Society Behind the Stats speaks to leading social scientists and political experts on the themes and trends that have defined social research over several decades. Together with host, Sierra Mesplie-Escott they discuss the evolving views and experience of people across the country.

This is a NatCen podcast, the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is a registered charity and is the largest independent and not-for-profit social research organisation in the UK. NatCen was founded in 1969 by Sir Roger Jowell and Gerald Hoinville with the aim of carrying out rigorous social policy research to improve society.

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In this first episode of Society Behind the Stats Sierra is joined by Sir John Curtice, Senior Research Fellow at the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and expert on voting behaviour, and Curtis Jessop, Director of Attitudinal Surveys at NatCen, to introduce NaCen's eminent British Social Attitudes survey. They discuss the history of the survey, why it was established, and the reasons it is a critical gauge of public opinion in the UK.

For more information about the British Social Attitudes survey, see https://natcen.ac.uk/british-social-attitudes

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