Recently, NatCen published the 35th year of the British Social Attitudes Survey. Alongside this, they pulled out some key findings from different areas of the survey. We explore a few in this blog.
Professor Donald Hirsch examines how current measures for inflation don’t always reflect costs of living.
Matteo Sandi, one of our Data Impact Fellows, shares findings from his research into metal crime.
Our Data Impact Fellows are a fantastic group of early career researchers who are out to change the world. We’re very proud of the research they’re doing and the impact they are already having.
Here’s a quick rundown of what a few of them have been up to.
Chris Coates explores how data in the UK Data Service collection is being used to look at how the British feel about the NHS on its big birthday.
A new study used descriptive and logistic regression analyses based on a pooled nationally representative
cross-sectional survey, the Health Survey for England, for the years 1997, 1998, 2002, 2014, and
2015 of individuals with BMI>25, finding that overweight and obese adults in the UK are more likely to underestimate their weight status and less likely to try to lose weight, especially among lower-income, lower-education, and minority groups.
A round-up from the news and across the web of the impact of data in the UK Data Service collection…
– Scottish government woes?
– Changing West Midlands
– Flying anywhere?
– Home sweet home
In the first in an occasional series looking at the use and impact of socio-economic data from other countries which is similar to that in the UK Data Service collection, Tom Wilson and Fiona Shalley explore issues connected with calculating the number of non-heterosexual people in Australia.
Agnes Norris Keiller from the Institute for Fiscal Studies examines how the pay and living standards of low-wage employees have changed since the National Living Wage was introduced. She finds that while low-paid employees have seen strong growth in their earnings from employment, improvements in their average living standards have been much more modest.