Web archives
Australian government launch new web archive The Australian Government Web Archive is a new site launched by the National Library of Australia. It complements the Library’s long established PANDORA Archive. The AGWA is a collection of Commonwealth Government websites dating from June 2011. Selected older government web content will continue to be found on the […]
Company Data: 2 sites
Bank for the Accounts of Companies Harmonized (BACH) database has been upgraded. BACH is managed by the European Committee of Central Balance-Sheet Data Offices. It is a database of aggregated and relatively harmonized accounting data of non-financial incorporated enterprises of 9 European countries. The countries covered are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, […]
Civil partnership data
Latest civil partnership data released by Office for National Statistics. Includes unions and dissolutions. Also includes some articles on impact from 2005-2010. Northern Ireland data are also available at: http://www.nisra.gov.uk/demography/default.asp13.htm The University of Manchester Morgan Centre conducted some useful research “Just Like Marriage?” Young couples’ civil partnerships which investigated relationships between civil partners. Research focussed on […]
Demographic data UK
By 2016 most parents will be unmarried Latest birth data from the National office of Statistics sees an increase in children born to unmarried parents. The ONS also has more family and household demographics data But were more children living in married families in the past? See this history and policy paper on happy families from Pat […]
Politwoops and other Twitter-related sites
Politwoops: (deleted tweets from politicians) enables keyword searching for deleted tweets. It is offered in a number of countries. Each entry gives the amount of time before tweet was deleted. Sometimes the cause is a spelling mistake but in other cases to remove errors or other changes. See UK MPs deleted tweets: http://www.politwoops.co.uk/ and the US […]
Bloomberg: UK, credit ratings and CDS
Visualizing the U.K.’s CDS Following Fitch Downgrade The U.K.’s AAA credit rating was reduced by Fitch on April 19. Fitch, which cited weak growth and the results of austerity in lowering the country’s rating, follows Moody’s downgrade two months ago. Bloomberg functions analyze the impact of the cuts in the sovereign CDS market. Find case […]
Ageing in the UK
A new report is available from The House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/public-services-committee/news/report-press-release/ Also issued recently a report from NESTA entitled ‘5 hours per day’ which investigates the impact of ageing and suggests new models of living and working in an ageing society: http://www.nesta.org.uk/publications/assets/features/five_hours_a_day Other useful sites for getting reports […]
Understanding Society – new website
UK Household Longitudinal Study has launched its new website: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/ The study started in 2009 and is collecting regular data on individual households who have agreed to take part. Topics covered include economics, daily life, social attitudes and participation in sport and cultural events. It is based at the Institute for Social and Economic Research […]
Who uses social media?
The latest Pew report (covering the USA) provides a snapshot of the social democgraphics of Internet users by categories such as age, race, gender and income: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Social-media-users.aspx For similar accounts relating to the UK try the Oxford Internet Surveys: http://microsites.oii.ox.ac.uk/oxis/databases For another good starting point for free data, often with a focus on consumer usage […]
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