This round of Euro-Barometer surveys queried respondents on standard Euro-Barometer measures, such as how satisfied they were with their present life, whether they attempted to persuade others close to them to share their views on subjects they held strong opinions about, whether they discussed political matters, what their country's goals should be for the next ten or fifteen years, and how they viewed the need for societal change. The surveys also focused on health problems. Questions about smoking examined whether the respondent had heard of the European Code Against Cancer and whether the respondent smoked. Smokers were asked what tobacco products they used, how many cigarettes they smoked in a day, and whether they planned to cut down on their tobacco consumption. Queries focusing on other health issues included respondents' subjective ratings of their health and diet, the basis for their foodstuff selections, the extent and impact of alcohol consumption on their driving, the extent of the problem of drinking and driving, how the problem of drinking and driving would be best addressed, and respondents' own use of alcohol. Opinions on alcohol and drug abuse were elicited through questions such as what type of problem the respondent considered alcohol and drug use to be, whether current measures were enough to solve abuse, what measures should be taken to solve the problems, the respondent's knowledge of drugs and the use of drugs, drug use among acquaintances, and how drug testing should be implemented. AIDS-related items focused on how the respondent thought AIDS could be contracted and which manner of transmission the respondent most feared, which interventions should be used to eliminate or to slow the spread of AIDS, which interventions should be undertaken by the European Community, how best to handle those who had AIDS or were HIV-positive, whether the respondent personally knew anyone with AIDS/HIV+, how the emergence and spread of AIDS had changed the respondent's personal habits, and what precautions were effective against contracting AIDS. Questions concerning the respondent's work history asked whether there had been periods without work lasting more than a year. A series of items focused on the longest period without pay: how long the period was, the age of the respondent during this period, the main reason for leaving the previous job, what the previous occupation was and whether it was part-time, what the new occupation was and whether it was part-time, and how the level of the new occupation compared to the previous occupation. The interaction of raising children and pursuing a career was investigated through questions including how many children the respondent had, what effect changes in family life had on working life, whether the respondent worked full- or part-time while raising children, and whether the respondent would prefer to care for children full-time, care for children part-time and work part-time, or work full-time. A series of questions pertained to the period prior to the respondent's first three children attending school: whether the respondent worked during this period, what the respondent's occupation was, the attributes of the occupation that concerned the family, the attributes of the partner's occupation that concerned the family, who the primary caregivers were, whether the partner was the primary caregiver, and whether there were difficulties making last-minute arrangements for child care. Additional information was gathered on family income, number of people residing in the home, size of locality, home ownership, region of residence, occupation of the head of household, and the respondent's age, sex, occupation, education, religion, religiosity, subjective social class standing, political party and union membership, and left-right political self-placement. (Source: downloaded from ICPSR 7/13/10)

Please Note: This dataset is part of the historical CISER Data Archive Collection and is also available at ICPSR at https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09577.v1. We highly recommend using the ICPSR version as they may make this dataset available in multiple data formats in the future.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Families and Children Study (FACS), formerly known as the Survey of Low Income Families (SOLIF), originally provided a new baseline survey of Britain's lone-parent families and low-income couples with dependent children. The survey was named SOLIF for Waves 1 and 2, and FACS from Wave 3 onwards. The FACS study has become a 'true panel', whereby 1999 respondents have been re-interviewed in subsequent annual waves in from 2000 to 2004, and new families added in each of these years, to allow representative cross-section as well as longitudinal comparisons. Starting with Wave 3 (2001) the survey was extended to include higher-income families, thereby yielding a complete sample of all British families (and the subsequent name change). From Wave 4 (2002) onwards, longitudinal comparisons can now be made. The main objectives of the survey are to:evaluate the effectiveness of the Government's work incentive measures in terms of helping people into work, improving living standards and improving child outcomes compare the living standards and outcomes for children and for families across the income distribution compare changes in the above across the waves since 1999 FACS also aims to provide commentary on longer-term objectives such as the Government's Public Service Agreement to eradicate child poverty within a generation. Further information, including links to reports and other publications, may be found on the DWP