ScotCen Social Research

ScotCen Social ResearchType| Not-for-profit organization

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Headquarters| Edinburgh, Scotland
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* Scotland, United Kingdom

Fields| Social research, public opinion analysis

Parent organization

| NatCen Social Research

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

## References

1. ↑ "About ScotCen Social Research" (in en-GB). http://scotcen.org.uk/about-us/about-scotcen-social-research/.
2. ↑ "About ScotCen | What Scotland Thinks" (in en). http://whatscotlandthinks.org/about-scotcen.
3. ↑ Scottish Government (2003-04-01). "Scottish Health Survey" (in en-gb). http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/scottish-health-survey.
4. ↑ "Scotland's health: What we learned" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2017-10-03. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41482901.
5. ↑ "Scottish Social Attitudes | Scottish Social Research" (in en). http://www.ssa.natcen.ac.uk/?_ga=2.201151403.487401188.1524660758-337965309.1524660758.
6. ↑ Public attitudes to reducing levels of overweight and obesity in Scotland. http://www.healthscotland.scot/media/1705/public-attitudes-to-reducing-obesity-in-scotland.pdf.
7. ↑ "Growing Up in Scotland | following the lives of Scotland's children" (in en-GB). https://growingupinscotland.org.uk/.
8. ↑ 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. PMID 29624909.

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