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  • Listen to Rachel Ormston on Good Morning Scotland talk about latest finding from BSA on English attitudes to devolution.
  • Listen to Polly Toynbee talk about BSA welfare findings on the Today programme.
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  • Our Annual Report for 2010/11 is now available. Read it here.
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  • There is an appetite for welfare reform – but people still worry about inequality. Read Penny Young's Comment is free piece here.
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  • Analyses of trends in food behaviours now published, read the reports here.
  • NatCen Social Research's founding director, Professor Sir Roger Jowell has died. Read more here.
  • England's biggest annual survey of health issues now published, read the report here.
  • Read the latest evidence on how 'Family Interventions' are helping society's most troubled families, here.
  • Proposed changes to inheritance law make use of our research. Find out how social research and law reform can work hand in hand here.
  • Great piece in the Sunday Times on BSA 28, with lots of interesting feedback from other think tanks. Read it here.
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  • View Prime Minister David Cameron's statement on the new BSA 28 Report here.
  • Watch Chief Executive Penny Young discuss the new BSA 28 Report on BBC Newsnight
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  • Listen to Penny Young talk about the new BSA 28 Report on the Today programme - Social attitudes not reflecting 'Big Society'
  • Read the press release from this year's British Social Attitudes Report, 'In it together or just for ourselves?'
  • The latest British Social Attitudes Report is now available. Read it free online here.
  • View our latest Press Release which links high density gambling machine zones and poorer areas.
  • Read our new report on maternity and paternity rights.
  • Penny Young considers the future of the government social survey in an article for Research Live.
  • Our Board of Trustees is seeking a new Chair to succeed Prof. Dame Janet Finch. You can find out more about this post here.
  • We're conducting rapid response research into young people's involvement in the UK riots, find out more here.
  • Number of pupils choosing to take EBacc over GCSEs has increased. Read the report here.
  • Read Louise's new blog: Birth cohort study inspires Edinburgh show
  • NatCen has submitted its response to the Government's consultation on changes to the School Admissions Framework. Read the press release here.
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Scottish Social Attitudes 2011

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2 Mar 2012
Fay Sadro

Breaking the research mould: Understanding Society delivers unprecedented insight

It’s great to see the second major release of data from Understanding Society. With scientific leadership...

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