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.
For the second edition (December 2019), the SamplePlayWeight has been updated. The weight previously included a weight for parents and non-parents covering the filtered questionnaire module on ‘Play’ relevant to parents as well as the sub-sampled questionnaire module on ‘Play’ relevant to a sub-sample of non-parents. The Welsh Government have advised that users should be applying the SampleAdultWeight for the filtered questionnaire module on Play that is relevant to parents (the relevant variables won’t have any weight reference in the label) and that the SamplePlayWeight should be applied for the sub-sampled module on ‘Play’ for non-parents (the relevant variables will have a weight reference in the variable label).
Main Topics:
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE / Style Definitions / table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} This survey covers a range of issues including local area and environment, NHS and social care, internet and media, children and education, housing, democracy and government, sport and recreation, wellbeing and finances, culture and Welsh language and population health. Topics are reviewed each year.
One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
