University.
  Other surveys used: GHS HSE Omnibus BHPS ELSA .

• Comparative gender role attitudes – Gayle Kaufman. February 2006

  I would like to examine gender role attitudes across a number of countries in the ISSP.

• Health professionals, education and training – Dr Colin Tilley (University of Dundee – DHSRU). January 2006

  Analysis of the relationship between health professionals and their education and training.
  Other surveys used: LFS SSA APS.

• Comparative analysis – Dr Greg Marsden (University of Leeds – Institute for Transport Studies). December 2005

  I am writing a paper looking at institutional differences between cities in England and Scotland and wish to dig deeper into the social and cultural differences that exist.

• Determinants of earnings – Professor Stanley Siebert (University of Birmingham – Commerce). November 2005

  The WERS 1998 dataset had individual and establishment variables relevant to explain earnings. Usually, earnings are explained in terms of an individual's human capital characteristics. I wish to expand the explanation to establishment characteristics.

• UK Energy Research Centre – Dr Jillian Anable (Robert Gordon University, The – The Centre for Transport Policy). November 2005

  I am the transport topic leader in the UK Energy Research Centre, based at the Centre for Transport Policy, RGU, Aberdeen. I will be working with a team at the Environmental Change Unit to develop a model of all energy use in the UK, including travel. This will feed into academic reports and papers attempting to analyse the potential for a 60% reduction in carbon emissions from all UK sectors. The National Travel Survey Data is vital to this project.
  Other surveys used: NTS.

• 1989 and 1997 ISSP Work Orientations – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). November 2005

  I am going to merge the 1989 and 1997 data and analyse the changes in people's job expectations over the period.

• Dignity in and at Work Project – Dr Sharon Bolton (Lancaster University – OWT). October 2005

  Project looking into the concept of dignity at work. Initial research seeks to use existing data sets to explore how people feeel about the quality of their working experiences and their working conditions and environment. This information will then be used as a foundation for creating a conceptual framework that will enable a broad understanding of dignity in contemporary workplaces and form a foundation for further in depth qualitative research.
  Other surveys used: APS LFS BCS BHPS.

• Religious trends in Britain – Dr David Voas (University of Manchester – Centre for Census and Survey Research). October 2005

  Part of a general research agenda encompassing various specific projects.
  Other surveys used: YPSA.

• Social Research Methods – Mr JM Roberts (London South Bank University – SPS). October 2005

  Teaching exercise for undergraduate students.
  Other surveys used: LFS NILFS GHS BCS.

• Academic research into geography of social attitudes – Professor John Mohan (University of Southampton – Sociology and Social Policy). October 2005

  This is in connection with a project to investigate variations in attitudes to welfare services between places.
  Other surveys used: GHS SEH HSE BCS.

• Social Research Methods – Mr Jeffrey Roberts (Open University – Social Sciences). September 2005

  The data will be used by undergraduate students as part of a course on quantitative methods.
  Other surveys used: BHPS.

• Social Mobility and Home Ownership - A Risk Assessment – Miss Sandy Patel. April 2005

  The New Horizons programme aims to introduce new research ideas, develop innovative, cross-cutting approaches to research and offer a forward-thinking perspective on medium- to long-term policy issues pertaining to the ODPM. The purpose of the study is four fold: 1 to explore the relationship between homeownership and both inter- and intra-generational social mobility 2 to highlight the risks that may weaken existing links between homeownership and social mobility 3 to identify other options to promote housing wealth 4 to place these risks and alternative options in the context of policy developments in housing and in creating sustainable communities.
  Other surveys used: YPSA GHS BCS70 NCDS BHPS.

• Cross-National study of National Pride – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). February 2005

  The national pride study is a cross-national study of national pride and its sources and focusses on the distinction between civic and ethnic types of identity and their implications for national pride.

• Devolution and Constitutional Change: national identity and constitutional change in England – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). February 2005

  The project looks at the implications of devolution for national identities and support for the political system in the UK, my project focussing particularly on England but coordinated with linked projects in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
  Other surveys used: SSA NILTS.

• The Conservative Party since 1997: the futility or failure of strategies to reverse electoral decline – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). February 2005

  Using the Conservative Party as a case study of a party in a period of electoral weakness I test and challenge existing theoretical predictions of the strategies political parties adopt in such periods and their rationale for doing so.
  Other surveys used: BHPS.

• Making of Modern Motherhoods – Miss Lucy Hadfield (Open University – School of Health and Social Welfare). February 2005

  To use BSA data to compare attitudes on motherhood within our study.

• Contemporary cultural values in Britain – Dr Gordon Lynch (University of Birmingham – Theology). January 2005

  This data is being used towards a monograph that I am currently writing on changing cultural values in Western society, particularly in relation to the influence of capitalism.

• Attitudes toward begging – Mr Stefan Adriaenssens. November 2004

  We are researching the attitudes of donators and the public toward begging as a social problem in Belgium. The British data is a good starting point, and a basis for comparison.

• Examining public attitudes towards single religion schools in Britain – Dr Ben Clements (University of Birmingham – Education). 0000

  To assess which individual-level factors are related to support and opposition towards government policies on single-religion schools and public perceptions of their alleged advantages and disadvantages. Specifically, examining the impact of demographic, socio-economic, religious status and politico-attitudinal variables.