Social Trends was a major British annual social and economic survey.
History
In 1967,
Muriel Nissel and
Claus Moser started work on "a national survey analysing trends in social welfare", that was to become ''Social Trends'', first published in 1970, and considered to be the "statistician's bible".
Nissel edited ''Social Trends'' until 1975, when she began work on the "distribution and
redistribution of wealth".
Publication ceased in 2010.
Production
It was produced annually by the
Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS; ) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament.
Overview
The ONS is responsible fo ...
in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. It gathers social and economic data from many governmental and other sources to form a comprehensive picture of how British society is at the moment and how it has changed over time. It also gives analysis of this information.
Although an annual production, different sections were published in three groups throughout the year.
Transition from printed version to the website
It was published on the Web for free and also in print form. From 2009, sections of the report would only be available from the website. This was a phased transition to complete publication only on the website.
Scope
It covers various different topics and policy areas e.g. housing, crime, income and wealth, transport, population.
See also
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British Social Attitudes Survey
The British Social Attitudes Survey (BSA) is an annual statistical survey conducted in Great Britain by National Centre for Social Research since 1983. The BSA involves in-depth interviews with over 3,300 respondents, selected using Survey samplin ...
*
British Crime Survey
References
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External links
Various years' editions of ''Social Trends'' free onlineSocial Trends 35Download full 2007 editionSocial Trends 2007 introduction
Society of the United Kingdom
Office for National Statistics
Publications established in 1970