cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6872-1
title: Audit of Political Engagement 8, 2010
title: Audit of Political Engagement, 2003-
title: APE8

description: The &lt;i&gt;Audit of Political Engagement&lt;/i&gt; is a time-series study providing an annual benchmark to measure political engagement in Great Britain, gauging public opinion about politics and the political system, and more broadly the general health of our democracy. Each Audit report presents the findings from a public opinion survey, providing detailed commentary on a range of measures that have been chosen as key measures of political engagement. Repeating questions in successive years enables us to chronicle the public’s responses year on year and track the direction and magnitude of change since the Audit was first published in 2004, building trend data on public attitudes to key aspects of our democracy. &lt;br&gt;
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The Audit looks at core inter-locking areas that are known as vital facets, or 'building blocks', of political engagement. Given the multi-dimensional nature of political engagement, the indicators chosen are not exhaustive, but in capturing aspects of public behaviour, knowledge, opinions, attitudes and values towards politics they help us understand the drivers of political engagement and the relationships between them. Across the Audit series several 'core' indicator questions have been asked each year, supplemented by a range of thematic and topical questions, some of which are re-visited on two- or three-year cycles.&lt;br&gt;
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Further information about the survey series is available from the Hansard Society &lt;a href="https://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/research/audit-of-political-engagement" title="Audit of Political Engagement"&gt;Audit of Political Engagement&lt;/a&gt; webpages.&lt;br&gt;
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 The &lt;i&gt;Audit of Political Engagement 8, 2010&lt;/i&gt; provides an update of the six core indicators. Additional questions about civic involvement were asked of respondents, to compare attitudes between civic and political engagement and to examine the prospects for the Government's Big Society initiative.&lt;br&gt;
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DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6873-1
title: Politics and International Relations in the Russian Federation, 2008
title: Russia 2008 Survey

description: &lt;i&gt;Politics and International Relations in the Russian Federation, 2008&lt;/i&gt; includes the results of a nationally representative survey of the Russian voters conducted shortly after the December 2007 Russian Duma election. The survey addressed issues of socio-political and economic attitudes, media consumption and socio-occupational and demographic structure of the Russian society.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Further information is available from the &lt;a href="http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-000-22-2532/read" title="Bilateral Australia: Crafting Authoritarian Politics"&gt;Bilateral Australia: Crafting Authoritarian Politics&lt;/a&gt; ESRC Award web page.&lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6874-1
title: How to Get Those Recycling Boxes Out: a Randomised Controlled Trial of a Door-to-Door Recycling Service, 2008
title: Rediscovering the Civic and Achieving Better Outcomes in Public Policy - Mobilising Citizen Effort to Enhance Environmental Outcomes: a Randomised Controlled Trial of a Door-to-Door Recycling Campaign

description: 'Rediscovering the Civic and Achieving Better Outcomes in Public Policy' is an ESRC Ventures research programme funded by ESRC with co-funding from the Department for Communities and Local Government and the North West Improvement and Efficiency Network. The project aimed to find out the most effective means to encourage active citizenship. The project uses innovative experimental methods including randomised controlled trials and design experiments as well as survey re-analysis to understand the civic-outcome link.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; The data available under this study comprise the results of a randomised controlled trial testing whether doorstep canvassing can raise participation in pavement-side recycling. The trial was conducted in Old Trafford and Gorse Hill, Greater Manchester in March - October 2008. Recycling participation rates for 6,580 households were measured by observing bin set out rates over a three week period. Half of the streets in the area were randomly assigned to receive an intervention to encourage recycling. All households on these streets were visited by canvassers who were trained to promote and encourage recycling. Half of the streets were placed in a control group and received no special attention. Recycling participation rates for all households were measured after the intervention to see if the intervention had been effective in raising participation rates. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Further information can be found on the &lt;a href="http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-177-25-0002/read/reports" title="Rediscovering the Civic and Achieving Better Outcomes in Public Policy"&gt;Rediscovering the Civic and Achieving Better Outcomes in Public Policy&lt;/a&gt; ESRC Award web page.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; A later study conducted under the same project is held at the UK Data Archive under SN 6973, &lt;i&gt;How Pledging Can Make a Difference to Charitable Giving: a Randomised Controlled Trial of a Book Donation Campaign, 2010&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6875-2
title: Regulatory Dance: Investigating the Structural Integration of Sexual Consumption into the Night-Time Economy, 2010-2011

