Organization:ScotCen Social Research
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ScotCen Social Research is the Scottish branch of the United Kingdom’s largest centre for independent social research, NatCen Social Research. Based in Edinburgh, ScotCen Social Research is a not-for-profit organisation. Employees include survey methodologists, data analysts and expert quantitative and qualitative researchers. It is commissioned by governments and charities to investigate public opinion about social issues.[1][2]
The Centre is known for conducting fieldwork and reporting on studies including the annual Scottish Health Survey,[3][4] the Scottish Social Attitudes survey,[5][6] and the Growing Up in Scotland longitudinal study.[7][8]
The research conducted covers:
- Children and young people
- Communities
- Families
- Crime and justice
- Equality and diversity
- Health and wellbeing
- Housing
- Income and work
- Schools, education and training
- Social and political attitudes
- Transport
References
- ↑ "About ScotCen Social Research" (in en-GB). http://scotcen.org.uk/about-us/about-scotcen-social-research/.
- ↑ "About ScotCen | What Scotland Thinks" (in en). http://whatscotlandthinks.org/about-scotcen.
- ↑ Scottish Government (2003-04-01). "Scottish Health Survey" (in en-gb). http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/scottish-health-survey.
- ↑ "Scotland's health: What we learned" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2017-10-03. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41482901.
- ↑ "Scottish Social Attitudes | Scottish Social Research" (in en). http://www.ssa.natcen.ac.uk/?_ga=2.201151403.487401188.1524660758-337965309.1524660758.
- ↑ Public attitudes to reducing levels of overweight and obesity in Scotland. http://www.healthscotland.scot/media/1705/public-attitudes-to-reducing-obesity-in-scotland.pdf.
- ↑ "Growing Up in Scotland | following the lives of Scotland's children" (in en-GB). https://growingupinscotland.org.uk/.
- ↑ MacIntyre, A. K.; Marryat, L.; Chambers, S. (2018). "Exposure to liquid sweetness in early childhood: artificially‐sweetened and sugar‐sweetened beverage consumption at 4–5 years and risk of overweight and obesity at 7–8 years". Pediatric Obesity 13 (12): 755–765. doi:10.1111/ijpo.12284. PMID 29624909.
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