DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-9092-2
title: People and Nature Survey for England, 2020-2023: Open Access
title: People and Nature Survey for England, 2020-
title: The People and Nature Survey; PaNS

description: &lt;p&gt;The &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;People and Nature Survey for England&lt;/span&gt; is one of the main sources of data and statistics on how people experience and think about the environment. It began collecting data in April 2020 and has been collecting data since. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The survey builds on the &lt;a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monitor-of-engagement-with-the-natural-environment-survey-purpose-and-results" class="x_x_x_x_x_govuk-link"&gt;Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment&lt;/a&gt; (MENE) survey which ran from 2009 to 2019. Data from the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;People and Nature Survey for England&lt;/span&gt; enables users to:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;understand how people use, enjoy, and are motivated to protect the natural environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;monitor changes in use of the natural environment over time, at a range of different spatial scales and for key groups within the population&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;understand how being in the natural environment can influence wellbeing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;understand environmental attitudes and the actions people take at home, in the garden and in the wider community to protect the environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;This data contributes to Natural England’s delivery of statutory duties, informs Defra policy and natural capital accounting, and contributes to the outcome indicator framework for the 25 Year Environment Plan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Different versions of the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;People and Nature Survey for England&lt;/span&gt;
 are available from the UK Data Archive under Open Access (SN 9092) conditions, 
End User Licence (SN 9093), and Secure Access (SN 9094). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Secure Access version includes the same data as the End User Licence version, but includes more detailed variables including:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;age as a continuous variable&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;sex&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;whether gender is the same as at birth&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;sexual orientation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;more detailed ethnicity&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;where journey to recent visit to green and natural space started from&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;visit date&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;detailed home geography, including local authority district, urban/rural area, and Index of Multiple Deprivation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;a
 number of variables that have not been top-coded, including number of 
children and number of children in household, food and drink 
expenditure, and income&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Open Access version includes the same data as the End User Licence 
version, but does &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;not&lt;/span&gt; include the following variables:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;age band&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;gender identity&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;marital status&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;number of children living in household&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;number of children&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;work status&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;student working status&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;income&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;qualification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;ethnicity and consent to answer ethnicity question&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;number of vehicles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;presence of dog in household&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;physical activity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;various health data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Researchers are advised to review the Open Access and/or the End User 
Licence versions to determine if these are adequate prior to ordering 
the Secure Access version.&lt;/p&gt; For the third edition (December 2023), data for April to June 2023 have been added.