cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-4994-9
title: IMF Government Finance Statistics, 1972-2023
title: IMF GFS

description: The &lt;i&gt;International Monetary Fund (IMF) Government Finance Statistics (GFS)&lt;/i&gt; database provides current and internationally comparable annual time series data on the finances and fiscal policies of IMF member governments from 1972 onwards. Topics covered include:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;deficit/surplus or total financing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;revenues or grants, expenditures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;lending minus repayments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;domestic financing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;foreign financing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;domestic debt or total debt, and foreign debt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;This database was first provided by the UK Data Service in November 2004.&lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-4996-1
title: Deaddocs: a Bibliographical Index of Obituaries and Posthumous Accounts in British Medical Journals and Related Sources, 1750-1850

description: The aim of Deaddocs: a bibliographical index is to provide information and references for medical and other historians, as well as for researchers in local and family history of medical practitioners who died between 1750 and 1850. Deaddocs was originally planned to be one of the research publications of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford. The aim of the Unit's research publications was "to make available in an inexpensive form, bibliographical, documentary and research aids in fields relating to the history of medicine". The resulting index was so large that paper publication became out of the question. Its aim was to provide brief biographical details in a standardized form. There is space for up to seven references which are coded to give some indication of their length and importance. The index is more fully described in the study's documentation.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Because there was no compulsory Medical Register before 1858, and until 1845 only an occasional medical directory, the aim was to identify as many medical practitioners, and others in related medical occupations, as possible, using obituaries and posthumous accounts appearing in British medical journals and related sources between 1750 and 1850. The Gentleman's Magazine, rather than any medical journal, turned out to be the major source for the years 1750-1773. W.R. LeFanu's British Periodicals of Medicine 1640-1899 was the main source for the titles of the medical journals. He lists over two hundred medical journals between 1750 and 1850, though not quite all of them could be found, and a small number when found were incomplete. &lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-4997-1
title: National Archives Class C.131 : Extents on Debt, 1284-1530

description: This dataset is derived from a research project entitled 'The Economic, Political, and Social Influences on Levels of Credit in Late Medieval England'. The project's primary aim was to create a database which would enable the statistical analyses of medieval credit, and thereby show the principles on which credit worked, and to what degree it was subject to economic, political and social influences; such as high mortality, warfare, taxation and shortages of coin. As a secondary goal, the project sought to explore what records of credit reveal about the changing distribution of wealth and economic activity in England between c. 1280 and 1530.&lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-4999-1
title: Irish Poor Law Union and Barony Boundaries, 1841-1871

description: The project from which this dataset is derived aimed to explore methods of analysing historical census data over time and space using the demographic impacts of the Irish famine of the late 1840s as a case study. It covered the period from 1841 – 1871 using a variety of demographic data from the Database of Irish Historic Statistics. The GIS data that comprises this study represent the administrative boundaries that the demographic data refer to.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5001-1
title: Cornish Parish Records: West Penwith and Kerrier, 1580-1903

description: These transcriptions were produced by a volunteer from the Online-Parish-Clerks of Cornwall Project. Volunteers collect, collate and transcribe records for a chosen parish in the county. The data originates from as many sources as can be accessed, including census, parish registers, cemetery records and parish histories.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Data covering the years 1903- 2002 has been deposited with History Data Service, but for data protection reasons has not been included in this study at present. Periodic updates will be made to the data that is currently available. &lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5002-1
title: Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2003
title: Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1998-
title: NILT

description: &lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey&lt;/em&gt; (NILT) series began in 1998, and was the successor to the previous Northern Ireland Social Attitudes series, which was discontinued in 1996.&lt;br&gt;The main aims of the NILT series are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;to monitor public attitudes towards social policy and political issues in Northern Ireland;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;to provide a time series on attitudes to key social policy areas;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;to facilitate academic social policy analysis;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;to provide a freely available resource on public attitudes for the wider community of users in Northern Ireland.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;NILT originally had a companion series which also began in 1998, the &lt;a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000040#!/access-data"&gt;Young Life and Times Survey&lt;/a&gt; (YLT), although the YLT methodology changed in 2003 and it is conducted separately each year. The &lt;a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000040#!/access-data"&gt;Kids' Life and Times&lt;/a&gt; (KLT) survey of P7 children (10-11 year olds) is also part of the same suite of surveys as YLT and NILT.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NILT also forms part of the &lt;a title="International Social Survey Programme" href="http://www.issp.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;International Social Survey Programme&lt;/a&gt; (ISSP), although it does not do so every year. Unfortunately, NILT did not run in 2011 due to funding issues, though YLT ran as normal that year; NILT resumed in 2012 (SN 7408). In addition, several &lt;a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000040#!/access-data"&gt;open access teaching datasets&lt;/a&gt; were created by ARK (Access Research Knowledge) from various years of NILT, covering different topics such as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) issues, politics and community relations, attitudes to ageing and ageism, and dementia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;



