UK Business Data Survey, 2021

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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The UK Business Data Survey (UKBDS), commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, began in 2021. The survey is a telephone- and online-based quantitative and qualitative study of UK businesses. It gathers evidence on the importance and awareness of digital data use for UK businesses and seeks to understand the role of digital data in UK businesses, international transfers of data and activities undertaken for data protection compliance.

The 2021 UKBDS was the first time this survey had been carried out. The quantitative survey took place from November 2020 to January 2021 and the qualitative interviews were undertaken in February 2021. The research was delayed from spring 2020 to minimise the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the quality of responses and the robustness of the results.

Main Topics:

The 2021 survey covers the following business practices relating to data: acquisition and sharingimpact of COVID-19 on personal data collection data-related roles and skills data protection international transfer

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-9086-1
Related Identifier https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076141/UK_Business_Data_Survey_2021_-_Technical_Report.pdf
Related Identifier https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-business-data-survey-2021
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=91ff4e8ab085a012ee871a6ff73829f9586b3f07ac20ac5e0654db8c1538e5c2
Provenance
Creator Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 2023
Funding Reference Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Rights <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply.; <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p> <p>Commercial use is not permitted</p>
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Resource Type Numeric
Discipline Social Sciences
Spatial Coverage United Kingdom