description: This is a mixed methods data collection.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This project set out to investigate the rise of lap dancing in the UK and the experiences of women who work in the industry in relation to working conditions and their feelings about work. The project also aimed to explore the role of regulation and governance of the industry and the night time economy in relation to women's experiences as dancers. To do this, the largest English survey so far of dancers/strippers was undertaken (196 responses), and interviews were conducted with 35 dancers across the country and 20 people who worked in clubs as managers, owners, door security, and 'housemums'. A further 15 interviews were conducted with those officials who regulate the industry such as licensing officers and health and safety and police personnel. While 20 clubs across the country were visited during the study, fieldwork was largely concentrated in one city in the North of England and one in the South. Users should note that the UK Data Archive study contains a subset of these data, comprising only the dancers' quantitative survey and seven of the interviews conducted with licensing/health and safety personnel.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; The project found that many younger women are entering dancing as it offers the benefits of flexible, cash-in-hand work that requires minimal commitment or responsibility. Women generally enjoyed their work and its advantages, although there were regular reports of harassment from customers. Women were using dancing strategically to either further their education or career or position themselves better in the labour market in the future. There were issues raised regarding some clubs' lack of consideration for the welfare of their workers. Most notably, there was evidence of financial exploitation from managers as women would pay high 'house fees' and commission, often earning very little money after a shift. The project found no evidence connecting lap dancing to organised prostitution or trafficking. The project found that lap dancing is a precarious form of work which was ironically enabling women to avoid insecure employment and personal circumstances in the future.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Further information about the project and links to publications may be found on the ESRC &lt;a href="http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-000-22-3163/read" title="The Regulatory Dance: Investigating the Structural Integration of Sexual Consumption into the Night Time Economy"&gt;The Regulatory Dance: Investigating the Structural Integration of Sexual Consumption into the Night Time Economy&lt;/a&gt; award webpage and the University of Leeds Social Sciences Institute &lt;a href="http://www.lssi.leeds.ac.uk/special-reports/teela-sanders/" title="Teela Sanders on The Regulatory Dance"&gt;Regulatory Dance&lt;/a&gt; webpage.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6876-2
title: Welfare Regimes under the Irish Poor Law, 1850-1921

description: This data was collected as a part of a project that set out to investigate the history of statutory poor relief in Ireland from the end of the Great Famine in 1850 to the establishment of an independent Irish state in 1922. Using qualitative and quantitative data, it explored the character, organisation and operation of the poor law in Ireland. The project combined macro and micro analysis to compile a picture of poor relief that moved from the national perspective, through the regional, to the local. Annual published returns of poor law statistics were used to identify national, regional and local trends in the provision and utilisation of relief, revealing the existence of what appear to be distinct welfare regimes with both regional and ideological characteristics. Case studies of twelve poor law unions throughout the country were then undertaken utilising the administrative records of the poor law boards in order to explore the influence of factors such as religion, politics and regional economics on the scope and character of relief practices. By analysing both general trends in relief policy and practice, and the micro-politics of relief, the project has produced new insights into the understanding and experience of poverty in post-Famine Ireland and the evolution of welfare systems.&lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6877-2
title: Motivated Identity Construction in Cultural Context, 2008-2011