&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further information about the series may be found on the ARK &lt;a title="NILT" href="http://www.ark.ac.uk/nilt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;NILT&lt;/a&gt; webpage.&lt;/p&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5005-1
title: Scottish-Registered Companies Investing Abroad, 1862-1914
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5006-1
title: Survey of Representatives, 1998
title: Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications, 1992-
title: SOR98; SETA98 Survey of Representatives

description: As part of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 1998 Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications (SETA98 - held at the UK Data Archive under SN: 4894), a supplementary 'spin-out' survey of professional advisors/representatives was undertaken, thereby providing an opportunity to consider first-hand the views of practitioners. Key issues in the Survey of Representatives (SOR98) were:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;li&gt;to examine the role of these external advisors;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;li&gt;their influence on the outcome of the case;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;li&gt;and their relationship with Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) conciliators.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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SOR98 was a supplementary component of the main SETA98 study. The survey was administered (by computer assisted telephone interviewing) in cases where the main jurisdiction was either unfair dismissal, breach of contract, or Wages Act, and where the main survey participant either took advice or used external representation and also gave permission for their representative to be approached. Both the main survey and SOR98 were conducted by Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR – now the National Centre for Social Research). Sampling resulted in 452 productive interviews, 305 with applicant representatives and 147 with employer representatives (constituting a response rate of 70 per cent of cases deemed eligible).&lt;br&gt;
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Representatives were found to be influential in determining case outcomes through their role in advising clients on case merits and courses of action. The data provide evidence of the efforts made by ACAS conciliation officers to promote settlement, and their skill in remaining impartial and securing the trust of representatives. High levels of satisfaction were reported both with the Employment Tribunal system and its agents or agencies.&lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5020-1
title: Scottish Household Survey, 2003-2004
title: Scottish Household Survey, 1999-
title: SHS

description: &lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Scottish Household Survey&lt;/em&gt; (SHS) is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland. It is financed by the Scottish Government (previously the Scottish Executive). The survey started in 1999 and up to 2011 followed a fairly consistent survey design. From 2012 onwards, the survey was substantially redesigned to include elements of the &lt;em&gt;Scottish House Condition Survey&lt;/em&gt; (SHCS) (also available from the UK Data Service), including the physical survey. The SHS is run through a consortium led by Ipsos MORI. The survey is designed to provide reliable and up-to-date information on the composition, characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of private households and individuals, both nationally and at a sub-national level and to examine the physical condition of Scotland's homes. It covers a wide range of topics to allow links to be made between different policy areas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Further information about the survey series, and links to publications, can be found on the Scottish Government's &lt;a title="Scottish Household Survey" href="https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-household-survey/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Scottish Household Survey&lt;/a&gt; webpages.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;COVID-19 restrictions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the SHS was conducted by telephone or via MS Teams in 2020 and 2021 (SNs 9186 and 9187). Face-to-face interviewing resumed for SHS 2022 (SN 9294) when restrictions had been lifted.&lt;/p&gt; For the third edition, data and documentation for the 2004 wave of the survey were added to the dataset. In addition, the depositor supplied five &lt;i&gt;Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation&lt;/i&gt; (SIMD) and urban-rural classification variables, which have been added to the main data file. See documentation for details.&lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5021-1
title: Survey of English Housing, 2001-2002
title: Survey of English Housing, 1993-2008
title: SEH

