ScotCen Social Research

ScotCen Social ResearchType| Not-for-profit organization

|

Headquarters| Edinburgh, Scotland
Location|

* 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

[edit]

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