The 2011-12 British Social Attitudes Survey report was published. The survey tracked people's changing social, political, and moral attitudes.
Source: Alison Park, Elizabeth Clery, John Curtice, Miranda Phillips, and David Utting (eds.), British Social Attitudes 28: 2011-2012 Edition, SAGE Publications
Links: Report | NatCen press release | Downing Street press release
Date: 2011-Dec
An article calculated two new sets of weights applicable to the General Household Survey (GHS) from 1979 to 2007. One was for use with any general analysis of GHS topics and the second was designed for analyses of data collected in the family information section. The performance of the weights was assessed in estimating the total fertility rate (TFR), an aggregate measure of fertility for which reliable figures were available at national level from vital registration statistics. The weights improved the GHS estimates, reducing bias both in the TFR and in age-specific fertility rates.
Source: Eva Beaujouan, James Brown, and Maire Ni Bhrolchain, 'Reweighting the General Household Survey 1979-2007', Population Trends 145, Autumn 2011, Office for National Statistics
Links: Article
Date: 2011-Sep
An article examined changes between 1984 and 2007 in the demographic and socio-economic circumstances of men and women in mid-life (focusing on those aged between 45 and 64).
Source: Dieter Demey, Ann Berrington, Maria Evandrou, and Jane Falkingham, 'The changing demography of mid-life, from the 1980s to the 2000s', Population Trends 145, Autumn 2011, Office for National Statistics
Links: Article
Date: 2011-Sep
A new chapter of Social Trends was published, dealing with social protection – the financial assistance and services provided to those in need or at risk of hardship.
Source: Ian Macrory, 'Social protection', Social Trends 41, Office for National Statistics
Links: Chapter | Telegraph report
Date: 2011-Jul
An annual report examined demographic trends within European Union countries.
Source: Demography Report 2010, European Commission
Links: Report
Date: 2011-Apr
An article compared household consumption patterns of the European Union countries and their evolution during the period 1998-2005, in order to see whether there was a general tendency related to recent theories of 'modernization' (according to which modernization produced convergence, equality, and individuation).
Source: Maria Dolores Martin-Lagos Lopez, 'Consumption and modernization in the European Union', European Sociological Review, Volume 27 Number 1
Links: Abstract
Date: 2011-Feb