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Data from the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) Age 62 Sweep are now available to download from the UK Data Service. The dataset includes information collected from more than 8,400 study participants between 2020 and 2024 when they were age 61 to 65. This data collection is the most comprehensive of the cohort’s adult […]

The UK Data Service is pleased to announce the release of the latest data from the Family Resources Survey (FRS), alongside a new online learning module designed to support data users. The Family Resources Survey is one of the primary sources of information on income and living standards in the UK. Covering topics from poverty […]

Research from Understanding Society has been used to create a dataset that mimics the adult population in England, Scotland, and Wales, allowing researchers to model the potential impact of health interventions and policies. This dataset is now available in the UK Data Service’s collection. What is the project about? We know that the conditions in […]

Census 2021 microdata for England and Wales has been released and is now available for download.  These datasets hold details of individuals and households allowing for detailed multivariate analysis that significantly extend the potential for research using census data.  There are three safeguarded datasets available from the UK Data Service.  To access them you will […]

This year’s Health Studies User Conference took place on Thursday 29 June at University College London (UCL) and was organised collaboratively by the UK Data Service, University  College London and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen). The conference provided attendees with a unique opportunity to hear from a number of prestigious experts on the […]

The UK Data Service provides access to a wide range of data from the 2021 Census, which is useful for the work of researchers and data professionals from a wide range of sectors. We also hold historical data in our collection from previous censuses and will be releasing more data throughout the rest of this […]

On 6 January the 2021 Census for England and Wales released new data to the public. This release contained sexual orientation and gender identity data for respondents over the age of 16 living in England and Wales. These datasets on sexual orientation and gender identity are now available via the UK Data Service. The 2021 […]

On 15 December, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) released the second phase of main statistics results for the 2021 Census in Northern Ireland. The release includes data on housing and accommodation, health, disability, and unpaid care. According to the data, key insights from the release include: 34.7% of people in Northern Ireland had […]

On 29 November, new data from the 2021 Census for England and Wales was released to the public. This release contains ethnic group, national identity, language, and religion data for those living in England and Wales. Some of the key takeaways from the release include: For the first time ever in a census of England and Wales, […]

New Understanding Society resource for methods teachers Looking for data for teaching? Understanding Society and the UK Data Service have launched a new teaching dataset containing data from the Understand Society COVID-19 survey. The new resource includes data from the Understanding Society COVID-19 Study with background information about the participants collected during their main Understanding […]

Health is a constantly evolving field of study, regularly adapting to meet new standards, new scientific research breakthroughs and, more pressing than ever, new crises in medicine, as well as healthcare. The UK Data Service’s Annual Health Studies User Conference took place on 12 July 2022, with the key objective of keeping researchers up-to-date with […]

The results of the latest GP Patient Survey are now available via the GP Patient Survey website. The GP Patient Survey is a large-scale postal survey run by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England. This year the survey received responses from around 720,000 adults in England. The latest data are from the 2022 publication, fieldwork […]