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The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #BreakTheBias, so here at the UK Data Service we have put together a list of useful datasets and key examples for researchers who want to explore gender biases and inequalities. “Home-based working increases the proportion of time women (most often) spend on housework and childcare, reproducing […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8910 National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify Statistics, 2014-2021 SN 8919 National Child Development Study: Ages 7 and 11, Sweeps 1-2, British Social Adjustment Guide, 1965-1969 SN 8920 English Housing Survey, 2019-2020: Household Data SN8925 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October – December, 2021 SN […]

Did you know the UK Data Service provides access to open datasets that you can download instantly without the need to register? This is part of an ongoing initiative to produce more ‘open data’ – data that is available to anyone immediately without any access restrictions. A large amount of our data available under an open […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8918 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing COVID-19 Study, Waves 1-2, 2020: Special Licence Access SN 855572 Cohort Component Population Estimates for Ireland, 1911-1920 SN 855418 Photo-Led Interview Data: Youth Substance Addiction in Assam, India, 2019-2020 SN 855543 The Early Childhood Intervention and Parental Involvement in Bangladesh, 2016-2021 The following new […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8830 Growing Up in Scotland: Cohort 1, Sweep 10, Geography Data, Data Zones, 2019-2020: Secure Access  SN 8829 Growing Up in Scotland: Cohort 1, Sweep 10, Geography Data, Intermediate Geography and Local Authority, 2019-2020: Secure Access  SN 8828 Growing Up in Scotland: Cohort 1, Sweep 10, Geography […]

To celebrate #LoveDataWeek read the special UK Data Service training newsletter, featuring our extensive programme of data skills training, materials and guidance – all your training essentials in one place. Included in the newsletter is an easy-to-read schedule of all our forthcoming training events and links to a selection of the most popular training playlists on our […]

Do you use UK family finance surveys from the UK Data Service for your research? These include the Family Resources Survey, Living Costs and Food Survey, Wealth and Assets Survey, and other surveys with family finance-related content. Submissions are now open for the Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2022. This free annual conference is organised by the […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8896 Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measures, 2012: Special Licence Access SN 8895 Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measures, 2010: Special Licence Access SN 8894 Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measures, 2010 SN 8893 Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measures, 2012 SN 8903 Gender and Adolescence: Global […]

Do you use UK quantitative studies from the UK Data Service for health-related research, such as the Health Survey for England, Scottish Health Survey, National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyle, Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys, Understanding Society, Birth Cohort Studies, and many more? Submissions are now open for the Health Studies User Conference 2022. This free conference, organised by the UK Data […]

As a first step, selected SecureLab/controlled datasets from the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) and the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS), will become available via a Safe Room access point at one of our IDAN Partners, the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), […]

We provide access to a wide range of social science data for reuse. To help you get the most from our service, we run free introductory level online workshops every spring and autumn to introduce different aspects of the UK Data Service. Our training events in spring 2022 are listed below and you can also […]

The Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) is looking for people to take part in this survey and help improve the understanding of digital methods and software within the economics and social sciences communities in the UK.  The SSI is seeking input from all different roles and career stages, including researchers, students, senior decision makers, curators, librarians and […]