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At the British Social Attitudes 2025 launch, Gianfranco Addario highlighted 72% of Britons now see the US as a serious threat to world peace, up from 36% before Donald Trump’s election

➡️Read the full chapter on security threats and military spending: natcen.ac.uk/publications...

Planning and Preparing for Later Life | National Centre for Social Research This nationally representative survey of 4,036 adults, aged 40-75 year olds, was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions.

📊 New from NatCen & DWP: The Planning and Preparing for Later Life report explores what 40–75 year olds think about retirement.

🔍 72% expect to retire later than ideal, 41% don’t know what income they’ll need, 46% want more flexible work.

📲 Full report: natcen.ac.uk/publications...

Why HTQs have a strong foundation to build on Learners on pre-reform level 4/5 courses now report a real career impact. The pressure's on for HTQs to deliver

📢 New article in FE Week highlights why Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) have real potential, following research by NatCen's and @thenfer.bsky.social

Read the article: feweek.co.uk/why-htqs-hav...

Research link: natcen.ac.uk/publications...

“Just 21% of the public are satisfied with the NHS, the lowest we’ve ever recorded.”
– Prof. Sir John Curtice

As doctors strike in England, the latest British Social Attitudes data shows growing public concern about the NHS.

Read the full report here: natcen.ac.uk/publications...

The stigmatisation and discrimination of people who experience gambling harms | National Centre for Social Research A mixed-methods research project, funded by GambleAware, exploring the stigmatisation and discrimination of people who experience gambling harms.

🚨 New research from The National Centre for Social Research, funded by GambleAware, reveals certain groups are at particular risk of stigma or discrimination related to gambling harms.

👉 Learn more: natcen.ac.uk/publications...

How can DWP help disabled benefit claimants into work? | National Centre for Social Research Our research uncovers the number of disabled claimants who feel they could work, the barriers they are facing, and how DWP could support them.

Our latest research for Department for Work and Pensions lifts the lid on:

✔ Why health, not motivation, is the biggest barrier to work
✔ The opportunities homeworking creates
✔ Why trust and personalised support matter most

Read the findings 👉natcen.ac.uk/publications...

Hello Bluesky👋

Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) provides a free, unique resource for anyone carrying out research into the lives of children and their families in Scotland.

Follow along for insights and data

Find out more ➡️ growingupinscotland.org.uk
#Scotland #Research #ChildDevelopment

The impacts of innovation on productivity across DCMS sectors | National Centre for Social Research Mixed-methods research investigating the role of innovation in boosting productivity across DCMS sectors, and drivers affecting it.

NEW REPORT: Research exploring how innovation drives productivity across DCMS sectors, commissioned by Department for Culture, Media and Sport in partnership with National Centre for Social Research.

Read more here: natcen.ac.uk/publications...
#Innovation #Productivity #Technology

More @esrasurvey.bsky.social conference insights from
@curtisjessop.bsky.social Director of Attitudinal Surveys & NatCen Opinion Panel.

Curtis presented his paper comparing results from a probability-based online panel to a face-to-face survey with an online panel.

Another busy day at #ESRA25!

Today at #ESRA25, @CurtisJessop and I had the honour of discussing prob-based web panels with Japanese colleagues from the Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, the Ochanomizu University and the Asia University. @natcen.bsky.social

If you’re looking for more information, or if you missed, you can find the full report here:
➡️ wiserd.ac.uk/publication/...
@wiserd-research.bsky.social

His presentation looks at whether the two designs produced different estimates and, if so (they did!), whether that seemed to be caused by differences in sample composition or measurement effects.

#ESRA25 - This morning @curtisjessop.bsky.social
is talking about our findings from a parallel run of an #Employment survey in Great Britain, comparing results from a face-to-face survey with a fresh sample to results from an online survey with a panel sample 🧵⬇️

🔻26% say they’re struggling to live on their income.

🔻67% say their income hasn’t kept up with prices.

With UK inflation rising to 3.6%, our latest British Social Attitudes data highlights the ongoing impact on household finances. #CostOfLiving #Inflation

Drawing on experiences from the Five to Twelve Survey, Line’s presentation highlights the complexity of moving to web-first surveys whilst maintaining equitable engagement of all parents.

#ESRA25

#ESRA25 – This morning, Line Knudsen presented a paper in a session focusing on the development and innovation of children and youth cohort studies.🧵⬇️

This morning our colleague Katharine Sadler is presenting at #ESRA25, sharing our experience of collecting national sexual health data in the post COVID-19 pandemic era: experiences of the Natsal Study. Graphic shows the multiple modes of data collection natsal.ac.uk

We are in Utrecht at #ESRA25! We have already kicked off with presentations from NatCen’s Katherine Sadler and Line Knudsen.

If you’re here, come by our stand for flyers, stickers and more merch, and a programme of presentations from our NatCen colleagues!

#ESRA25 @esrasurvey.bsky.social

New social model-based survey questions for disabled people | National Centre for Social Research Discover our work with Welsh Government on how to better capture the experiences of disabled people in survey data collection.

We’ve been working with the Welsh Government to rethink how surveys ask about disability.

We’re helping to design questions that capture the barriers disabled people face in daily life, like discrimination or poor accessibility.

Read the full report here 👉

Prof. Claudia Cooper (Queen Mary University of London) explores how we can better support mental health in later life, especially for people living with dementia.

Claudia highlights:
▪️ Rising dementia rates
▪️ Gaps in end-of-life mental health support
▪️ The need for informed, compassionate policy

🚨 Men aged 35–54 have the highest suicide rates in the UK.

Prof. Navneet Kapur (University of Manchester) shares a stark reminder that mid-life mental health needs are urgent.

#SuicidePrevention

“Women’s mid-life mental health has been long neglected and overlooked.”
– Dr Joanne McLean, NatCen

Childhood mental health problems are linked to £1 trillion in lost lifetime earnings across a generation.

Kadra Abdinasir from @centreformh.bsky.social
highlights the long-term costs of inaction.

Franziska Marcheselli (NatCen) shares that children aged 11 to 16 years with a probable mental disorder were more likely to have been bullied in the past year than those unlikely to have a mental disorder.

Franziska Marcheselli (NatCen) shares 6 years of trends from the Mental Health of Children and Young People surveys.

📈 Rising levels of distress and persistent inequalities underline the urgent need for long-term support and investment.

The prevalence of possible eating problems amongst young people rose between 2017 and 2021 and has remained high since.

Data from the Mental Health of Children and Young People survey, shared by Dhriti Mandalia (NatCen).

Chris White from the Mental Health Foundation challenges the disparity in how our health system responds to mental health compared to physical health

Dr Sokratis Dinos (NatCen) shares new findings on behavioural addictions and suicide.

▪️ Up to 60% facing gambling harm report suicidal thoughts
▪️ Suicide attempts highest where addiction & mental illness co-occur

#GamblingHarm #AddictionAndMentalHealth

Prof. Rory O’Connor shares research on understanding and preventing suicide.

Key risk factors highlighted:

▪️ Feelings of defeat and entrapment

▪️ Socially prescribed perfectionism

▪️ Childhood trauma

#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthResearch

“Every 30 seconds a domestic abuse victim is making a 999 call for help.”

Dr Olumide Adisa highlights how domestic abuse, trauma and poor mental health are deeply connected and how we must shift from siloed responses to whole-system solutions.

#DomesticAbuse #MentalHealth