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
- ^ "About ScotCen Social Research". ScotCen Social Research. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "About ScotCen | What Scotland Thinks". What Scotland Thinks. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ Scottish Government (2003-04-01). "Scottish Health Survey". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Scotland's health: What we learned". BBC News. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Scottish Social Attitudes | Scottish Social Research". www.ssa.natcen.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ Public attitudes to reducing levels of overweight and obesity in Scotland (PDF).
- ^ "Growing Up in Scotland | following the lives of Scotland's children". growingupinscotland.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ 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. PMC 6492200. PMID 29624909.