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A large-scale survey has charted social attitudes and views and constitutional preference since Scotland got its own parliament.
Voters are now split on social identity. This new division, combined with distrust in established parties, is proving fertile ground for challenger parties.
Lyrics have changed for a myriad of reasons, including evolving social mores and sometimes simply because the artist wants a change.
Is the bemused owner of a collection of these dolls an outlier or representative of the British public?
This major survey on social trends shows how far the UK has come in terms of attitudes towards homosexuality, casual sex and divorce. Views on the death penalty remain conservative, however.
Some reasons people oppose abortion seem to be at odds with other positions they hold. Evolutionary social science points to a surprising motivation for anti-abortion attitudes.
Australians are more aware of domestic violence and sexual assault than before. But a worrying proportion blame victims for abuse, think women are lying, and don’t believe consent is always necessary.
It’s a multi-lingual effect.
We’re wildly off base when it comes to guessing crime rates and other important social matters, because we focus on the negative.
There is a strong and statistically significant association between respondents’ cognitive ability and their support for equal rights between same- and different-sex couples.
Some 53% of British people think it’s acceptable to display these dolls – and the difference between remainers and leavers is particularly surprising.
Top contributors
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King's College London
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Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research
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Associate Professor of Social Work, The University of Melbourne
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Dean of the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton
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Research assistant, University of Oxford
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
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Director, European Social Survey, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Gerontology, University of Southampton
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Researcher, Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), Deputy Director, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
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Professor of Childhood, Youth and Family Life, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Media and Communications, Loughborough University