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Associated Media:
Description:
The National Survey for Wales (NSW) is commissioned by the Welsh Government, Sport Wales, Natural Resources Wales, and the Arts Council of Wales. It is used in decision-making by those organisations and other public-sector bodies across Wales.
The survey covers a broad range of topics including education, exercise, health, social care, use of the internet, community cohesion, wellbeing, employment, and finances. The topics change regularly in order to keep up with changing needs for information. Some topics are only included periodically, where the results are slow-changing; and some topics are only asked of a random subsample of respondents, which allows more topics to be included.
The survey sample is adults aged 16+ living in private households. The survey does not cover people living in communal establishments (e.g. care homes, residential youth offender homes, hostels, and student halls). A range of demographic questions is included, to allow for detailed cross-analysis of the results.
Fieldwork runs continuously, with topics updated each April. Each year’s data (from April to the following March) is deposited around six months later at the UK Data Archive so that the data is widely accessible for research purposes. The data collected is also linked with other datasets via the SAIL Databank (excluding any respondents who have asked for their data to not be linked). Respondents are able to opt out of having their results linked if they wish.
From 2016-17 onwards, the National Survey for Wales replaced the Welsh Health Survey by incorporating questions on health conditions, physical activity, alcohol consumption and smoking.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Wales
Typical Age Range:
0-120
Follow Up:
Other
Provenance
Origin
Collection Situations:
Other
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Annual
Distribution Release Date:
01 March 2022
Start Date:
15 June 2015
End Date:
26 November 2020
Time Lag:
More than 6 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
The SAIL Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP).
Following approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data
within the secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Access Request Cost:
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number
of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL
needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes,
analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case
technological requirements.
Delivery Lead Time:
2-6 months
Jurisdictions:
GB
Data Controller:
Welsh Government
Data Processor:
SAIL Databank
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
- General research use
- Research-specific restrictions
Data Use Requirements:
Project-specific restrictions
Resource Creators:
["Welsh Government"]
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
OTHER
Conforms To:
OTHER
Languages:
en
Formats:
SQL database table
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Around 12,000 people surveyed per year
40000
Count
01 April 2020