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 Annual Inquiry into Foreign Direct Investment, ...
Annual Inquiry into Foreign Direct Investment, ...

The Annual Inquiry into Foreign Direct Investment (AFDI) collects financial data concerning Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The survey is conducted in two parts: the ...

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 Annual Population Survey Household, 2004-2009: ...
Annual Population Survey Household, 2004-2009: ...

The Annual Population Survey (APS) Household datasets are produced annually and are available from 2004. They allow production of family and household labour market ...

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 Annual Population Survey, 2004-2010: Secure Data ...
Annual Population Survey, 2004-2010: Secure Data ...

The Annual Population Survey (APS) is a major survey series, which aims to provide data that can produce reliable estimates at local authority level. Key topics covered ...

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 Annual Respondents Database, 1973-2008: Secure ...
Annual Respondents Database, 1973-2008: Secure ...

The Annual Respondents Database (ARD) is constructed from a compulsory business survey. Until 1997 it was created out of the Annual Censuses of Production and ...

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 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 1997-2010: ...
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 1997-2010: ...

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is one of the largest surveys of the earnings of individuals in the UK. Data on the wages, hours of work, and pensions ...

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 British Household Panel Survey, Waves 1-18, ...
British Household Panel Survey, Waves 1-18, ...

The British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) is conducted by the ESRC UK Longitudinal Studies Centre (ULSC), together with the Institute for Social and Economic Research ...

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 Business Expenditure on Research and Development, ...
Business Expenditure on Research and Development, ...

The Business Expenditure on Research and Development is an annual survey whose main purpose is to supply data for policy purposes on Science and Technology, of which ...

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 Business Spending on Capital Goods, 2000-2008: ...
Business Spending on Capital Goods, 2000-2008: ...

The Business Spending on Capital Goods survey is an annual survey of business organisations in the UK that collects data about acquisitions and disposals of capital, ...

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 Business Structure Database, 1997-2010: Secure ...
Business Structure Database, 1997-2010: Secure ...

The Business Structure Database (BSD) contains a small number of variables for almost all business organisations in the UK. The BSD is derived primarily from the ...

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 Capital Stock Dataset, 1979 - 2005: Secure Data ...
Capital Stock Dataset, 1979 - 2005: Secure Data ...

The Capital Stock Dataset is constructed by staff at the Virtual Microdata Laboratory (VML) based at the Office for National Statistics. The data are derived variables ...

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 DECC Low Emissions R&D Survey, 2008: Secure Data ...
DECC Low Emissions R&D Survey, 2008: Secure Data ...

The purpose of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Low Emissions R&D Survey, 2008 was to collect information on Research and Development (R&D) undertaken ...

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 E-commerce Survey, 2000-2008: Secure Data Service ...
E-commerce Survey, 2000-2008: Secure Data Service ...

The E-commerce Survey is an annual survey designed to measure the extent of the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and electronic trading by businesses ...

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 English Housing Survey, 2008-2010: Secure Data ...
English Housing Survey, 2008-2010: Secure Data ...

The English Housing Survey (EHS) is a continuous national survey commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) that collects information ...

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 General Lifestyle Survey, 2000-2008: Secure Data ...
General Lifestyle Survey, 2000-2008: Secure Data ...

The General Household Survey (GHS) is a continuous national survey of people living in private households conducted on an annual basis, by the Social Survey Division of ...

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 International Trade in Services, 1996-2005: ...
International Trade in Services, 1996-2005: ...

The UK's International Trade in Services (ITIS) data are collected from a number of different survey and administrative sources. The ITIS inquiry (formally called the ...

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 Investment in Intangible Assets Survey, 2009: ...
Investment in Intangible Assets Survey, 2009: ...

The UK Investment in Intangible Assets Survey (IIA Survey) was launched in 2009 and explores the level of spending and life lengths of private sector investments in ...

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 Millennium Cohort Study: First to Fourth Surveys, ...
Millennium Cohort Study: First to Fourth Surveys, ...

Background: The MCS is a large-scale, multi-purpose longitudinal dataset providing information about babies born at the beginning of the 21st century, their progress ...

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 Monthly Inquiry into the Distribution and ...
Monthly Inquiry into the Distribution and ...

The Monthly Inquiry into the Distribution and Services Sector (MIDSS) is designed to meet the Government need for the production of a monthly Index of Services (IoS) and ...

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 Monthly Production Inquiry, 1997-2009: Secure ...
Monthly Production Inquiry, 1997-2009: Secure ...

