Posted on 21 July 2021 by Guy Goodwin, Chief Executive What next for health surveys? Lessons learnt from the pandemic It’s a great time to be involved with health studies at a time of significant public health challenges: an ageing population, health inequalities and multiple disadvantage, the challenges of obesity, of poor mental health and so on. Read the rest of this entry Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 Infection Study, Mental Health of Children and Young People, conference, fieldwork, health, mental health
Posted on 15 January 2021 by Natasha Phillips, Researcher Conducting remote cognitive interviews: telephone or video conferencing? NatCen’s Methodology & Innovation Hub includes a team of experts who specialise in developing and testing survey questions to ensure measures elicit high quality data. Our day-to-day work often involves conducting interviews with members of the public to assess whether they understand survey questions as intended and can provide valid and reliable answers. Read the rest of this entry Tags: COVID-19, cognitive interviewing, fieldwork, methodology, telephone interviews, video interviews
Posted on 16 December 2020 by Sir John Curtice, Senior Research Fellow Has COVID-19 shifted public attitudes? Now that the prospect of an end to the pandemic is in sight, the question of what post-pandemic Britain should look like will soon become a pressing one. Should everyday life and public policy return to ‘normal’ – or does COVID-19 represent an opportunity to reshape the country’s social and economic life and the role that government plays in facilitating it? Read the rest of this entry Tags: British Social Attitudes, COVID-19, income and welfare, social and political attitudes
Posted on 20 November 2020 by Franziska Marcheselli, Senior Researcher Life during the COVID-19 pandemic for children and young people In October, NHS Digital – in collaboration with NatCen, the Office for National Statistics, University of Cambridge and University of Exeter – published the latest survey in a series which provides England’s Official Statistics on trends in child mental health. Read the rest of this entry Tags: COVID-19, anxiety, children, loneliness, mental health, public health, young people