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Posted on 07 February 2018 by Emma Bowey, Graphic Designer

The Personal is Statistical: Why the arts matter

In our monthly series, The Personal is Statistical, we'll be talking about where statistics have interacted with our personal lives. In this blog, graphic designer Emma Bowey reflects on the importance of the arts.
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Tags: The Personal is Statistical, Understanding Society, schools
Posted on 19 December 2017 by Amy Smith, Bids Manager

The Personal is Statistical: closing the gender participation gap in sports

In our monthly series, The Personal is Statistical, we'll be talking about where statistics have interacted with our personal lives. In this blog, Amy Smith examines how statistics from the Health Survey for England speak to her own expereinces of exercise
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Tags: Health Survey for England, The Personal is Statistical, health, sport
Posted on 21 November 2017

The Personal is Statistical: "Do they know that I'm brown?"

In our monthly series, The Personal is Statistical, we'll be talking about where statistics have interacted with our personal lives. In this blog, Keeva Rooney reflects on her experiences of racial prejudice.
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Tags: British Social Attitudes, racial prejudice, racism, The Personal is Statistical
Posted on 12 October 2017 by Anne Summers, Digital Manager

The Personal is Statistical: Getting more than you bargained for at the Great British corner shop

In our monthly series, The Personal is Statistical, we'll be talking about where statistics have interacted with our personal lives. In this blog, Anne Summers explains how her local corner shop reflects the changing health and lifestyle choices of the British public.
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Tags: The Personal is Statistical, food, smoking
Posted on 14 September 2017 by Sophie Brown, Press Officer

The Personal is Statistical: Why do so many of us identify as working class?

In our monthly series, The Personal is Statistical, we'll be talking about where statistics have interacted with our personal lives. In this blog, Sophie Brown reflects on why so many people in Britain still identify as working class.
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Tags: British Social Attitudes, The Personal is Statistical, class
Posted on 13 July 2017

The Personal is Statistical: A not so modern man

In our monthly series, The Personal is Statistical, we'll be talking about where statistics have interacted with our personal lives. Leigh Marshall reflects on how our attitudes and our actions can contradict each other.
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Tags: British Social Attitudes, gender, racial prejudice, The Personal is Statistical
Posted on 19 June 2017 by Nancy Kelley, Deputy Chief Executive

The Personal is Statistical: Whatever you do, don't get pregnant

In our monthly series, The Personal is Statistical, we'll be talking about where statistics have interacted with our personal lives. Nancy Kelley reflects on growing up in the shadow of a moral panic about teen mothers.
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Tags: The Personal is Statistical, pregnancy
Posted on 12 May 2017 by Sarah Morris, Research Director

The Personal is Statistical: Talking about Death and Dying

In our new monthly series, The Personal is Statistical, we'll be talking about where statistics have interacted with our personal lives. In the first of these blogs, Sarah Morris talks about her experience of losing a loved one and how other people in Britain feel about discussing death.
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Tags: British Social Attitudes, The Personal is Statistical, death, dying