description: The &lt;i&gt;Survey of English Housing&lt;/i&gt; (SEH) was a continuous annual survey series, which began in 1993. The survey provided key housing data on tenure, owner occupation and the social rented sector, and regular information about the private rented sector. The survey was originally sponsored by the Department of the Environment, which became the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in time for the 1996-1997 survey, then the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, by 2000-2001. Responsibility for the SEH was transferred to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister after the fieldwork for the 2002-2003 survey commenced, and on 5 May 2006 the series became part of the remit of the newly-established Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). &lt;br&gt;
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The main aims of the SEH were to provide regular information about the main features of people's housing and their views about their circumstances, and information about the private rented sector (not covered by routine administrative statistics like the owner-occupied and social rented sectors).&lt;br&gt;
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From 2008, the SEH merged with the &lt;i&gt;English House Condition Survey&lt;/i&gt; (EHCS) to form the new &lt;i&gt;English Housing Survey&lt;/i&gt; (EHS). The last SEH dataset is the 2007-2008 study. The EHS data are available at the UK Data Archive under GN 33422.&lt;br&gt;
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Further information about the SEH and the EHS may be found on the DCLG web site &lt;a href="http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/housingresearch/housingsurveys/surveyofenglishhousing/" title="Survey of English Housing"&gt;Survey of English Housing&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/housingresearch/housingsurveys/englishhousingsurvey/" title="English Housing Survey"&gt;English Housing Survey&lt;/a&gt; web pages.&lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5022-1
title: Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications, 2003
title: Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications, 1992-
title: SETA2003

description: Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications (SETA2003) is the fourth in a series of surveys dating back to 1987 which aim to provide information on the characteristics of the parties and the key features of a representative sample of Employment Tribunal cases. The main aims of SETA 2003 were:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;li&gt;To update the findings from the Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications, 1998 (held at the UK Data Archive under SN: 4984);&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;li&gt;To provide a basis for an analysis of the factors that determine the outcomes and durations of Employment Tribunal cases;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;li&gt;To establish existing practice and attitudes in relation to workplace dispute resolution, ahead of the introduction of the new legislation in this area due to come into effect in October 2004.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Telephone interviews were conducted with either the Applicant or the Employer involved in a random sample of 4,500 Employment Tribunal cases completed over a 12 month period (66% response rate). &lt;br&gt;
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The redesigned SETA provides the first systemic overview of the operation of the ET system. As the benchmark for future surveys the series will allow analysts to track the development of the operation of the system as a whole, as well as the opportunity to delve deeper into minority and subsets of the main jurisdictions.&lt;br&gt;
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A later qualitative survey 'Experiences of Claimants in Race Discrimination Employment Tribunal Cases, 2005-2006' (held at the UK Data Archive under SN: 5667) was carried out amongst claimants who took part in this study and who were willing to be contacted again.&lt;br&gt;
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DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5023-1
title: Eurostat New Cronos, 1950-2060

description: The &lt;i&gt;Eurostat&lt;/i&gt; database (previously known as &lt;i&gt;Eurostat New Cronos&lt;/i&gt;) contains high quality macroeconomic and social statistics time series data from 1960 onwards for European Union (EU) Member states and in many cases EU membership candidate countries. The data are monthly, quarterly, bi-annual or annual data, depending on the variable and country selected and are organised into nine statistical themes:&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; • general and regional statistics&lt;br&gt; • economy and finance&lt;br&gt; • population and social conditions&lt;br&gt; • industry, trade and services&lt;br&gt; • agriculture, forestry and fisheries&lt;br&gt; • international trade&lt;br&gt; • transport&lt;br&gt; • environment and energy&lt;br&gt; • science and technology&lt;br&gt; The &lt;i&gt;Eurostat&lt;/i&gt; database was first provided by the UK Data Service in September 2004. We currently do not hold the Eurostat database (formerly known as Eurostat New Cronos). &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Access to the &lt;i&gt;Eurostat&lt;/i&gt; database is currently via &lt;a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database" title="Eurostat Database"&gt;Eurostat's own data dissemination interface&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5024-1
title: Spending and Taxation Patterns for Municipal Corporations, Local Boards and the Urban Sanitary Authorities in England and Wales, Selected Years, 1868-1888

description: The data set was created as part of the ESRC funded project Economic Policy and Political Myopia. The aim of the project was to study the degree of political myopia in public policy today and in the past both from an empirical and a theoretical perspective. The data on fiscal outcomes in municipal boroughs in 1868-1888 was collected to investigate the link between spending on urban sanitation and the local voting franchise.
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5025-1
title: Number of Voters on the Burgess Roll in Municipal Boroughs in England and Wales, 1852, 1865, 1871, 1884

