The Community Life Survey (CLS) is a household survey conducted in England, tracking the latest trends and developments across areas key to encouraging social action and empowering communities, including: volunteering and charitable giving; views about the local area; community cohesion and belonging; community empowerment and participation; influencing local decisions and affairs; and subjective well-being and loneliness.

The CLS was first commissioned by the Cabinet Office in 2012. From 2016-17, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) took over responsibility for publishing results. During 2020, the DCMS also commissioned the Community Life COVID-19 Re-contact Survey (CLRS) (SN 8781) to provide data on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected volunteering, charitable giving, social cohesion, wellbeing and loneliness in England.

For the 2023-24 and 2024-25 survey years, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the CLS to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. This has enabled data collection at the most granular level since data collection commenced. The questionnaire for 2023-24 was developed collaboratively to adapt to the needs and interests of both DCMS and MHCLG, including some new questions and changes to existing questions, response options and definitions in the 2023-24 and upcoming 2024-25 surveys.

Background
Up to 2015-16, the survey used a face-to-face methodology. Following thorough testing (experimental online versions of the survey were released for 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16), the CLS moved online from 2016-17 onwards, with an end to the previous face-to-face method. The survey uses a push-to-web methodology (with paper mode for those who are not digitally engaged). The survey informs and directs policy and action in these areas;

• to provide data of value to all users, including public bodies, external stakeholders and the public; and
• underpin further research and debate on building stronger communities.

The CLS incorporates a small number of priority measures from the Citizenship Survey, which ran from 2001-2011, conducted by the then Department for Communities and Local Government. These measures were incorporated in the CLS so that trends in these issues could continue to be tracked over time. (The full Citizenship Survey series is held at the UK Data Archive under GNs 33347 and 33474.)

Further information may be found on the GOV.UK Community Life Survey webpage.

The Community Life Survey 2023-2024 was conducted between October 2023 and March 2024, with samples issued on a quarterly basis. The survey was conducted via an online and paper survey method called Address Based Online Surveying (ABOS). This is an affordable method of surveying the general population that still employs random sampling techniques. ABOS is a type of 'push to web' methodology, with a paper mode for those who are not digitally engaged.

A Secure Access version of the data is available under SN 9406 and includes additional demographic variables and geographic indicators. Users should note that the Secure version is subject to restrictive access conditions, and are strongly advised to check whether the Safeguarded version is suitable for their needs before considering an application for the Secure version.

The Community Life Survey (CLS) is a household survey conducted in England, tracking the latest trends and developments across areas key to encouraging social action and empowering communities, including: volunteering and charitable giving; views about the local area; community cohesion and belonging; community empowerment and participation; influencing local decisions and affairs; and subjective well-being and loneliness.

The CLS was first commissioned by the Cabinet Office in 2012. From 2016-17, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) took over responsibility for publishing results. During 2020, the DCMS also commissioned the Community Life COVID-19 Re-contact Survey (CLRS) (SN 8781) to provide data on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected volunteering, charitable giving, social cohesion, wellbeing and loneliness in England.

For the 2023-24 and 2024-25 survey years, DCMS partnered with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to boost the CLS to be able to produce meaningful estimates at Local Authority level. This has enabled data collection at the most granular level since data collection commenced. The questionnaire for 2023-24 was developed collaboratively to adapt to the needs and interests of both DCMS and MHCLG, including some new questions and changes to existing questions, response options and definitions in the 2023-24 and upcoming 2024-25 surveys.

Background
Up to 2015-16, the survey used a face-to-face methodology. Following thorough testing (experimental online versions of the survey were released for 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16), the CLS moved online from 2016-17 onwards, with an end to the previous face-to-face method. The survey uses a push-to-web methodology (with paper mode for those who are not digitally engaged). The survey informs and directs policy and action in these areas;

• to provide data of value to all users, including public bodies, external stakeholders and the public; and
• underpin further research and debate on building stronger communities.

The CLS incorporates a small number of priority measures from the Citizenship Survey, which ran from 2001-2011, conducted by the then Department for Communities and Local Government. These measures were incorporated in the CLS so that trends in these issues could continue to be tracked over time. (The full Citizenship Survey series is held at the UK Data Archive under GNs 33347 and 33474.)