FACS web pages. Users should note that, in addition to the survey name change noted above, some of the documentation for the early waves refers to the survey as the Study of Families with Children. The original deposit of FACS, released in December 2001, contained data and documentation from the first wave. Further waves have been added at subsequent editions in 2003, 2004 (twice), 2005, 2006 and 2007. For the eighth edition (October 2010), three major changes were made to the study: data and documentation for Waves 8-10 were deposited for the first time; updated and improved data and documentation for Waves 3-7 were deposited to replace previous materials; and updated documentation covering all waves was deposited. Details of improvements to the redeposited Wave 3-7 data are included in the all waves user guide. For the ninth edition (January 2011), the Wave 10 technical report was added to the study. Main Topics: The FACS interviews comprise:one hour interview for the main respondent (typically the mother figure in the household)a 20 minute partner interviewTopics covered in the main interview include household characteristics, health and well-being, children's schooling, behaviour and childcare provision, use of local services, education and training, employment, family income, in-work support through the use of Working Families' Tax Credits (and its replacement tax credit system), receipt of benefits, child maintenance, money management and savings, housing, and material deprivation. The Wave 7 (2005) questionnaire included a new section on social capital for main respondents and partners. Partners in the household were also interviewed up to Wave 8. For Waves 9 and 10, a short proxy interview was completed with the main respondent. Waves 1-3 (1999-2001) also included a self-completion questionnaire for the main respondent and their partner, covering morale and various attitudinal questions. This was dropped for Wave 4. Waves 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 (but not Wave 7) included a short self-completion questionnaire for all children aged 11 to 15 in the family. The children's questionnaire covered leisure time activities, computer access, social participation, sport and organised activities, use of local amenities and attitudes to neighbourhood, alcohol use, smoking, illegal drug use, self-esteem, health and happiness, attitudes to school and schoolwork, relationship with parents, and income. For Waves 5-7, SPSS syntax files detailing specifications for derived variables are also available with the dataset. Multi-stage stratified random sample Face-to-face interview Self-completion 1999 2008 AGE ALCOHOL USE ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR APPLICATION FOR EMP... APPOINTMENT TO JOB ATTITUDES BASIC NEEDS BEDROOMS BUILDING MAINTENANCE BULLYING BUSINESSES CHILD CARE CHILD DAY CARE CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS CHILDREN CHRONIC ILLNESS CLOTHING COHABITATION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPA... COMMUTING COMPUTERS CONFECTIONERY COSTS COUNCIL TAX CREDIT CRIMINAL DAMAGE CULTURAL GOODS Children DEBILITATIVE ILLNESS DEBTS DISABLED PERSONS DIVORCE DOMESTIC APPLIANCES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRINKING OFFENCES DRIVING LICENCES DRUG ABUSE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EDUCATIONAL COURSES ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY EMOTIONAL STATES EMPLOYEES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES ETHNIC GROUPS EXPENDITURE FAMILIES FAMILY ROLES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FRIENDS FRUIT Family life and mar... GENDER Great Britain HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES HEATING SYSTEMS HOLIDAYS HOME OWNERSHIP HOMEWORK HOURS OF WORK HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HOUSING CONDITIONS HOUSING TENURE ILL HEALTH INCOME INCOME TAX INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT INTERPERSONAL RELAT... INTERPERSONAL TRUST INVESTMENT Income JOB DESCRIPTION JOB HUNTING JOB SECURITY JOB VACANCIES LANDLORDS LEGAL DECISIONS LEISURE TIME ACTIVI... LOCAL COMMUNITY FAC... Labour and employment MARITAL HISTORY MEALS MEAT MEDICINAL DRUGS MINIMUM WAGES MORTGAGES MOTOR VEHICLES NEIGHBOURHOODS NEIGHBOURS OBJECTIVES OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING ONE PARENT FAMILIES PARENT CHILD RELATI... PARENTS PERSONAL CONTACT PERSONAL DEBT REPAY... POCKET MONEY POOR PERSONS POVERTY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PRIVATE PENSIONS PROFITS QUALIFICATIONS QUALITY OF LIFE REFUSE RENTED ACCOMMODATION RENTS RESPIRATORY TRACT D... SAVINGS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS SCHOOL PUNISHMENTS SCHOOLS SCHOOLTEACHERS SELF EMPLOYED SELF ESTEEM SHARED HOME OWNERSHIP SHARES SMOKING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES L... SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL HOUSING SOCIAL INTEGRATION SOCIAL LIFE SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL SECURITY BEN... SOCIAL SECURITY CON... SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIAL WELFARE SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCA... SPEECH THERAPY SPOUSE S ECONOMIC A... SPOUSES STANDARD OF LIVING STEPCHILDREN STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SUBCONTRACTING SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENT SUPERVISORY STATUS Social conditions a... Specific social ser... TAX RELIEF TAXATION TELEPHONES TEMPORARY HOUSING TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP UNEMPLOYMENT VEGETABLES WAGES WELFARE POLICY WORK ATTITUDE WORKING MOTHERS WORKING WOMEN YOUTH GUIDANCE SERV... Youth property and invest...