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Demographic data UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/demographic-data-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 By 2016 most parents will be unmarried Latest birth data from the National office of Statistics sees an increase in children born to unmarried parents.
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Cross-national income database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/09/cross-national-income-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2012 Luxembourg Income Database (LIS) http://www.lisdatacenter.
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Anti-corruption
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/07/anti-corruption/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2014 EU launches major anti corruption report This surveys the situation in each of the member states, allowing cross country comparisons.
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African sources of information
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/african-sources-of-information/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Kenya digital archives: Google has been partnering with the Kenyan National Archives to provide free access to a great new online digital library .
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#METoo one year on: what has changed?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/metoo-one-year-on-what-has-changed/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 This week the Fawcett Society has issued a report on changing attitudes in the wake of the #MeToo movement This has shown increasing awareness.
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Diversity in Media new tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/15/diversity-in-media-new-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2019 DIVA is an online resource developed by David Deacon and James Stanyer of the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University in collaboration with Business...
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The World Elite Database project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/the-world-elite-database-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The WED is an international consortium of scholars working together to develop a new standardized data regime to study and share data about elites across the world.
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The returns to undergraduate degrees by socio-economic group and ethnicity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/29/the-returns-to-undergraduate-degrees-by-socio-economic-group-and-ethnicity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2021 Published this week by IFS this report considers evidence on the potential benefits of a degree by studying earnings of recent graduates in a range of subject areas.
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Social media and health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/22/social-media-and-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2017 The most recent study by Royal Society for Public Health found in a survey of social media that Instagram was recorded as having the most negative impact on the mental well being of young...
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Women Parliamentarians suffer sexism, harassment and violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/women-parliamentarians-suffer-sexism-harassment-and-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 Shocking new study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) reveals that sexism, harassment and violence against women MPs is widespread worldwide.