Further information may be found on the GOV.UK Community Life Survey webpage.

The 2013-14 survey covers May 2013 to April 2014 and forms 'Official Statistics', meaning that it meets the high standards of quality set out by the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

End User Licence and Special Licence data
Users should note that there are two versions of each Community Life Survey dataset. One is available under the standard End User Licence (EUL) agreement, and the other is a Special Licence (SL) version. The SL version contains more detailed variables relating to: social class; ethnicity; religion; sexual identity and lower level geographical classifications.

The SL data have more restrictive access conditions than those made available under the standard EUL. Prospective users of the SL version will need to complete an extra application form and demonstrate to the data owners exactly why they need access to the additional variables in order to get permission to use that version. Therefore, users are strongly advised to order the standard version of the data.

The SL version of the Community Life Survey, 2013-2014 study is held under SN 7561.

The Community Life Survey was first commissioned by the Cabinet Office in 2012-2013. It is a household survey conducted in England, tracking the latest trends and developments across areas key to encouraging social action and empowering communities, including:volunteering and charitable giving;views about the local area;community cohesion and belonging;community empowerment and participation;influencing local decisions and affairs; and subjective well-beingUp to 2015-16, the survey used a face-to-face methodology. Following thorough testing, the CLS moved to an online and paper mixed-method approach from 2016-17 onwards (a paper self-completion questionnaire being available as an alternative to the online survey), with an end to previous current face-to-face method. The objectives of the survey are to: The objectives of the survey are to: provide robust, nationally representative data on behaviours and attitudes within communities to inform and direct policy and action in these areas;to provide data of value to all users, including public bodies, external stakeholders and the public; andunderpin further research and debate on building stronger communitiesThe Community Life Survey incorporates a small number of priority measures from the Citizenship Survey, which ran from 2001-2011, conducted by the Department for Communities and Local Government. These measures were incorporated in the Community Life Survey so that trends in these issues could continue to be tracked over time. (The full Citizenship Survey series is held at the UK Data Archive under GNs 33347 and 33474.)

Further information may be found on the gov.uk Community Life Survey website.

The Community Life Survey Experimental Online Data, 2013-2014 includes the Special Licence data from a project testing the viability of an online alternative to the face-to-face survey. This dataset covers the 2013-2014 online survey, with a sample size of 10,215 adults (aged 16 years and over) in England, which ran from June 2013 to March 2014. Data from a postal version of the questionnaire, which was available on request, is also included in the dataset. This questionnaire covered the same topics as the online survey but was reduced in length. Full details can be found in the Web Survey Technical Report which is available in the Documentation section below.

End User Licence and Special Licence data Users should note that there are two versions of each Community Life Survey Experimental Online Data experimental online dataset. One is available under the standard End User Licence (EUL) agreement, and the other is a Special Licence (SL) version. The SL version contains more detailed variables relating to: social class; ethnicity; religion; sexual identity and lower level geographical classifications.

The SL data have more restrictive access conditions than those made available under the standard EUL. Prospective users of the SL version will need to complete an extra application form and demonstrate to the data owners exactly why they need access to the additional variables in order to get permission to use that version. Therefore, users are strongly advised to order the standard version of the data.

The standard EUL version of the Community Life Survey Experimental Online Data, 2013-2014 is held under SN 7737.

The main topics include: identity and social networks, local community, civic engagement, volunteering, social action, subjective well-being and basic demographics.The Community Life Survey Experimental Online Data, 2013-2014: Special Licence Access data file includes the following extra variables:SOC2010 (SOC2010)SOC2010 Sub-Major Group (SOC10smg)Ethnic group: 6 categories (Ethnic6)Ethnic group: 11 categories (Ethnic11a)Respondents Ethnic origin and age (excludes Mixed/Other) (Rethage9a)Sex within Ethnicity: 11 categories (E11sex1)Sex within Ethnicity: 10 categories (E5sex1)Whether practising for each religion (Actrel)Respondent religion: 7 categories (Jewish included in other)(Relig7)Practice status for each religion (Relstat)Ethno-Religious groups: 11 categories (E11Relig1)Respondent sexual identity: 3 categories (Sid2g)ONS Ward Classification: Subgroup (2001 Wards) (Wrdsubgpg)ONS District Level Classification: Subgroup (2003) (Ladsubgpg)Output Area Classification : Subgroup (52 categories) (Oasubgrp)Rural and Urban Area Classification 2004 (Rural)

