I read today of the latest British Social Attitudes survey and wondered what possible use such a survey can be. As I understand it the survey is a massive opinion poll in which people are asked their views on a range of issues. I have no reason to doubt that the company undertaking the survey tries to be as objective as possible in its questioning, but there seem to me to be fundamental flaws in s...

Findings from another social attitude survey covered on Gene Expression suggest that Sweden takes a markedly more socially liberal stance on some social issues than Finland. As can be seen from the table, Finns tend to take a more anti-immigrant stance and a more socially conservative stance on the role of women than the Swedish survey respondents.

While the BBC has focused on more liberal attitudes to homosexuality, the latest British Social Attitudes survey contains some other interesting results. The survey found that 27% of people identify as Labour supporters, compared to 32% for the Tories. That suggests Labour’s current poll rating is pretty similar to the percentage of adults who think of themselves

Voters are ready to accept a steep rise in air fares to reduce the environmental damage caused by flying, the annual British social attitudes survey reveals today. The survey found a big change in levels of public concern about the environment since its researchers began monitoring it in 2004. Each year, they have asked a representative sample of more than 4,000 people whether they agree or disagr...

THE image of social work in Scotland has received a boost, after a survey revealed more Scots felt positive about services in the past year.

Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, in response to today's RCGP survey on the Health and Social Care Bill, whose respondents called for it to be withdrawn, said:

Welsh Assembly Government - This Statistical Bulletin is from the 2007 Living in Wales Survey and includes statistical data covering social attitudes in Wales.

Westminster Council is joint bottom of the London league for Adult Social Care, according to the 2010/11 Adult Social Care Survey. In a report to the Council's Audit and Performance Policy and Scrutiny Committee, Councillors have been told: "The 2010/11 Adult Social Care Survey (ASCS) benchmarking report shows Westminster's score (of 17.4) amongst the lowest in London. Results from the s...

The British Social Attitudes Survey has attracted a great deal of coverage across the blogosphere, and I can't help noticing that people have a tendency to read into it what they want to see. Here, for example, is how Tim Montgomerie began his article on the survey at Conservative Home: Britain moves to the Right And here, on the other hand, is the ever-readable Don Paskini, one of the better cont...

Communities and Local Government - The report contains preliminary findings from the final year of the Survey of English Housing. Topics covered include trends in tenure, household type, overcrowding, buying aspirations and social and private rent levels. A full survey report for the 2007/08 survey will be released in the autumn.