| Study name |
Coverage |
Topics |
| Africa Development Indicators |
1960 onwards
annual time series data at country level for over 1,400 indicators
53 countries and 5 regional groups
|
arable land and forest area
household expenditure
households with ITN connection, own telephone, personal pc
sanitation
number of power outages
rural and urban population
road and rail network
|
| Banking on Housing; Spending the Home, 2004-2007 |
2004-2007
England
|
housing wealth
mortgage equity withdrawal
owner-occupiers
consumption
|
| British Crime Survey |
1982-continuing (biennial until 2001, then annual cross-sectional survey)
Respondents aged 16-59 years
England and Wales
|
local environment
social capital
property crime |
| British Household Panel Survey |
United Kingdom
1991-2009
|
noise pollution
access to public services
neighbourhood perceptions
housing facilities
house prices |
| Continuous Household Survey |
1983-continuing
Northern Ireland
|
housing
social indicators and quality of life
use and provision of specific social services |
| English Housing Survey (survey merging Survey of English Housing and English House Conditions Survey) |
2008-continuing
England
|
household characteristics
satisfaction with the home and the area
disability and adaptations to the home
work on the property
income details
|
| Ethnic Relations on West Midland Housing Estates, 1983-1984 |
1983-1984
West Midlands
|
housing
immigration |
| European Quality of Life Survey |
2003-continuing
Europe
|
community facilities
neighbourhood perceptions
housing facilities
|
| European Social Survey |
2002-continuing
Europe
|
neighbourhood perceptions
|
| Eurostat
New Cronos |
monthly, quarterly, bi-annual or annual
25 European Union countries plus Japan, the United States, the central European countries and other main economic partners of the Union
data from 1960 onwards depending on the variable and country selected
|
living conditions and welfare
type of household
household expenditure
urbanisation
household characteristics
material deprivation
environment of the dwelling
|
| Families and Children Study |
1999-2008
Great Britain
|
community facilities
neighbourhood perceptions
housing facilities
|
| Gender Divisions and Gentrification, 1960-1992 |
1960-1992
Edinburgh, Scotland
|
urban gentrification
home buying
home ownership
gender divisions and urban change
|
| General
Household Survey (GHS) |
1971-continuing (repeated cross-section)
Britain
|
housing
household information
accommodation type
housing tenure/costs
|
| Last Refuge, 1958-1959 |
1958-1959
England and Wales
|
residential care of the elderly
nursing homes
old people's homes
|
| Livings Costs and Food Survey (previously known as Expenditure and Food Survey) |
2001-continuing (repeated cross-section)
United Kingdom
|
housing
household durables
|
| Living in Wales (formerly Welsh House Conditions Survey) |
2004-continuing (repeated cross-section)
Wales
|
housing
travel and transport
social attitudes and behaviour
social indicators and quality of life
|
| National Statistics Times Series data |
UK only data
40 time series datasets
monthly, quarterly and annual datasets
earliest series from 1946
|
household income
household borrowing
household consumption
house prices
ownership of dwellings
social benefit data |
| OECD
Social Expenditure Database |
1980 continuing country level data
updated every two years
30 countries
|
housing assistance expenditure
day care/home help service expenditure |
| ONS Opinions Survey (formerly known as ONS Omnibus Survey) |
1990-continuing (repeated cross-section)
Britain
|
multi-purpose survey
(including modules on
housing, neighbourhoods, services and the built environment) |
| Scottish Crime and Justice Survey |
1993-continuing
Scotland
|
local environment
social capital
property crime |
| Social Rented Housing in Europe and America, 1920-1992 |
1920-1992
Denmark; France; German Federal Republic; Great Britain; Netherlands; United States
|
housing policy
homelessness
housing economics
social welfare
urban planning
council housing
housing associations
|
| Survey of New Refugees |
2005-2009 - continuing
United Kingdom
|
housing
characteristics of refugees
employment
changes in English language ability
|
| Understanding Society |
2009-continuing
United Kingdom
|
noise pollution
access to public services
neighbourhood perceptions
housing facilities
house prices
|
| World
Development Indicators |
1960 onwards
country level data
Over 200 countries
|
birth/death rates
household expenditure
urban and rural population
road and rail network
urbanisation
fertility |
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