This dataset comes from the Community Survey questions relating to the Community Health & Well-Being performance measure: "With “10” representing the best possible life for you and “0” representing the worst, how would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?" and "With “10” representing the best possible life for you and “0” representing the worst, how do you think you will stand about five years from now?" – the results of both scores are then used to assess a Cantril Scale which is a way of assessing general life satisfaction. As per the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale, the three categories of identification are as follows: Thriving – Respondents rate their current life as a 7 or higher AND their future life as an 8 or higher. Suffering – Respondents rate their current life negatively (0 to 4) AND their future life negatively (0 to 4). Struggling – Respondents who do not meet the criteria for Thriving or Suffering. The survey is mailed to a random sample of households in the City of Tempe and has a 95% confidence level. Note on Methodology Update: In 2025, the Cantril classification method was revised to align with Gallup’s official Life Evaluation Index methodology. This change affects only a small number of respondents whose answers did not fit cleanly into the previous custom definition of “Struggling,” which classified respondents who rated their current life moderately (5 or 6) or their future life moderately or negatively (0 to 7). Under the updated approach, respondents who previously fell outside that definition are now appropriately included in the Struggling category. The overall distribution of Thriving, Struggling, and Suffering changed only minimally, and the updated methodology has been applied consistently to all prior years.This page provides data for the Community Health and Well-Being performance measure.The performance measure dashboard is available at 3.34 Community Health and Well-Being.Data Dictionary Additional InformationSource: Community Attitude Survey (Vendor: ETC Institute)Contact: Amber AsburryContact email: amber_asburry@tempe.govPreparation Method: Survey results from two questions are calculated to create a Cantril Scale value that falls into the categories of Thriving, Struggling, and Suffering.Publish Frequency: AnnuallyPublish Method: Manual

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This is a monthly report on publicly funded community services for people of all ages using data from the Community Services Data Set (CSDS) reported in England for May 2024. It has been developed to help achieve better outcomes and provide data that will be used to commission services in a way that improves health, reduces inequalities, and supports service improvement and clinical quality. These statistics are classified as experimental and should be used with caution. Experimental statistics are new official statistics undergoing evaluation. More information about experimental statistics can be found on the UK Statistics Authority website (linked at the bottom of this page). A provisional data file for June 2024 is now included in this publication. Please note this is intended as an early view until providers submit a refresh of their data, which will be published next month.

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Note: This dataset is historical only and there are not corresponding datasets for more recent time periods. For that more-recent information, please visit the Chicago Health Atlas at https://chicagohealthatlas.org. This dataset gives the average life expectancy and corresponding confidence intervals for each Chicago community area for the years 1990, 2000 and 2010. See the full description at: https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/qjr3-bm53/files/AAu4x8SCRz_bnQb8SVUyAXdd913TMObSYj6V40cR6p8?download=true&filename=P:\EPI\OEPHI\MATERIALS\REFERENCES\Life Expectancy\Dataset description - LE by community area.pdf

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The Community Life survey is a household self-completion survey of adults aged 16+ in England. The survey provides evidence on social cohesion, community engagement and social action. This report summarises the results from the survey and provides comparisons between London and the rest of England. There are other surveys that provide more granular evidence on these topics within London, but this survey has been selected to provide a regional comparison. Further details of the breakdowns presented in this report can be accessed through the data tables on the Community Life survey webpage.

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how best to support people with an intellectual disability living in group
homes to lead fulfilling lives.

This survey, commissioned by HUD, explores American attitudes toward community life in rural, suburban, and urban settings.Questions include personal preferences for large or small community settings for home, work, leisure, cost, local government, transportation, home ownership, education, and medical care.

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how best to support people with an intellectual disability living in group
homes to lead fulfilling lives.