The Monthly Production Inquiry (MPI) is designed to meet the government need for the production of a monthly Index of Production (IoP), and is used to estimate the ...

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 Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, 2000-2010: ...
Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, 2000-2010: ...

The Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey (MWSS) is the main source of information for three key indicators of Short-Term Earnings generated by the Office for National ...

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 National Employer Skills Survey, 2007-2009: ...
National Employer Skills Survey, 2007-2009: ...

The National Employer Skills Survey (NESS) collects data about the skills of the workforce of firms in England. A separate, but similar survey is conducted in Scotland ...

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 New Earnings Survey Panel Dataset, 1975-2010: ...
New Earnings Survey Panel Dataset, 1975-2010: ...

The New Annual Survey Panel Dataset (NESPD) contains the New Earnings Survey (NES) data (UK Data Archive SN 6704) in panel form. The NES is sampled on individuals whose ...

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 New Earnings Survey, 1986-2002: Secure Data ...
New Earnings Survey, 1986-2002: Secure Data ...

The New Earnings Survey (NES) is an annual survey of the earnings of employees in Great Britain. Its primary purpose is to obtain information about the levels, ...

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 Occupational Pension Scheme Survey, 2006-2009: ...
Occupational Pension Scheme Survey, 2006-2009: ...

The Occupational Pension Scheme Survey (OPSS) provides a detailed view of the nature of occupational pension provision in the UK by organisations. Until 2000, the ...

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 Products of the European Community, 1997-2008: ...
Products of the European Community, 1997-2008: ...

PRODCOM (Products of the European Community) is a European Union (EU) wide survey of production mainly for the manufacturing industries collected under Council ...

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 Quarterly Capital Expenditure Survey, 1998-2005: ...
Quarterly Capital Expenditure Survey, 1998-2005: ...

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) conducts a quarterly survey to collect capital expenditure data for various industry groups by asset. It is a statutory survey ...

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 Quarterly Fuels Enquiry, 1993-2008: Secure Data ...
Quarterly Fuels Enquiry, 1993-2008: Secure Data ...

The Quarterly Fuels Inquiry (QFI) is a quarterly survey among a panel of manufacturing plants. The survey is managed by ONS on behalf of the Department of Energy and ...

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 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, 1992-2010: Secure ...
Quarterly Labour Force Survey, 1992-2010: Secure ...

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a unique source of articulated information using international definitions of employment and unemployment and economic inactivity, ...

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 Scottish Employer Skills Survey, 2008: Secure ...
Scottish Employer Skills Survey, 2008: Secure ...

The Scottish Employer Skills Survey (SESS) is a series of large scale surveys undertaken to obtain perspectives of employers on a wide range of workforce skills-related ...

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 Scottish Register of Employment, 1950-1993: ...
Scottish Register of Employment, 1950-1993: ...

The Scottish Register of Employment (SRE) is an industrial database, collected using a variety of sources, in order to gather information about Scottish industry for use ...

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 Small Business Survey, 2010: Secure Data Service ...
Small Business Survey, 2010: Secure Data Service ...

The Small Business Survey (SBS) 2010 is a large scale telephone survey commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) as a follow up to the ...

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 UK Innovation Survey, 1996-2008: Secure Data ...
UK Innovation Survey, 1996-2008: Secure Data ...

The UK Innovation Survey (UKIS) provides the main source of information on business innovation in the UK. The survey data is a major resource for research into the ...

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 Understanding Society: Wave 1, Year 1, 2009: ...
Understanding Society: Wave 1, Year 1, 2009: ...

Understanding Society, or the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), is conducted by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), at the ...

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 Wealth and Assets Survey, Wave 1, 2006-2008: ...
Wealth and Assets Survey, Wave 1, 2006-2008: ...

The Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) is a longitudinal survey, which commenced with a first wave of interviews carried out over two years from July 2006 to June 2008. ...

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 Workplace Employment Relations Survey: Annual ...
Workplace Employment Relations Survey: Annual ...

The Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) is a national survey of the state of employment relations and working life inside British workplaces. The purpose of ...

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 Workplace Employment Relations Survey: Annual ...
Workplace Employment Relations Survey: Annual ...

The Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) is a national survey of the state of employment relations and working life inside British workplaces. The purpose of ...

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 Workplace Employment Relations Survey: ...
Workplace Employment Relations Survey: ...

The Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) is a national survey of the state of employment relations and working life inside British workplaces. The 1998 and 2004 ...

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