Mar 2, 2020 | stories archive
Hayfever afflicts over three times as many of us today as it used to do. 27% of GB adults reported suffering from pollen or hayfever allergy in 2017, compared to just 8% in 1972. The proportion grew steadily from 1972 to 17% in 2007, and then jumped significantly....
Feb 12, 2020 | Politics and government policy, Stories
With the 2020 Labour leadership contest reaching towards its climax in April, what lessons are there from the past? The AMSR | Archive of Market and Social Research has polling results from previous contests which are instructive: After James Callaghan stepped down in...
Dec 20, 2019 | Social history, Stories
The continuous consumer study TGI has asked for respondents’ opinions on a range of topics since the mid-1980s. Some of its attitude statements have remained constant; others have been added or removed to reflect changing times. The area of greatest change has been...
Sep 13, 2019 | Social history, Stories
Most people disapprove of heavy drinking sessions, but there’s an increasing minority who think it’s part of life. The levels of agreement in 1999 and 2019 to the attitude statement “a real man can down several pints of beer at one sitting” in Kantar’s TGI study tell...