description: The data set was created as part of the ESRC funded project Economic Policy and Political Myopia. The aim of the project was to study the degree of political myopia in public policy today and in the past both from an empirical and a theoretical perspective. The data on the number of voters in municipal boroughs in 1852-1884 was collected to investigate the link between spending on urban sanitation and the local voting franchise.
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5026-1
title: Benefit Leavers Survey, 2003
title: Benefit Leavers Survey, 2003-

description: The Benefit Leavers Surveys began in 2002-2003. The series aims to provide data on the destinations of working-age benefit leavers. At present, information on destinations is collected for Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) recipients, but not for other benefit leavers. This research therefore aims to provide the equivalent information for them via survey data collection.&lt;br&gt;
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The specific objectives of the research series are as follows:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;li&gt;to produce data that are comparable as possible with the future administrative solution (specifically, this involves the collection of information on immediate destination after leaving the benefit, details on hours and earnings where the destination is work, current activity at time of interview), and demographic information not already held administratively;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;li&gt;to provide data for a large and representative sample of leavers in particular client groups;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;li&gt;to provide input into the design of the administrative data collection exercise.&lt;/li&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5027-1
title: UEA-MORI Genetically-modified (GM) Food Survey, 2003
title: GM Nation? The Public Debate

description: The UK government-sponsored public debate on the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops that took place place during 2002-2003 was a unique experiment in the governance of technological innovation and risk. The Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (AEBC), itself a novel institutional innovation, signalled the need for such a debate in 2002. Accordingly, the public debate was steered by an independent subcommittee of AEBC, which was named 'GM Nation? The Public Debate'.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; In November 2002, the 'Understanding Risk' team at the University of East Anglia were appointed as independent evaluators of this important exercise experiment in participatory democracy concerning the possible commercialisation of GM crops in the UK. The evaluation of the debate has mainly been focused upon those directly involved in the debate, including the observation of the debate planning process, observation of both public and closed meetings and issuing questionnaires to the participants of these meetings, interviewing representatives of engaged stakeholder organisations, and monitoring and analysing media coverage of the debate.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This study examines the context in which the event-based core of the debate process takes place, and in particular of lay views on that debate. The team recognised the desirability of conducting a more general survey of impacts upon public attitudes towards the end of the debate process. The key objectives of this survey were to:&lt;br&gt; &lt;li&gt;Examine possible shifts in lay sensibilities, awareness and knowledge of risk issues in relation to GM food/crops (comparing data collected in the new survey in July/August 2003 at the end of the debate with that which was obtained in 2002 from the UEA-MORI Risk Survey, 2002 - held at UKDA under SN: 4707).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;li&gt;Extend the question set to investigate lay perceptions and understanding of the GM debate process itself.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;li&gt;Contribute to the overall evaluation of the debate, and through this to the public policy conclusions to be drawn by AEBC and government.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;
DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-5028-1
title: Quality of Home Experience for Homeworkers, 2002

description: This study examined the ways in which home is conceptualised, experienced and evaluated by homeworkers, a hard-to-reach group. It explored the impact of homeworking on the experience of home and family life and sought to identify ways in which working from home may challenge the traditional stereotypical view of home. A pilot study suggested that the homeworking experience may be differentiated by economic, spatial and gender factors revealing potential tensions and inequalities among the broad range of people who work from home. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; The research sought to:&lt;br&gt; &lt;li&gt;explore the existence of supports, inequalities and tensions in the homeworking experience; and&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;li&gt;establish the particular qualities of home that are enhanced with working from home, as well as those that are limited by this activity.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; The study used mixed methods, including face-to-face qualitative interviews with individuals and focus groups, and a semi-structured questionnaire, from which a quantitative data file was complied. The qualitative sample consisted of 60 men and women who worked from home (45 individual interviewees, and fifteen other respondents comprising three focus groups), in varied types of work including professional, semi-skilled and unskilled. Four population areas in Northern England and Wales were targeted for this study. The quantitative data set included 62 questionnaires from a separate sample of national homeworkers. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Key findings suggest that homeworking is differentiated by gender role, type of work and expectations. Furthermore there are both positive and negative aspects to the homeworking experience for all homeworkers. For example, flexibility is desired and enjoyed but this brings longer working hours. Finally, home is enhanced for some and invaded for others, but most make a conscious effort to make working from home viable.