description: Beyond basic motives to seek food, water, affiliation and security, people's thoughts and actions are often guided by symbolic motives. These include 'identity motives', which guide people to see themselves in particular ways. Existing research suggests that people are motivated to see themselves in a positive light (the self-esteem motive), but also to believe that they are distinguished from others (the distinctiveness motive), that their identities persist through time (the continuity motive), that they are accepted by others (the belonging motive), that they are competent (the efficacy motive), and that their lives are ultimately meaningful (the meaning motive). Yet, little is known about the generality of these motives to people from non-Western cultural backgrounds, the majority of the world's population, and the little available evidence is controversial. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; The researchers have assembled a network of research collaborators in 34 nations chosen to provide a broad representation of global variation in cultural values. They designed two complementary studies to test these new theoretical ideas. Study 1 tested the hypotheses among high school students in 19 nations. A longitudinal design was used so data were collected over two different periods. Study 2 used a simplified design to reach adults in a larger number of cultural groups, aiming to sample maximum possible cultural diversity. In total, the research involved the participation of over 12,000 respondents in over 50 cultural groups.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Further information is available on the &lt;a href="http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-062-23-1300/read" title"Motivated identity construction in cultural context"&gt;Motivated identity construction in cultural context&lt;/a&gt; ESRC Award web page.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; For the second edition (September 2016), updated versions of the data files were deposited, with some erroneous cases corrected.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6878-1
title: Chambers of Commerce Historical Census and Benchmarking Data, 1790-2005

description: The aim of the project was to understand the politics, economics and sociology of the membership and services of Chambers of Commerce from their establishment in the 1770s up to the present. An important part of the analysis involved charting the financial structure of chambers, subscriptions, staff, committee structures, membership size, membership sector and corporate status, etc. This forms the element of data collection that is deposited. A comparator used, in the absence of information on company numbers in each locality, was the population of the chamber's area. This is also contained in the dataset. The research sought to combine all sources that could be found to make data coverage as complete as possible, but as with all archive studies, not all variables could be completed for all time periods.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; The data deposit arises from preparation of the first systematic and definitive history of Chambers of Commerce in the UK. The full information on this study is published as &lt;i&gt;Local Business Voice: the History of Chambers of Commerce in Britain, Ireland and Revolutionary America, 1760-2011&lt;/i&gt; (published by Oxford University Press, October 2011). This data collection provides the statistical material used in that book as a source for other researchers and for the Chamber system itself. The data are the only long-term aligned source of information on Chambers of Commerce ever made available so far, and is based on modern benchmarking definitions. The result should provide a context for future local studies and a guide to wider sources. It will be of particular value for future benchmarking and long term comparative research of different locations.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6880-1
title: Credit Finance in the Middle Ages: Loans to the English Crown, 1272-1340

description: The project investigated the credit arrangements of a series of English kings (Edwards I, II and III) with a number of Italian merchant societies (mainly but not exclusively the Ricciardi of Lucca, the Frescobaldi of Florence, and the Bardi and Peruzzi of Florence) between 1270 and 1345. The key research questions were: how important was credit to the functioning of the medieval English government and how these credit relationships were managed; what happened in cases of default and why merchants continued to lend following previous defaults; and whether interest was charged.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; The project has made a number of original contributions to the understanding of medieval sovereign borrowings. It suggested a more nuanced account of the sovereign defaults that occurred in this period; established a more robust methodology for calculating interest rates than currently used by historians; and demonstrated how pan-European credit systems facilitated ‘cashless’ methods of business and trade.&lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6881-2
title: Northern Ireland Police Recorded Injury Road Traffic Collision Data, 2010: Open Access
title: Northern Ireland Police Recorded Injury Road Traffic Collision Data, 2004- : Open Access
title: Northern Ireland Road Traffic Collision Data, 2010

description: &lt;i&gt;Northern Ireland Police Recorded Injury Road Traffic Collision Data&lt;/i&gt; (prior to 2010 known as the &lt;i&gt;Northern Ireland Road Traffic Collision Data&lt;/i&gt;) are derived from information recorded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in relation to collisions reported to them. The information is captured on a collision report form (CRF) and while there are slight differences between this form and the Department for Transport’s STATS19 form (used in England, Scotland and Wales), the vast majority of the information sought is the same. The main aim of collecting and publishing road traffic collision statistics in Northern Ireland is to provide a basis for assisting the police and government to determine and monitor effective road safety policies to reduce the number of people killed and injured on the roads.&lt;br&gt;
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Users should note that the data collection form changed format on 1st April 2007. Further information is available in the documentation. Data changes have also taken place over time: from 2011, individual age was replaced with age group. From 2014, the reference id variable changed from string format to a sequential reference number. &lt;br&gt;
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Further information about the series is available on the PSNI &lt;a href="https://www.psni.police.uk/inside-psni/Statistics/road-traffic-collision-statistics/" title="Road Traffic Collision Statistics" target="_blank"&gt;Road Traffic Collision Statistics&lt;/a&gt; webpage, alongside the latest &lt;a href="https://www.psni.police.uk/globalassets/inside-the-psni/our-statistics/road-traffic-collision-statistics/documents/traffic-statistics-user-guide---2016-review---final.pdf" title="User Guide to Police Recorded Injury Road Traffic Collision Statistics in Northern Ireland" target="_blank"&gt;User Guide to Police Recorded Injury Road Traffic Collision Statistics in Northern Ireland&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
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DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6883-1
title: Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People, 2010
title: Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People, 1988-
title: Smoking among Secondary Schoolchildren; Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young Teenagers

