ONS Omnibus Survey
The Omnibus is a regular, multi-purpose
survey, which started operating commercially in 1990. For the first few years
it went into the field for 12 months of the year before changing to 8 months
of the year, and in April 2005 it changed back to 12 months of the year. Now
an increasing number of academics are finding it a valuable research tool.
The ONS Omnibus is used for a number of purposes, for example:
• to provide quick answers to questions of immediate interest
• to provide information on topics that do not require a full survey
• to develop and pilot questions for other surveys
Since April 2004 the Omnibus Surveys have been running in the field for 12 months.
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. A list of modules is available from our Omnibus
Modules page.
The National Statistics web site contains
some detailed
information about the survey.
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