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Women in developing countries 9% less likely to have a bank account
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/women-in-developing-countries-9-less-likely-to-have-a-bank-account/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make...
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Social surveys
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/08/social-surveys/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 8, 2013 UK Data service variable and question bank. Contains a catalogue of questions asked by major British social surveys since the 1990s. Use to trace relevant surveys by topic.
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Nashriyah: digital Iranian historic newspapers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/nashriyah-digital-iranian-historic-newspapers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The University of Manchester now provides free access to a digital library of Iranian newspapers .
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Key Note help videos
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/27/key-note-help-videos/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2015 Key Note has produced a suite of help videos; find them at https://www.keynote.co.
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Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/generative-ai-and-jobs-a-refined-global-index-of-occupational-exposure/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 This ILO Working Paper updates an earlier 2023 edition. It examines potential job threats posed by AI in different sectors using a methodology provided.
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Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/research-data-journal-for-the-humanities-and-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 A new free open access journal from Brill and a number of research institutes based in the Netherlands seeks to highlight research based on data.
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Women on Boards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/women-on-boards-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 Latest 5 year progress summary from Lord Davies shows progress. Get the full data plus previous reports from the UK government website.
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What questions will be in the next census?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/27/what-questions-will-be-in-the-next-census/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2016 Recently the Office for National Statistics undertook a consultation on future topics and questions that users of the England and Wales census wanted or felt should be included.
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Bloomberg: assessing the Greek recovery
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/14/bloomberg-assessing-the-greek-recovery/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2013 Data compiled from the European Commission show economic sentiment in Greece has risen from its low last June. Concerns that Greece may exit the euro have subsided.
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Women like that: lesbian and gay history
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/women-like-that-lesbian-and-gay-history/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 Jane Traies, who is based at the University of Surrey, is pioneering research on the lives of older lesbians in the UK.