description: &lt;p&gt;The &lt;i&gt;Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People&lt;/i&gt; surveys began in 1982, under the name Smoking among Secondary Schoolchildren. The series initially aimed to provide national estimates of the proportion of secondary schoolchildren aged 11-15 who smoked, and to describe their smoking behaviour. Similar surveys were carried out every two years until 1998 to monitor trends in the prevalence of cigarette smoking. The survey then moved to an annual cycle, and questions on alcohol consumption and drug use were included. The name of the series changed to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young Teenagers&lt;/span&gt; to reflect this widened focus. In 2000, the series title changed, to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People. &lt;/span&gt;NHS Digital (formerly the Information Centre for Health and Social Care) took over from the Department of Health as sponsors and publishers of the survey series from 2005. From 2014 onwards, the series changed to a biennial one, with no survey taking place in 2015, 2017 or 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In some years, the surveys have been carried out in Scotland and Wales as well as England, to provide separate national estimates for these countries. In 2002, following a review of Scotland's future information needs in relation to drug misuse among schoolchildren, a separate Scottish series, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey&lt;/span&gt; (SALSUS) was established by the Scottish Executive.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-6884-2
title: Adult Dental Health Survey, 2009
title: Dental Health Surveys, 1988-
title: ADHS

description: The &lt;i&gt;Adult Dental Health Survey&lt;/i&gt; (ADHS) is carried out every ten years, and investigates people's dental health, their experiences of dental care and their access to dental services. The survey results provide important information about the dental health of the nation. This information helps health authorities to effectively plan local dental services and shows the extent to which government dental health targets are being met. The results from the different surveys can be compared to allow changes over time to be understood.&lt;br&gt;
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The first survey was conducted in 1968 in England and Wales. Similar surveys were also conducted in Scotland in 1972 and in Northern Ireland in 1979. The second ADHS was conducted in England and Wales in 1978. None of these earlier surveys are available from the UK Data Archive. The third survey was conducted in 1988 and was extended to include adults in Scotland and Northern Ireland providing estimates for the whole of the United Kingdom (available from the Archive under SN 2834). The fourth was conducted in 1998 (available under SN 4226) and also covered the whole of the UK. The latest survey in the series took place in 2009 and was carried out in England, Wales and Northern Ireland only (available under SN 6884).&lt;br&gt;
 The &lt;i&gt;Adult Dental Health Survey, 2009&lt;/i&gt; was commissioned by the NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care. As with previous surveys the purpose of the ADHS 2009 was to provide information on the state of adults’ teeth and dental health and to measure changes in dental health over time. The specific aims of the survey were to:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;establish the condition of the natural teeth and supporting tissues&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;investigate dental experiences, knowledge about and attitudes towards dental care and oral hygiene&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;determine the state and use made of dentures worn in conjunction with natural teeth&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;examine changes over time in dental health, attitudes and behaviour&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;monitor the extent to which dental health targets set by the government are being met.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;For the second edition (August 2012), a new version of the data file was supplied. The depositor has provided the following note: "An updated version of the ADHS 2009 dataset was deposited in August 2012. The Index of Multiple Deprivation variables, IMDE_D, IMDW_D and IMDNI_D, as specified in the documentation, have been included as these were originally omitted in error. The Health and Social Care Information Centre and Office for National Statistics apologise for any inconvenience caused by this omission."&lt;br&gt;
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