Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Welsh Government's National Survey for Wales covers a random sample of 12,000 adults a year (aged 16+) living in private households across Wales. The survey provides representative, reliable and up-to-date information about the people of Wales down to local authority level.The survey began in 2012. In 2015 it was reviewed the decision was taken to amalgamate five large scale social surveys that were carried out in Wales into one. From 2016-17 onwards the National Survey for Wales was expanded to include topics previously covered by the Welsh Health Survey, Active Adults Survey, Arts in Wales Survey, and Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey.The aim of the survey is to provide representative, reliable and up-to-date information about the people of Wales down to local authority level. Prior to March 2020, the survey was carried out face-to-face in respondents’ homes. Since May 2020 onwards, the survey has been carried out by telephone. Topics were updated monthly and results published monthly for May to September 2020; from October, topic updates and publications switched to quarterly.The survey is continuing in telephone mode for 2021-22, with an online element added from July 2021 onwards. Further information is available on the Welsh Government National Survey for Wales webpages.
The National Survey for Wales, 2013-2014 is the second year of the survey. The Year 2 dataset is based on a household questionnaire; it was asked of one randomly selected adult aged 16 or over in each randomly selected household. For the second edition (August 2015) an updated version of the data file was deposited, with some revisions to variables. See the change and revisions file in the documentation for full details.
Main Topics:
The survey covers a wide range of topics to allow links to be made between different policy areas. There is a particular focus on well-being and people’s views of public services. The 2013-2014 topics were:Local areaDiscriminationEducationHealthSatisfaction with local authority servicesSatisfaction with Welsh GovernmentSatisfaction with the education systemSatisfaction with GP servicesSatisfaction with hospital servicesWell-beingDemographic questionsFinancial inclusionInternet useSmoke alarmsWelsh languagePublic service communicationsActive travel
One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
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