Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes produced by opinion polls. One of the BSA's main purposes is to allow the monitoring of patterns of continuity and change, and the examination of the relative rates at which attitudes, in respect of a range of social issues, change over time. Some questions are asked regularly, others less often. Funding for BSA comes from a number of sources (including government departments, the Economic and Social Research Council and other research foundations), but the final responsibility for the coverage and wording of the annual questionnaires rests with NatCen Social Research (formerly Social and Community Planning Research). The BSA has been conducted every year since 1983, except in 1988 and 1992 when core funding was devoted to the British Election Study (BES).Further information about the series and links to publications may be found on the NatCen Social Research British Social Attitudes webpage. Main Topics:Each year, the BSA interview questionnaire contains a number of 'core' questions, which are repeated in most years. In addition, a wide range of background and classificatory questions is included. The remainder of the questionnaire is devoted to a series of questions (modules) on a range of social, economic, political and moral issues - some are asked regularly, others less often. Cross-indexes of those questions asked more than once appear in the reports. The BSA 2009 questionnaires included modules covering: attitudes to public spending, social welfare, transport, health, education, inequalities, immigration and social inequality (the 2009 ISSP module). Multi-stage stratified random sample See documentation for each BSA year for full details. 2009 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ADULTS AGE AGE DISCRIMINATION AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL ATTITUDES BICYCLES BOOKS BRITISH POLITICAL P... BROADBAND BUSES CARE OF DEPENDANTS CARS CENSORSHIP CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CHILD ABUSE CHILD BENEFITS CHILD CARE CHILD SAFETY CHILDREN CIVIL AND POLITICAL... CLASS CONFLICT CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS OF EMPLO... CONSERVATIVE PARTY ... COUNSELLING CREDIT DEATH PENALTY DEBILITATIVE ILLNESS DECENTRALIZED GOVER... DECISION MAKING DENTAL EXAMINATIONS DENTISTS DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISCRIMI... DISABLED PERSONS DISCRIMINATION DRIVING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ELDERLY EMPLOYEES EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY ENVIRONMENTAL AWARE... ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EQUALITY BEFORE THE... ETHNIC GROUPS EXAMINATIONS FAMILIES FAMILY BENEFITS FAMILY MEMBERS FATHER S OCCUPATION FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES FLEXIBLE WORKING TIME FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT GENDER GENERAL PRACTITIONERS GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT ROLE GRANDCHILDREN GRANDPARENTS HEALTH HEALTH CONSULTATIONS HEALTH SERVICES HOME OWNERSHIP HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT... HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITAL WAITING LISTS HOURS OF WORK HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING TENURE HUMAN RIGHTS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFIDELITY INSTITUTIONS INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET USE INTERPERSONAL TRUST JOB SECURITY JUDGMENTS LAW LABOUR PARTY GREAT ... LIFE SATISFACTION LIVING CONDITIONS LOW PAY MARITAL STATUS NATIONAL IDENTITY NATIONALITY NEWSPAPER READERSHIP NEWSPAPERS OCCUPATIONAL QUALIF... OCCUPATIONS ONE PARENT FAMILIES OVERTIME PART TIME EMPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIPS PERSONAL PASSENGERS POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE POLITICAL ATTITUDES POLITICAL INFLUENCE POLITICAL INTEREST POLITICIANS POPULATION DENSITY POVERTY PREJUDICE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT QUALIFICATIONS QUALITY OF LIFE RACIAL PREJUDICE RAILWAY TRAVEL RATES OF PAY REDUNDANCY RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE RENTED ACCOMMODATION RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE ROAD TAX ROAD TOLL CHARGES ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC POLLUTION RURAL AREAS SATISFACTION SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SELF EMPLOYED SICKNESS AND DISABI... SOCIAL ATTITUDES SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL HOUSING SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL SECURITY BEN... SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIAL WELFARE PHIL... SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS SPEED LIMITS SPOUSE S ECONOMIC A... SPOUSE S EMPLOYMENT SPOUSE S OCCUPATION SPOUSES STANDARD OF LIVING STATE HEALTH SERVICES STATE RESPONSIBILITY STATE SCHOOLS SUPERVISORY STATUS Social behaviour an... Social conditions a... TAX RELIEF TAXATION TELEPHONES TELEVISION VIEWING TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP TRADE UNIONS TRAFFIC CALMING MEA... TRAFFIC OFFENCES TRAVEL TRUST TRUST IN GOVERNMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS URBAN AREAS WAGES WORKERS PARTICIPATION WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING MOTHERS WORKPLACE